How One Man Beat the KKK With Nothing But a Sharp Wit
This is a great video to take you away into the weekend – not typical FListed fare, but I enjoyed it. With a name like Johnny Lee Clary, your life choices from birth are basically limited to “professional wrestler” or “KKK Imperial Wizard.” Johnny Lee Clary dared to dream and became both.
As good an ol’ boy as good ol’ boys get, the guy led his Oklahoma Klan chapter through cross-burnings, threat campaigns, and even church arson for the better part of a decade. The entire time, he constantly harrassed NAACP leader Reverend Wade Watts, who would turn out to be the Roadrunner to his Wile E. Coyote, spoiling and thwarting his racist tactics time and again, usually in hilarious ways. Clary eventually left the Klan, became a minister, befriended Watts, and was even invited to preach at the church he had once tried to burn down. In this talk show clip, Clary describes his run-ins with Watts while he was still a Klansman. They’re actually very funny, especially the last one that finally made him give up on going after the reverend.
Source: BoingBoing.
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This was pretty funny! Great clip
it’s moments like this that make me have a little faith in america.
The love of Jesus can change even enemies into brothers-in-Christ
I love Good people, the Reverend acted like a good christian
Interesting, but the story about the chicken and the Klan was a joke told by comedian Dick Gregory many years ago.
Loved it!
Perfect, should be an instructional video for how to deal with racists. I hope I can control my anger and remember these tactics for myself
Wow this is VERY moving. I wish everyone in the world could adopt this man’s view of people and patience. There ARE people striving to be like Jesus walking this earth!
Disclaimer: I am a christian, and for obvious reasons I do not agree with the “gay” klansman part of the picture above, but i do get the general point of it.
I only wanted to drop you a short note to let you know that I really enjoy your articles.