KKK wins another round in Missouri in leafleting effort
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 20, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.
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ST. LOUIS — For the second time since October, the Ku Klux Klan has won a court battle over leafleting in a Missouri town.
The American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday that the city of Desloge has agreed to stop enforcing an ordinance prohibiting leaflets on streets and sidewalks. The ACLU had sued on behalf of Frank Ancona and members of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
A federal judge ruled in favor of the KKK in October in a similar suit against Cape Girardeau.
ACLU attorney Tony Rothert says the ruling signed by U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig allows anyone to distribute leaflets in Desloge, a town of 5,000 residents 60 miles southwest of St. Louis.
A message left with Desloge City Administrator Greg Camp was not returned.
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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... March 20, 2013 at 10:42 a.m.
The Democratic Party must be pround.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 10:44 a.m.
I thought CPAC was over.
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gjo1957 says... March 20, 2013 at 10:49 a.m.
The Grand Cyclops Lizard must be really happy, maybe now he can eat some dead critter in peace.
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RonalFos says... March 20, 2013 at 10:55 a.m.
What on earth would make anyone think the Democratic Party or any political party had anything to do with any part of this?
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 10:57 a.m.
Consider the source, RonalFos.
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NoUserName says... March 20, 2013 at 11:19 a.m.
So...the implication of some of the commentators in this thread is that the Republican party does not like Constitutional rights? Do I have that right?
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... March 20, 2013 at 11:31 a.m.
This has to make the ACLU throw up; it sure makes me want to. But the better story is the rainbow house next door to Westboro Baptist; if that doesn't make you laugh you need help. Look it up-completely painted in rainbow colors and has a rainbow flag flying too.
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BillSmith says... March 20, 2013 at 12:28 p.m.
koolaid... just can't help ignorance it is in his dna.
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BillSmith says... March 20, 2013 at 12:47 p.m.
koolaid ..... probably does not know the national headquarters for the KKK is in Harrison,Ar and head pointed head is Rob Thom a preacher that more closely aligns with people like Rick Santorium who is as right wing as you can get.
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NoUserName says... March 20, 2013 at 1:27 p.m.
The national HQ is really in AR? Really? I had no idea.
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Pobucker says... March 20, 2013 at 1:37 p.m.
Hit the urban dictionary for a full description of Santorum.
That is one sleezy, greasy talibangelical.
I rank him equal to Nancy Pelosi as a hater of personal liberty in the US.
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Pobucker says... March 20, 2013 at 1:39 p.m.
Rick Santorum, Nancy Pelosi and a libertarian walk into a bar...
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... March 20, 2013 at 2:11 p.m.
Rick orders a club soda then whispers to the bartender "sneak some vodka into it when no ones looking", Nancy has to have someone order for her due to her face being too tight to talk, and the libertarian asks where they sell their weed
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inquire says... March 20, 2013 at 2:59 p.m.
The city near here solved the leafleting question very neatly, and it had nothing to do with the KKK. There was another unpopular group that was plastering them on cars everywhere, and of course a lot of them ended up thrown on the ground and becoming litter.
The law says you have a constitutional right to HAND a leaflet to anyone who accepts it. You do not have the right to plaster them around if you aren't handing them directly to a person.
Problem solved.
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1soni says... March 20, 2013 at 3:33 p.m.
Where is the usual Republican rant about the ACLU??
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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... March 20, 2013 at 4:43 p.m.
ww w.freerepublic.c om/focus/news/2309727/posts
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Some history.
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Pobucker says... March 20, 2013 at 4:45 p.m.
Nice, Koolaid
"The original targets of the Ku Klux Klan were Republicans, both black and white, according to a new television program and book, which describe how the Democrats started the KKK and for decades harassed the GOP with lynchings and threats."
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Pobucker says... March 20, 2013 at 4:46 p.m.
hehe - Dems haven't changed much - lynching with their mouths, now...
