Philip Zimbardo Quotes
When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan.
Zimbardo, Philip. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. Random House, 2007.
The KKK is the oldest of the White Supremicist Hate groups in America. Their self styled mission has been to protect the dominance of the white race. They have, over the years, been responsible for lynchings and other forms of murder and torture. Many Southern politicians in the 20th century were members of this group which in teh first half of the century was a major political force in Souithern States and Indiana. By the end of the 20th century there were almost no politicians who would jion the organization, and the attitude of most politicians, including those from the South, was rather nagetive towards the Klan. However, a few were rather insensitive to the evil nature of the Klan and would make jokes loke this one. Sessions, over his career, had several racist commens that he had made inclding this one. He called an attorney who defended Blacks accused of crimes a race traitor and referred to civil right groups as unAmerican. His appointment as Attorney General by Donald Trump was met with consternation by many biven his history of racial remarks.
This quotation was used by the Lyndon B. Johnson 1964 Campaign as: “We represent the majority of the people in Alabama who hate niggerism, Catholicism, Judaism, and all the isms of the whole world.” So said Robert Creel of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. He also said, “I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help.” The second statement was made at a different time.
The Kansas City Public Libraryhad been vandalized in the wake of the Donald Trump victory in the 2016 Presidntial race. Almost all of the racist, white supremicist, and Nazi organizations and their members were Trump supporters although Mr. Trump denied that he had ever overtly solicited their support, However hia frequent racist and misoginistic remarks attracted frings groups and people who had never before endorsed an American major party Presidential candidate. After Trups victory there was a large increase in the nunber of racist, religious and ethnic attacks against people and property, despite the fact that Trump had appeared on 60 Minutes and told these extremsits in no uncertain terms to "Stop". Neo Nazis and other White Supremecists generally do not with shows like 60 minutres however, and Trump and his staff made little effor to communicate Trums message through the vehicles that they communicagte through.
Turner is one of the more virulent, neo-Nazis, race haters, and white supremacists in the country.
In 1989 David Duke, a former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, won election to the Louisiana legislature on the Republican ticket. Republicans throughout the country were embarrassed:
Philip George Zimbardo is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later severely criticised for both ethical and scientific reasons. He has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project.
