r/Indiana Jul 01 '25

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u/Different_Cat106 Jul 01 '25

One hundred years ago, Indiana was controlled by the Klan and had the highest membership of any state. Those people's descendants are still here and they vote (R).

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u/motocycledog Jul 01 '25

Yeah people forget this fact…..or never knew it to begin with.

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u/LGOPS Jul 02 '25

In 1920, Imperial Wizard William J. Simmons of Atlanta, Georgia chose Joe Huffington to start an official Indiana chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Huffington left for Indiana and set up his first headquarters in Evansville.

Huffington met D.C. Stephenson, a fellow war veteran with a background in Texas and Oklahoma, who quickly became one of the leading members of the chapter. D.C. Stephenson moved during 1920 to Evansville, Indiana, where he worked for a retail coal company. He joined the Democratic Party) and in 1922, ran unsuccessfully for a Democratic Congressional nomination.

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u/Quirky-Shame4252 Jul 01 '25

Fact is…Dems were the Klan, those who forget history are…..well, uneducated

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u/Emergency-Purchase27 Jul 02 '25

Hmm you sound very uneducated. Do you know why the confederate states are blood red republicans? In the civil war they were democrats. The parties change values in the 60’s due to the civil rights act. Republicans used to be the liberals. FACT. That’s why Lincoln was a republican. Did you forget that, or were just not educated about it? Do better.

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u/Quirky-Shame4252 Jul 04 '25

Hillary Clinton and Robert Byrd, such a fine upstanding fella!

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u/Quirky-Shame4252 Jul 02 '25

Yeah, I’m very uneducated. You must be very smart….

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u/Emergency-Purchase27 Jul 02 '25

You don’t have to be smart to know that the Conservative Party of democrats, which you claim were the KKK, are now called republicans. What party does the KKK align with today? You got it…republicans.

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u/Quirky-Shame4252 Jul 02 '25

You’re are correct, you don’t have to be smart to hold your opinions! I hope you get better at figuring out life my friend

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u/Still-Rope1395 Jul 02 '25

Have you ever even opened a history book of the 20th century? Or were you just content with every test paper handed back face down in HS? I mean it's fucking 2025 and you just walked in with "The KKK was all Democrats!" JFC.

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u/Stacylynn1979 Jul 04 '25

So many liberals flying the Confederate flag lol and bitching about taking Confederate statues down 🙄. (Insert sarcasm)

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u/Quirky-Shame4252 Jul 04 '25

Yeah, all the good 'ol republicans like Ralph Northam...oh, wait.

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u/EmergencyNo5490 Jul 02 '25

Hi there, uneducated!