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Originally Posted by resolute 14
honestly, there are parallels between why the orange order was founded and why the klu klux klan was founded. Unsurprisingly, a bigoted hatred of those with different views and a desire to preserve the supremacy of their own kind lied at the root of both. That the orange order's bigotry is religiously motivated rather than racially motivated doesn't make it better.
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Support for William of Orange in the British Isles led to the formation of Orange Societies to commemorate his victory at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690,