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cone10 t1_j2814yf wrote

Reply to "The Rev. Joe Carter, expecting a visit from the Ku Klux Klan after he dared to register to vote, stood guard on his front porch. West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. 1964." by sinner00515

I have never understood this bit of americana. How is standing on the front porch in the dark, being a well-lit target, with a gun that can fire a single round, be a sound policy? What prevents him from getting shot from someone who's beyond the light's glare?

It isn't as if the KKK had an honor code where they would do their thing in full view.

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JuicyForcies t1_j27yxxh wrote

Reply to "The Rev. Joe Carter, expecting a visit from the Ku Klux Klan after he dared to register to vote, stood guard on his front porch. West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. 1964." by sinner00515

He didn’t have a rectangular object to type into to express how offended he was, and there were no others with similar objects to “like” and “share” how offended he was. So he did what he thought was right and stood by it

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