[Mark22099]

A couple of days ago I would have said that KKK rallies, while disturbing and annoying, are as harmless as gatherings by any other group of nut cases (NAMBLA, cultists, etc.) But occasionally tragic events like Colorado come along and remind me that exposing the (hopefully very small number of) people who are capable of killing to a message of hate is a dangerous mix. As for the set of issues you referred to as institutional racism, I still think these conflicts are more hurtful in the long run because they foster the tensions and reactions and anger that eventually lead to the hate necessary for the creation of groups like the Klan. Maybe you can think of overt racism as the spark that from time to time ignites the explosives of racial tensions built up by institutional racism.

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Name : Mark22099, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Age : 32, City : Alexandria, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : Married, 

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