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NRA Called the New KKK – Fair Comment or Outrageous Statement?

In the aftermath of the Kansas City Chiefs’ shooting tragedy, a Fox Sports commentator called the NRA the new Ku Klux Klan in an anti-gun statement.

Time for another Midtown Patch Question of the Day. Ever since last weekend's murder/suicide committed by Kansas City Chiefs starting linebacker Jovan Belcher, the issue of gun control has been brought back into the forefront of commentary. According to an article on Examiner.com, NBC Sports commentator Bob Costas was the first to be criticized by gun rights advocates for his diatribe against gun ownership during halftime at a Cowboys-Eagles. But a Saturday column by Fox Sports commentator Jason Whitlock, that Costas used as a piece of reference, went much further. And it didn’t end there. Whitlock backed it up going on to call the National Rifle Association “the new KKK" (Ku Klux Klan). “I did not go as far as I’d like to go because my …

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Backlash Against KKK Highway Adoption Fuels Online Campaign From Midtown Resident

Fast-growing campaign on Change.org calls on Georgia Department of Transportation to reject a plan by the Ku Klux Klan to adopt a portion of Georgia highway.

A campaign on Change.org started by a Midtown resident calling on the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to deny the Ku Klux Klan’s application to “adopt” a north Georgia highway had gained more than 1,300 signatures only a few hours after it was started on Tuesday. Nioshii Wilde, a Midtown visual artist and civil rights advocate, launched the campaign following reports that state transportation officials are currently reviewing the application, which is open to any “civic-minded group.” "As a Georgia resident, I do not want a highway funded by taxpayer dollars to become an advertising site for an organization that has murdered, maimed and terrorized American people for 150 years,'' wrote Wilde in the petition. "The KKK is not a …

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