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Above Roy R. Behrens, Alphabestiary (© 2021). Digital montage.
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H.L. Mencken, in The American Mercury, March 1925—
The [Ku Klux] Klan is actually as thoroughly American as Rotary or the Moose. Its childish mummery is American, its highfalutin bombast is American, and its fundamental philosophy is American. The very essence of Americanism is the doctrine that the other fellow, if he happens to be a minority, has absolutely no rights—that enough is done for him when he is allowed to live at all.
