Summer Klan Kamp For Kids Will Kreep You Out
A chain of youth camps claims that it teaches teens about southern history, but one of its leaders reportedly has ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
According to Vocativ, Sam Davis Youth Camps are dotted throughout the southern states and each summer they welcome teens from across the region. At camp, the teens are taught to have reverence and respect for the antebellum era and the Confederacy, which unsuccessfully attempted to break away from the rest of the United States, sparking the U.S. Civil War.
“Our kids aren’t getting taught this stuff in the schools,” said organizer Phil Walters. “Great American heroes like Jefferson Davis and General Robert Lee… our kids are not gonna be told that these people are evil, hate-mongering slave-holders and not have us do something to correct it.”
The families that send their children to Sam Davis Camp for a week each summer are concerned that their heritage and traditions are dying out. The camps are an attempt to instill these values in younger generations.
“Probably one of the largest…problem[s] that all of these heritage organizations…[have] is the age of the membership,” said Johnnie Holley of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), one of the groups that sponsors the camps. “In the schools today, the war is not taught properly, our children are dying for information about their ancestry and their heritage. If we don’t bring our young people into our organizations, then the organizations will eventually die.”
A clarification, for those who may not be familiar with the subtleties of regional dialects: when worshipers of the Confederacy speak, the word “heritage” translates as racism and “traditions” as slavery.
‘Nuff said!
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Suzanne McFly August 11th, 2015 at 23:06
I just banged my head on the desk so hard, I cracked it. I can’t believe anything surprises me anymore.
tracey marie August 11th, 2015 at 23:06
OUCH!
Suzanne McFly August 11th, 2015 at 23:08
I am just joking, but I have a hard head so the desk would hurt more than me lol.
tracey marie August 11th, 2015 at 23:13
You make me laugh. :)
rg9rts August 12th, 2015 at 06:58
Back to summer school then
Suzanne McFly August 12th, 2015 at 10:51
No, you can’t make me.
rg9rts August 12th, 2015 at 11:37
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Suzanne McFly August 12th, 2015 at 13:20
I am getting my masters in education, it is more like $$.
rg9rts August 12th, 2015 at 13:54
Its a have to or else…right?
Suzanne McFly August 12th, 2015 at 14:18
In Connecticut it is but I am learning a lot of good information so it is not a waste by no means.
fahvel August 12th, 2015 at 02:42
head or desk???
rg9rts August 12th, 2015 at 06:58
Thank you…beat me to it
Suzanne McFly August 12th, 2015 at 10:39
lol
tracey marie August 11th, 2015 at 23:06
This is disgusting and scary…little thug classes that teach hate.
whatthe46 August 11th, 2015 at 23:25
that’s exactly what it is. and all they are doing it raising them to live in misery. they will be lonely in the real world and find that only a small minority will accept them. they will be limited in their relationships which will only make them angrier.
Mike August 12th, 2015 at 00:13
Not so sure…children always have a way of rebelling against their parents. I’m willing to guess a fair percentage will find out they’ve been misled. (the curious one’s at least…the non curious were already doomed to the hillbilly hayride anyway)
Mike August 11th, 2015 at 23:50
Great American heroes like Jefferson Davis and General Robert Lee… ????
Only by the most twisted logic could someone put all those words in the same sentence…Confederate slavers and traitors is more like it.
Robert Kennedy August 12th, 2015 at 17:51
See my comment about Lee, please.
nola878 August 11th, 2015 at 23:55
I’d like to say I’m shocked, but sadly, I’m not.
labman57 August 12th, 2015 at 01:35
Lemme guess — “crafts” activities focus on creative ways to use old white bedsheets.
rg9rts August 12th, 2015 at 06:57
Advanced knot tying
jybarz August 12th, 2015 at 04:01
***** “In the schools today, the war is not taught properly, our children are dying for information about their ancestry and their heritage. If we don’t bring our young people into our organizations, then the organizations will eventually die.” *****
What a great shame… the organizations should have died over a century ago!
Stupid racist POS!
Warman1138 August 12th, 2015 at 05:14
It’s like a freaking plague of ignorance. If they’re so concerned about ” Southern Heritage ” maybe they ought to move to Antarctica, it doesn’t get any more ” South ” than that.
rg9rts August 12th, 2015 at 06:56
Do they tell them that the south lost???
Roctuna August 12th, 2015 at 07:39
They’re teaching those kids left wing philosophy, at least according to some new pundit at CNN. Wonder what they think of that at camp. http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/08/11/new-cnn-hire-jeffrey-lord-is-an-anti-immigrant/204860
whatthe46 August 12th, 2015 at 10:14
wtf in hell.
Budda August 12th, 2015 at 08:44
I’d be more inclined to label this ‘indoctrination’ or’ brainwashing’ than education.
BigDumbWhiteGuy August 12th, 2015 at 09:39
Wow, actual extremist training camps right here in the USA!
whatthe46 August 12th, 2015 at 10:12
send faux the memo. don’t think they got it.
ExPFCWintergreen August 12th, 2015 at 11:19
The Jungvolk must learn about the heritage! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bf8fddf0e16e00ef5810cc111c3aaf406620b26f9b9a21b434677e20ec07e61d.jpg
illinoisboy1977 August 12th, 2015 at 11:37
Disturbing, yet not unexpected. Southerners don’t call it the “Civil War”, when speaking amongst themselves. They call it the “War of Northern Aggression”. They see themselves as victims of the North, even though they started the war when they attacked a U.S. fort without provocation. They’re going to continue teaching their children “their” version of history and there’s nothing we can do about it, other than continue to tell the truth: It was never about “States’ Rights”. It was about maintaining the right to force people to work for free and call them “property”.
Robert Kennedy August 12th, 2015 at 17:49
That’s funny that they teach about Robert E Lee who said after the war that the South was wrong. He did his duty as a soldier, but disagreed with the war.
Mike August 12th, 2015 at 18:07
A dollar says they’re not teaching that….
Robert Kennedy August 13th, 2015 at 23:35
You can be certain about that.
robert August 13th, 2015 at 22:58
lol thats like saying hitler flipped a coin before making war planes and ships
Robert Kennedy August 13th, 2015 at 23:35
Not really, it’s more like Rommel who was against the war, but did his sworn duty.
robert August 14th, 2015 at 15:23
stop the ride im getting dizzy
amersham46 August 12th, 2015 at 21:38
teaching red neck values
bushputz August 13th, 2015 at 20:15
“Great American heroes like Jefferson Davis and General Robert Lee…”
Wrong. I can accept:
anti-American or Confederate, but they were NOT ‘Great American Heroes.’ They fought AGAINST America and wanted to secede from this country. I see them as traitors, and they should not be honored in any way…