so i’ve been researching the ku klux klan for my saved by the bell spec script (it’s a very special episode) and i’ve found some pretty weird stuff. apparently, there’s no actual KKK anymore, but the phrase “ku klux klan” is in the public domain and there are hundreds of groups that use it in their name.

apparently the klan is the weakest it’s ever been, and even the rhetoric on their websites seems a little half-hearted:

It’s all in the advertising. For example. If we hired a slick advertising agency, had millions of dollars to spend, and put out a cool media blitz, we could change our image almost over night. If McDonalds began putting little Klansmen statues in their happy meals and talked about how neat it was to be white and proud, we would begin seeing a resurgence of proud white children instead of guilt ridden white children who feel they are to blame for everyone else’s problems.

slick they are not! the one thing all these sites have in common (besides the passionate racism and poor spelling) is uniformly awful design. they all look like aol member pages circa ‘96. this one even plays a midi version of the godfather theme.

in conclusion, i must say that getting my ip logged in some enormous patriot act database was totally worth it. i got to use a fucking blockquote!