The KKK will likely initate plans to assassinate President Obama.

======= Pro bases his second round response on the flawed argument that since he has not heard of the KKK's ideology of antisemitism that it must not be true. Surely, he claims, the KKK hold an extreme hatred toward black above all others because he (Pro) has not heard anything otherwise. Unfortunately, not being knowledgeable about a subject does not make someone correct. I provided a well known and very reliable source (Raphael Ezekial, The Racist Mind, (Michigan: Viking Press, 1995). Since this was evidently not enough for Pro I will provide some web sources which are easier to access than books: . http://www.kkk.bz... - this is one of many articles including snippets of their views. . http://en.wikipedia.org... - look specifically at the 'Jewish Supremacism section. . http://www.adl.org... ------- I can provide many more sources should my opponent request them. I can also pull out specific quotations from the Ezekiel book should they be requested (the book is at home and I am running out of time to respond). Of course, the Klan does save a great deal of hatred for blacks, but by far they believe their biggest threat to be the jews. As I mentioned in the first round, they believe there the jews are trying to assimilate whites and to ultimately destroy all non-jews. As Ezekiel uncovers in his book, most KKK organizations (KKK are not one united, national group, but many splinter factions) believe blacks to be irrelevant. They see them as pawns of the 'jewish power' to inflict violence on and absorb the hatred of White America (Part 1: Ch. 1; Part 2 Ch. 6; 8). Some of the KKK organizations point at the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' (though it has already been proven a forgery) as evidence of such a jewish plot (. http://books.google.com..., Pg. 28; . http://books.google.com... Pg. 418). With that out of the way, I will respond to Pro's rebuttals. ============== RECRUITMENT Pro claims that the increased recruitment resulting from Obama's election makes it more likely that a plot will arise. He also makes the somewhat erroneous assertion that the goal of the KKK is to exterminate blacks. This is generally untrue, although individual members may have these goals, the organizations themselves do not. Their main goal is to "reinstate" a white supremacy over this region of the globe. Most would prefer blacks would go back to Africa. This stems from their views on race and purity. They believe the races are inherently different and should never mix. They don't want to see whole races exterminated per se, they just want them separated. Pro claims that recruitment would not decline because of one black man's death. However, the importance of that man (President of the U. S. ) would certainly cause the government to crackdown on the KKK. Pro counters that such a display of power would result in a boost in recruitment. He then asserts that the KKK would never admit to the assassination, even going so far as to having the assassin commit suicide after. This is a contradiction. They cannot simultaneously show their ability to "change the world" and hide the fact that they have done so. More importantly, the resulting crackdown on the KKK leadership would be sufficient to dissuade new members from joining in large numbers; and enough to persuade current members into abandoning the organization. -------- IDEOLOGY As mentioned above, just because Pro has not heard of the KKK's ideology does not make it true. I have provided source in both round to back up my claim and Pro has not. ------- TERRORISM Certainly in weighing the two options the KKK would choose for their organization to continue to exist at the same or more power that they currently possess. Pro claims that the KKK and gov't have been at odds for years. The KKK have indeed been under surveillance and many leaders have been arrested or forced to step down as a result. The assassination of a U. S. President would be the final push for the government to take more drastic action. ====== Pro claims in R2 that the KKK have killed before, and that is terrorism. However, individual acts of homicide do not constitute terrorism, nor is an individual act of homicide analogous to a conspiracy to assassinate the U. S. President. One is the unapproved action of an individual member, the other is a sanctioned plot by the organization. ====== "CLASH" I'm not sure what Pro means by the "Burden of Clash. " I will assume that he means that I need to respond to his R1 contentions. I will do so below: Contention 1 I have responded to this already. Certainly some members hate blacks, especially in the southern states. However, many more view them as largely irrelevant. They would rather have them all move to a different region or (better yet) a different continent. More importantly, most KKK members and organizations are at odds with the U. S. government. As Ezekiel shows, and I have claimed, they believe the government is secretly run by a powerful shadow jewish elite. Therefore, they would not particularly care who is the current figurehead (their belief, not mine). Contention 2 The hypothetical plot claimed by Pro is really just one supporter of Sarah Palin saying "kill him" during one of Palin's events. This can hardly be considered an assassination plot. It would be an even greater stretch to claim that this was said by a member of the KKK.