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Waynesboro on KKK flyers: Our hands are tied?

Chris Graham

WaynesboroWaynesboro can do something about the KKK flyers thrown into several yards in the city last month.

Not talking about banning free speech here. You can’t ban free speech, no matter how hateful, racist, just plain dumb it might be.

But the city council can make it clear: we won’t tolerate that nonsense here.

Nothing is stopping city council from passing a resolution condemning the flyers, which declared support for ICE, and were signed by “Loyal White Knights.”

A resolution, yes, worth the paper it’s printed on, in one sense.

But in another: you’re standing on the right side of history.

A city council resolution condemning these idiots would speak for the city to the effect that, basically, KKK, hey, bugger off.

Instead: mumbo jumbo harrumph our hands are tied.

That whitesplainin’ from council members and city staff at last night’s city council meeting sent another message.

Hell, it’s basically an invitation.

Shame.

Column by Chris Graham

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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