So, I've got this friend who graduated a couple of years behind me, and he moved down to Kansas City to pursue his writing career. About six months ago, when I still lived in Iowa City, my friend came back, telling about his exploits and a certain story he was working on.
"So yeah, I joined the Klan," he said, half-gulping his PBR. I choked on my drink, as did the six others sitting at the table. "You fucking what??" asked a girl on the end. "I joined the Klan. I'm going undercover for a story," he replied.
He started telling us about this paper that he was working for, and about how their newsstands were being littered with *** propoganda (someone was pulling all the papers out, then inserting fliers into them, then putting them back into the newsstand). No one knew who was doing it, and he thought it'd be an interesting story. So he was "joining" the Klan and trying to find out. Needless to say, we were all kind of worred about it.
The story came out about a month and a half ago, but I had totally forgotten about it until my fiancee sent me a link for it tonight.
http://www.pitch.com/2007-09-27/news...e-in-the-klan/
It's an fairly interesting read, but I think the most interesting (or maybe scary) part of it is the "comments" section, where there's some of the most ridiculous bullshit I've ever read.
Just thought I'd pass it along.
"So yeah, I joined the Klan," he said, half-gulping his PBR. I choked on my drink, as did the six others sitting at the table. "You fucking what??" asked a girl on the end. "I joined the Klan. I'm going undercover for a story," he replied.
He started telling us about this paper that he was working for, and about how their newsstands were being littered with *** propoganda (someone was pulling all the papers out, then inserting fliers into them, then putting them back into the newsstand). No one knew who was doing it, and he thought it'd be an interesting story. So he was "joining" the Klan and trying to find out. Needless to say, we were all kind of worred about it.
The story came out about a month and a half ago, but I had totally forgotten about it until my fiancee sent me a link for it tonight.
http://www.pitch.com/2007-09-27/news...e-in-the-klan/
It's an fairly interesting read, but I think the most interesting (or maybe scary) part of it is the "comments" section, where there's some of the most ridiculous bullshit I've ever read.
Just thought I'd pass it along.
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