A Matter Of Self-Awareness.

[andy-hughes]

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/kkk-rally-in-charlottesville-met-with-protesters/ar-BBE0NM7?li=AAacUQk&ocid=spartandhp

Do you think members of the KKK ever look at themselves in the mirror before they go out and ponder just how ridiculous they look in those robes and hoods?

Perhaps the absence of simple dignity and self-awareness are traits needed to be a boneheaded racist?

[nailit]

I wonder if Christian priests ever wonder if they look at themselves dressed in frocks and think the same!

[Mamyalynne]

As my Mother would have said 'Don't they have a full length mirror?' - I'm sure people who gown up for their jobs/pastimes think they look OK.


I like a man in uniform but I'll pass on the KKK look.

[fender62]

and women in burqua's, judges and wigs, men dressed as women
perhaps the kkk have fetish for linen.

[kvalidir]

The more attention the KKK draw to themselves the happier they are. By definition they have to feel deeply threatened to be in the KKK to start with, so will band together in highly identifiable yet completely anonymous clothing as a show of 'strength'. Utterly pathetic I agree however that won't be their viewpoint and I'd rather see them dressed like that and clearly identifiable than when they are not dressed like that and walking amongst us.

[Buenchico]

If 'looking ridiculous' was a bar to activity there would be no Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, no drunken hen/stag nights, no State Opening of Parliament, no morris dancing and very little 'reality TV'.

;-)

[nailit]

//judges and wigs//
Often wondered when ive been in court, why are these people that are clothed in fancy dress with a lot of horse hair on their heads telling me that I'm not normal in some way?

[andy-hughes]

nailit - // //judges and wigs//
Often wondered when ive been in court, why are these people that are clothed in fancy dress with a lot of horse hair on their heads telling me that I'm not normal in some way? //

My view is that I quite like the traditions of the legal process, particularly when counsel refer to each other as "My learned friend ..." and His Honour as "M'lud ..."

[andy-hughes]

Buenchicho - // If 'looking ridiculous' was a bar to activity there would be no Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, no drunken hen/stag nights, no State Opening of Parliament, no morris dancing and very little 'reality TV'.

;-) //

Difficult to argue that one!!! LOL!

[andy-hughes]

kvalidir - // ... I'd rather see them dressed like that and clearly identifiable than when they are not dressed like that and walking amongst us. //

Indeed!

[youngmafbog]

It's traditional dress and easily recognisable and relatable so why wouldnt they use it? After all most traditional dress is a bit odd.

And the KKK outfit I felt had a silk lining.

[anotheoldgit]

And please don't mention Morris Dancers etc, we had enough of that yesterday.

[mikey4444]

If the KKK, and others racists can believe in the carp that they do, then dressing up in ridiculous clothes must be just a very small extra step

[Togo]

//how ridiculous they look in those robes and hoods? // ???

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+of+burkas&qpvt=images+of+burkas&qpvt=images+of+burkas&qpvt=images+of+burkas&FORM=IGRE

[hereIam]

My God Togo, some of those are well scary !

[-Talbot-]

Of course they look ridiculous. In fact slightly more ridiculous than women in full burka gear.

What is your opinion on the fully monty burka garb, andy?

[douglas9401]

Or:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images%20of%20ecclesiastical%20robes&;qs=n&form=QBIRMH&sp=-1&;pq=images%20of%20ecclesiastical%20robes&sc=0-30&;sk=&cvid=1ADA4EC77B0848D8A0C4BB28E616264B

[hereIam]

^ No problems with those at all, at least you can see their faces !

[-Talbot-]

Actually on reflection it is closer than I first thought
http://portableprofessionals.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/burkas.jpg

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/ku-klux-klan.jpg?quality=90&;strip=all&;w=1328&h=882&;crop=1

Maybe if the KKK had a rethink on the pointy hats?

[Mamyalynne]

My answer last night was flippant of course - in truth it's not the garb of someone that's a worry, more the thoughts,deeds and intentions of the wearer.

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - Your question about the full burka may take the thread down another path, but it is a valid question, and of course i am happy to answer it.

I share the disquiet that westerners feel about the inabilty to see wearers properly which impedes identification and our cultural custom of managing conversations by visual cues.

But I think that must be balanced by the right of women to dress as they wish.

I do wonder at the constant irony of people who, on the one hand complain about the subjugation of Muslim women whom they believe are forced to dress this way (I am unsure if that is as true as the popular western view has it) - but they see no contradicion in their avowed desire to enforce the non-wearing of the garment, which is every bit as heavy-handed and dicatorial as the subjugation they claim to abhor so much.

This makes me appear to be a fence-sitter, and I will live with that.

I don;t believe in dictating dress codes, either from the Muslim or western perspective. If women are forved to dress this way, I cannot know that, and if they choose to dress this way, then I am all for that.