American Experience- Klansville U.S.A.

A fascinating study of how and why the KKK built itself up in North Carolina during the mid sixties.
I live in NC and had no idea this was going on around me. Being only about six years old at the time, I suppose I missed a lot though.
Seeing some of the Klan uniforms, especially that of the "preacher" George Dorsett, I wonder why they couldn't at the time realize that they were in fact the bad guys.



Reminds of a "That Mitchell and Webb Look" skit.
I sometimes think the same when I see the police dressed all in black.

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North Carolina is a "Klan" state? 

Right.

A little hard to believe given it is home to places like Asheville (arguably more liberal than San Francisco) and 100% northerner-infused RTP and Outer Banks.

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whosasailorthen wrote:

North Carolina is a "Klan" state? 

Right.

A little hard to believe given it is home to places like Asheville (arguably more liberal than San Francisco) and 100% northerner-infused RTP and Outer Banks.

Was a Klan state. And only during the short period the documentary covers. According to the film, after the leaders repeatedly invoked the 5th amendment while testifying to the House Unamerican Activities Committee, most of the rank and file left the group. They thought only commies would plead the 5th. One of the last scenes shows Klan members attaching their membership cards to a cross which they burn, with the narration stating that many members "channeled their racial anxiety into other political avenues" such as the Republican party and George Wallace's American Independent Party.

What I remember from this period was several family members, who in later years were never overtly political, but at this time enthusiastically supported George Wallace. Oh, and several cousins were taken out of public school and placed in private church schools so they didn't have to interact with black kids.

My son lives in Asheville. And I do describe it as little SF. I like to think that when I told my son that he should get an education and leave the 85% Republican County we lived in, that for once he listened. Asheville is really nice and very liberal but also really, really tiny.

nfidelbastard wrote:

George Orr wrote:

I spent most of my life in NC.  Whites there regard the KKK with varying amounts of pity and contempt.  Plenty of NC whites are racist as fuck--but even those racists have no use for what's left of the Klan.

That's a good description of my relatives.

I imagine that describes most of our relatives, wherever they are. I know it does mine.

Paul Williams: Still Alive
An excellent documentary. And on Netflix now.

JetRx wrote:

http://youtu.be/s_BzTJ7etkA

Cool. And it's out there...

Borgman (2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954315/

A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

John Oliver: Marketing to Doctors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQZ2UeOTO3I

Vet your doc.
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nfidelbastard wrote:

Paul Williams: Still Alive
An excellent documentary. And on Netflix now.

Link to YouTube page

Thanks for this, very good.

Wolf Hall,  s01e01-s01e06; reasonably accurate and thoughtfully well acted, even the dubious but delightful plug it gives the method of loci.

It's focus is Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, providing a wider context to William Tyndale's mission to translate the Bible into English.

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Tried to watch my first ever episode of Mad Men tonight and keep my immune system alert, same way I occasionally challenge my gut microbiome to local fish & chip take-out.

That was 10 minutes of fast forward I'll never recover. Half my neighbors and kin inhabited that world and the idiocy I just watched bore no resemblance. At least I didn't get the shits.

XregnaR wrote:

Binge watching the X-Files.  Hard to believe that shit started over 20 years ago.

And it's coming back.  {there should be a link here but I'm too lazy to Google it}

XregnaR wrote:

Binge watching the X-Files.  Hard to believe that shit started over 20 years ago.

We missed it the first time (no real TV, 2 year old kid etc.)  Watching it now.  Some of it is pretty good.

choad wrote:

For what it's worth, here were my favorites, the episodes I kept many creepy moons ago.

X-Files s01e00 Pilot
X-Files s01e01 Deep Throat
X-Files s03e04 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
X-Files s03e20 Jose Chung's from Outer Space
X-Files s03e22 Quagmire
X-Files s03e23 Wetwired
X-Files s03e24 Talitha Cumi

Great list!  I have to add s01e21 Tooms to that list.

Jose Chung's From Outer Space may be the funniest, craziest, episode they ever did.  I don't want to do a "spoiler" here but the Men In Black scene alone was epic.

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This is a trailer for a movie.  I have never heard of this movie.  I just watched this trailer and I want to know RIGHT NOW where the line is to get in to see it.

...OK, for some reason it doesn't seem to be working.  Follow this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IzC7fq … verified=1

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George Orr wrote:

This is a trailer for a movie.  I have never heard of this movie.  I just watched this trailer and I want to know RIGHT NOW where the line is to get in to see it.

Link to YouTube page

...OK, for some reason it doesn't seem to be working.  Follow this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IzC7fq … verified=1

Everywhere August 21.  Might be a sneak preview the week before if you have one of those kind of theaters in your town.

This is pretty good on Netflix

I Hate Christian Laettner

An old great... well to me it was.

I named my dog Chuck. RIP Chuck.

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Emmeran wrote:

So - just finished Deadwood (again) with Melons; best ending ever, very Murakami.  Question across the board is who is the main protagonist?  I espouse that it is Trixie.

And the protagonist of Gilligan's Island is Mary Ann. I guy I know tells me they often discuss it at his Get-A-Life Club meetings.

Emmeran wrote:

Tall Paul wrote:

And the protagonist of Gilligan's Island is Mary Ann. I guy I know tells me they often discuss it at his Get-A-Life Club meetings.

You and your contradictions, earlier you told me you discussed it at your "I like to get bent" club meetings.

Thanks for telling me about those, being introduced by a founding member was a real honor.



**No, thank you for the setup Bro**

Forgot about this thread.  Marathoning Scrubs & X-Files at the moment, with a few A-Team and Dukes of Hazzard to keep things appropriately low brow.

XregnaR wrote:

Forgot about this thread.

Sorry, forgot to mention I listed this on the sidebar's Featured Threads list as 'What To Watch'.

George Orr wrote:

Anybody who hasn't watched Mr. Robot, go watch Mr. Robot.

The writing and casting are uneven but it's a pleasure to see metro NY locations again, from a distance.

For view-it-more-than-once with joy, rewatch Better Call Saul. You won't find better plotting, pacing, dialog, research, rabid but mostly non violent cruelty, land of enchantment cinematography and terrific performances, even from minor characters. For a first season, it's outstanding. All writers steal and these guys are pilfering from the best.

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Last edited by choad (2015-09-29 01:47:54)

1971.

A small group suburban parents, university professors, and community leaders broke into a small FBI field office in Media, PA on March 8, 1971, took all its files and shared them with members of Congress and news outlets. They were never caught and have now come forward.

Available on MVGroup.

Emmeran wrote:

Leaving Netflix Jan. 1, 2016

Sly must not have paid his union dues...