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There is nothing surprising about the recent grow of the Klan. The Klan grew in response to the liberation of the blacks in the South and then spread across the country when white Americans felt threatened by the boom in immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

We are now encountering a rise of nativism and bigotry in response to both the unflux of Mexican immigrants and the 9/11 attacks. The Klan in the 1920s opposed Catholism and Judiasm. Now they oppose Islam, Catholicism and Judiasm. In the 20s the Klan spread bigotry toward black skinned folks. Now they target brown skinned immigrants.

The Klan has always recieved aid and comfort from the mainstream. Much of what the Klan says about immigrants isn't so different from what one hears from elected officials from either major party. Congressman Virgil Goode's bile aimed at Muslims could be straight out of Klan literature.