In 1978, a bust of the slave trader, Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest was installed in the Tennessee capitol building, immediately prompting protests.
Aren’t we all…? 
Still mired in a grievance of their own making after all this time. Cons will never learn.
Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first grand imperial wizard of the Klan. Dude, it is beyond offensive.
" We’re dealing with a time period now where everybody is offended by something,”
“the slave trader, Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest”
Forgot to include “war criminal”. Grant was very clear about that in his memoir.
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We’re dealing with a time period now where everybody is offended by something,” McCluney told TPM. “They talk about the issues of slavery, racism, white supremacy — well, you know, our nation has a history of that, and it’s been around a lot longer than people realize.”
One of America’s biggest failures is that the majority of folks don’t teach history, ‘warts and all’.
It’s somewhat easy to do, but guys have to be receiptive to it.
Crikey, the Tennessee GOP loves themselves a long dead slaver/traitor/terrorist. Their love for Benadick Donnie didn’t fall too far from the tree I guess.
That’s awesome. Don’t know who wrote it but I bow in your direction: (-.-) (_ _) (-.-)
Everybody’s so sensitive these days about some mild treason and a mere 300 killings at fort Pillow.
Remember, it’s about heritage, not hate!
Well imagine that.
Son of a bitch, making D&D players look bad all these years.
144 Years After His Death, Nathan Bedford Forrest Still Rules Tennessee Politics
(Couldn’t resist)
This is fucking pathetic.
“To make the reinternment [ sic ] open to members of our organization, this will not be cheap,” one post reads. “There is not a line item in the budget to cover the cost. Cost will include security, portable bathrooms, ambulance and fire services just to name a few. Everything that would be needed for a large crowd that could be as large as the Hunley funeral. That expected cost is $100,000.”
What is wrong with these people? I don’t think there would be that big a crowd if they reinterred George Washington for some reason. Are these people’s lives really so empty that they have to cling to blatant, horrible symbolism just to feel something? The man’s been dead for almost 150 years.
If they had to move the remains of someone from my family from that time period, I don’t think a single member of my family would know enough to care. And yet a significant contingent of these Tennesseans basically want a State funeral for a reinterment of someone who committed treason against the United States.
And the KKK - can’t people just get over it?
Well, we are coming up on March 20 and the Q-folk said something was supposed to happen…
They don’t want to.