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I invite you to take a moment to laugh at the KKK for being nerds (hexbear.net)
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[–] tithonis@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Serious answer: it was the fashion at the time. A lot of fraternal organizations have goofy ass titles and a lot of Klansmen were also Elks or Rotarians or whatever. It's dudes being bros but instead of appropriating Muslim/Ottoman/Turkish aesthetics and supporting children's hospitals like the Shriners, the reincarnated KKK went with nativist spectacle instead.