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Surely one of the cornerstones of democratic ideals is the right to assemble. One of the special virtues of our American society is that groups the majority does not necessarily believe in can still assemble. The Ku Klux Klan certainly discriminates against Blacks, Catholics, Jews and everyone else under the sun. But the beauty of our society rests in the ability of groups like the KKK or the American Communist to exist...
WHEN THE KU Klux Klan and a group of rednecks disrupted a civil rights march through the all-white Georgia county, many were justifiably shocked and outraged. Coretta Scott King, for one, announced that the incident proved that racism was alive and well in the United States...
After violence disrupted the first march, 20,000 civil-rights supporters mounted a second one. The press hailed the march, calling it a demonstration of a renewed commitment to the fight against racism. But while the Klan's actions should not go unopposed, their actions must be kept in proper perspective...
...remember going to an anti-Klan march in Washington, D.C. in the midst of the Reagan recession. Tens of thousands of protesters turned out to prevent 10 Klansmen from marching down Pennsylvania Avenue--and were successful...
...natural to want to confront groups such as the Klan. But in our zeal to combat the hate and evil they espouse, we must not forget the problems which are more difficult to solve, the evils which are less easy...