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CONTROVERSY: A KKK RECRUITMENT RALLY
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I used to think of the Ku Klux Klan as a fearsome, anonymous organization that haunted the nightmares of minorities throughout the United States. A group of klan members brought their message to Boerne, Texas on Nov. 22, 1997. The speakers addressed the small crowd. As the crowd yelled back, police officers kept the peace by keeping the two groups apart.

After witnessing this gathering, I reached the opinion that the klan is not to be feared, but pitied. I question how these adult men and women can actually believe any of the things their “leaders” were telling the crowd. The saddest part of all is that anyone saw fit to waste his or her time listening to distorted facts and fantasies presented as “truth.”
The grand something or other.

The grand high something-or-other shares his thoughts with the crowd.
This is why you can't marry your mother.

And members of the crowd shared some of their thoughts with the klan.
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Police stood in the 12-foot no-man’s zone and kept the klan and spectators separated.
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Many people attending the rally quietly protested the klan’s message.
Klansman points a finger at the crowd.

Some of the klan members had trouble dealing with comments from the crowd.
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Photographer John Fisher

Photographer John Fisher, waiting to edit tape, watches the rally with all the enthusiasm the event deserves.