Talk:White League

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We need to expand this--Watersoftheoasis 16:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Were they confederate veterans ?
In six small paragraphs, the fact these bozos were 'confederate veterans' is mentioned five times. Apart from the fact this would be expected, I don't need it slammed over and over again. I would alter the article, but I know so little about these events it would be wrong. Claverhouse (talk) 09:20, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * They probably were. Most of the Democratic Party-sponsored paramilitaries during the time period were, such as the KKK and its members John B. Gordon and Nathan B. Forrest, both former C.S. soldiers. – Illegitimate Barrister 15:00, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't find the mention of them being Confederate as telling as the number of times they are said to be Democrats and to be fighting Republicans given the fact that the two parties have flip-flopped and exchanged political positions such that the South in now Republican. It is a conservative, southern legacy more than the Democratic Party's. While technically their party affiliation at the time was Democratic, belaboring it the way the author does makes them sound like they were a legitimate, acknowledged branch of the party and they weren't. Further, they didn't split hairs on who they killed, if a person could be seen as "black-friendly", even if they were otherwise the type of Democrat of that time, they wouldn't give them a pass just for party membership. It is important to the present day right in the US to pretend that it is the Democratic Party that is the party of racism when in fact it neither party can be blamed, it is merely the conservative element that holds the pro-racism distinction.98.219.126.182 (talk) 16:11, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Legacy removal?
The legacy section is very small, and doesn't seem fitting in the category in terms of its content. Consider moving content to some other section or expanding it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edpark717 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 24 April 2017 (UTC)