I was able to observe plenty in the aftermath that, at the very least, suggested the country could be facing another Klan surge, as in the 1920s, or a white nationalist uprising, as in the 1940s. There were all sorts of Dixie mafia types, rednecks, and Sisters of the Confederacy members whom recruitment efforts openly targeted; if a Klansman walked down a residential street in the suburbs of St. Louis and saw someone hanging a Confederate or yellow Gadsden flag, they’d leave them a flyer or even knock on the door to introduce themselves. Only this time, the perpetrators would be better
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