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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