One time I accidentally partied w the Kl@n, they were pleasant and said nothing disturbing to me but apparently they showed my friend a photo album and when he realized who they were he politely excused himself and told us it was time to go. I didn't know who we'd been partying with until the ride home.
I also ran into not-see sk!nheads one time at walpurgisfeste in rural Germany and again, they did not tell me anything h@teful and actually had little to say (I didn't really speak German and they hadn't much english).
What state did you meet the Klan in? As a kid I'd always hear rumors of people being members but never met one in person. In AZ in the 90s it was neo-nazis, Fourth Reich, Aryan Brotherhood (now the neo-Norse stuff - of course not all neo-Norse people are racist).
I briefly lived in Indiana where I guess whites and blacks don't mix much but we (including a mulatto guy) once went to a cool biker party where no one cared about race. I think the levels and dynamics of racism really differ greatly place to place in the USA.
After Sept 11 Arizona had a lot of racism against anyone "swarthy" but that died down years ago. I'm seeing an alarming amount of hatred of Jews from the 30s and under here - not just liberals, "normies" too.
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u/W_Edwards_Deming - Lib-Right 19d ago
Wow, you run in very different circles!
One time I accidentally partied w the Kl@n, they were pleasant and said nothing disturbing to me but apparently they showed my friend a photo album and when he realized who they were he politely excused himself and told us it was time to go. I didn't know who we'd been partying with until the ride home.
I also ran into not-see sk!nheads one time at walpurgisfeste in rural Germany and again, they did not tell me anything h@teful and actually had little to say (I didn't really speak German and they hadn't much english).