Klan mentality still permeates Oconee politics to this day
There are no organized cross burnings that I am aware of in Oconee County, Georgia in 2012. Feel free to let us know of any klaverns that are meeting at night down some dirty back road, and we will gladly expose the racist cockroach scum for what they are. That much being said, there really does not need to be any white hoods, cloaks and horses pulling burning crosses to lynch African Americans to taste the contempt our local public seems to have for anything resembling real integration on any scale resembling the rest of our country. The secret klan meetings may no longer be taking place in open space, but they have moved on to the country clubs, golf courses, board meetings, the authorities, the foundations, the church meetings, the not-so-secret lodges and groups, and good old boys and girls getting together under whatever auspices they wish to cover their fat and wealthy asses with at the moment. We are not talking about Southern heritage here people, but we are talking about Sou...