http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_196.html
Very interesting - don’t remember reading that the first time around. Noticed a typo in the last sentence of the fourth paragraph of Cecil’s reply: “generally when nuts” should read “generally went nuts.”
I thought they burnt crosses because Jesus brought light into the world and darkness can’t exist in the presents of light. By burning a cross near someone who they deem evil and they wish to drive away they are attempting to use divine powers to drive them out of a area.
Fixed. Thanks. Sometimes really odd stuff happens with those old columns, not always sure why. Of course they’ve been bounced around over the years from various print versions to AOL to this server, anydamnthing is possible.
I do that with my flag when I see illegal immigrants.
You burn your flag so God ships them out of the country?
Did you hear about the KKK bakery?
They only make two things: white sheet cakes and hot cross buns.
Did you hear about the KKK car from Chrysler?
It comes in one variation: white with a white hood. But it goes from zero to Alabama in six seconds.
I don’t know why they burn the cross. But then, they’re confused people, the sort who bomb abortion clinics because “killing is wrong.”