Profiles In OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Sam Jernigan and Jesse Elliott, Orange County Sheriffs

That's the dumbest question yet—I wrote a pinche cover story about it! Go find it!

The thing is CHS, its easier and a whole lot less litigious to smear the names of the dead. Gustavo and the powers to be at the weekly aren’t worried about people, many of whom have been deceased for 80+ years, suing them for libel. You're right, an article listing current racist leaders would make a more compelling read. But it would also open the weekly up to legal woes. Trust me if they ran a story about a local business owner being involved with any of the lovely racist organizations we all know exist, I for one and several of my acquaintances would not support that business in any way shape or form. And the burden of proof is on the weekly or on Gustavo... What does that mean? They better be DAMN sure they have solid proof of said activity. BUT, to the Weekly’s and Gustavo’s credit they found out that you can incite the same level of frenetic ideology by exploiting the deeds of pioneers long gone and not fear retribution.

HA! We obviously do...

"why can't people just accept each other and their cultures"

I have no problem 'accepting other cultures', but I also like my own culture and my own people. You don't see Mexicans allowing their 'culture' to be overrun by whites, or Central Americans, etc. Liberals don't expect the Tibetans to acquiesce in their country being demographically swamped by Han Chinese. The Han Chinese of Singapore don't allow the hundreds of millions of poor Malay's who surround them to flood in, they (the Chinese) maintain their 'supremacy' through their immigration laws.

The KKK is mostly gone from contemporary Orange County, having been replaced by lowlifes that make the old Klan seem like paragons of virtue.

In fact, having read your 'account' of the so-called citrus war, the violence I see is on the part of Mexicans. Francisco Torres, however wrong his lynching may have been, assuredly killed his white boss. Likewise the 'scabs' that were attacked by iron-bar wielding Mexicans were simply American kids who had the temerity to work on their parents land.

“We are finding that the American boys and men can pick oranges as well as their fathers did some 30 years ago and as well as any other pickers we have had in recent years.”

And really, isn't that what this is all about? Arrellano's fear that Americans, particularly white Americans, will no longer be guilt tripped into open borders. That we discover that our kids will work at McD's, or even Del Taco, will mow lawns if the price is right. I can even see our ef-upped can collectors taking up the 'fruit tramp' trail again.

NICE—apologist for the Klan! Loser.

Gustavo,

This is exactly what I was talking about last week. Your dancing on the graves of the dead serves only to create more hatred. I answered your question last week when you asked if I was opposed to the full accounting of history. Either you didnt see it or you chose to ignore it because I posed a question back to you. But either way BrownPrideMofos is a little more affirmed that the white devil is out to get him because of your column... Good Job at spreading the message of diversity and tolerance.