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BillSmith says... March 20, 2013 at 5:29 p.m.
pounker....... the kkk was mostly southern conservative democrats until civil right act passed then they swapped to the republican party. As far as the kkk targeting GOP with lynchings and threats, I think you have that a little mixed up, when you can't vote why belong to either party.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 6:04 p.m.
Did all Baggers skip American History? They really seem horrifically uneducated on this country's past. Case in point? Whatever insipid responses follow my post.
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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... March 20, 2013 at 6:25 p.m.
Said the old and really gray chichen hawk.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 7:12 p.m.
Chicken hawk? My partner of 25 years turned 70 on March 5th. We must have different dictionaries, KKKoolAid.
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inquire says... March 20, 2013 at 8:38 p.m.
DDDKA, that was really uncalled for. What in the world did that have to do with leafleting or the KKK? Studies have shown some interesting things about those who are most often rude to gay people.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 11 p.m.
I have a theory, inquire: ht tp://emedicine.medscape.co m/article/923178-overview
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BradBailey says... March 20, 2013 at 11:11 p.m.
The primary client of the ACLU is neither liberal nor conservative. It is the Bill of Rights.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 11:35 p.m.
Thank you, Brad! So many don't understand this.
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... March 21, 2013 at 7:53 a.m.
inquire commenting about rude; now that's rich!
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Packman says... March 21, 2013 at 9:38 a.m.
Well, well, djigoo most certainly never says anything about anybody or anything....... As repulsive as the KKK is, they have as much right to hand out their materials as the GBLT associations and others have a right to hand out their materials. Did the KKK leaflets support the work of Planned Parenthod? I only ask because the KKK and pro-abortion rights advocates have similar interests in promoting abortion on demand based on abortions devastating impact to the black community.
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djigoo says... March 21, 2013 at 9:54 a.m.
Citation, or once again you're just blowing smoke.
I dare you.
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djigoo says... March 21, 2013 at 9:57 a.m.
ht tp://ww w.socialpc.co m/SocialIssues/The-Modern-KKK.html
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djigoo says... March 21, 2013 at 9:57 a.m.
I did your work for you.
Once again, you're wrong. Does that get boring after a while?
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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... March 21, 2013 at 3:29 p.m.
That’s a question one could ask you also.
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... March 21, 2013 at 5:08 p.m.
If it does djigoo you are the most bored person in the entire world
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djigoo says... March 21, 2013 at 11:23 p.m.
;-)
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CordisK says... March 21, 2013 at 11:52 p.m.
And to sum up this thread: I'm not racist, but *something racist*. Also, the early 20th century Democrats are not the same as the modern day Democrats, except a coincidental name. Read a history book, it'll do you some good.
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DontDrinkDatKoolAid says... March 22, 2013 at 3:29 p.m.
I have seen history … Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" was the start of the Government Plantation. It is still with us today.
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BillSmith says... March 23, 2013 at 12:21 a.m.
The Year: 2053 Two college students were talking politics after their political science course. One said "wasn't there a party called the GOP back in 2013? The other said yes but it evolved into the one now called the "Tea Party" which has become irrelevent in politics today. The first one said how did that happen? The other said the Tea Party base of the GOP took the party to the fringe far right on issues such as abortion,gay rights, civil rights,gun control, military intervention, religious intollarence, deregulation, fossil fuels, lower taxes for the rich, lower corporate taxes, healthcare, screw the enviornment and finaly all of the old WASP died and so did the GOP and you have the new insignifacant "Tea Party". The other one said Oh it went the way of the WHIG party in the 1800's. The other said exactly
The other student then said; "Yea, they stil drive to a few ralleys in their pickimup trucks with a "Don't Tread on Me" sticker and a little "Red Man" dribble running down the driver side door. They still dress up in their fatigues and shoot each other with their AR-15 looking paint ball guns just to show their son's what a man they are.
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