Christian violence not a new phenomenon, not even modern Christian violence. Besides the KKK, there's the Identity Christian movement. I had a ring side seat for Identity Christian violence in the 1990 when it was big in Idaho and much of the Northwest.
The basic idea is that either non-caucasian people have no souls or they are otherwise not chosen by god--it goes back to Ham, doncha see? They had both Nazi and KKK roots and combined it with tax protest, gun owners rights (but only for white people), states rights, and pathological fear of zip codes and social security numbers. Mostly they committed bank, mortgage, and tax fraud and gummed up the courts with pro se lawsuits. But in their spare time they killed black people and burned down black churches. Think skin heads and you won't be far wrong.
The basic idea is that either non-caucasian people have no souls or they are otherwise not chosen by god--it goes back to Ham, doncha see? They had both Nazi and KKK roots and combined it with tax protest, gun owners rights (but only for white people), states rights, and pathological fear of zip codes and social security numbers. Mostly they committed bank, mortgage, and tax fraud and gummed up the courts with pro se lawsuits. But in their spare time they killed black people and burned down black churches. Think skin heads and you won't be far wrong.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
