Subj : The Birth of a Nation (19
To : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Oct 19 2022 08:09 pm
Re: The Birth of a Nation (19
By: MRO to Ogg on Wed Oct 19 2022 05:11 am
> Re: The Birth of a Nation (1915)
> By: Ogg to Arelor on Tue Oct 18 2022 10:23 pm
>
> > Hello Arelor!
> >
> > ** On Tuesday 18.10.22 - 17:46, Arelor wrote to All:
> >
> > A> [...] nazism overdose. People who can look past the KKK
> > A> propaganda might extract a lot of value out of this film.
> >
> > I didn't realize that "The Klan also culturally appropriated
> > the Spanish capirote hood."
>
> i thought they wore the hood because they were supposed to be ghosts of fall
>
I thought they wore masks to conceal their indentities and look inimidating.
Who wants to be identified while lynching and burning down churches and
houses? If a suspect is picked up, he can deny it unless he had features a
mask couldn't conceal, plus he could claim he never seen his fellow
clansman's faces.
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