the rational behind the practice of burning a cross as a threat

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the rational behind the practice of burning a cross as a threat

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Answer 1

It originally was a Scottish practice. A burning cross was a declaration that war is coming, a call to rally the clans who could see it. Think of it like the beacons of Gondor in LotR. The Klan appropriated it as a sign of “violence is coming *to you*”.