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It's an open and shut case of what's right against what's wrong -- no Klansman, much less a founding member of the hate organization - should ever be honored.
So it is incredible to me that the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) can seriously propose that former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest get his likeness placed on license plates in Mississippi to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
Somebody please tell me these Civil War nuts are joking.
Forrest fought against the Union, so he was a traitor.
Forrest was a slave trader before the Civil War, so he was an enemy of freedom.
Forrest had his troops massacre black Union Army servicemen and white Unionists who had surrendered at the Battle of Fort Pillow, so he was a war criminal.
Forrest murdered innocent blacks during the Reconstruction in the South, so he was a domestic terrorist.
Did I miss anything?
The fact that the confederate veterans could even publicly propose to honor Bedford is a slap in the face to every black person in America.
As a journalist, I'm a big free speech advocate. But the rantings of the SCV really strain all logic defense of that right.
The group is dedicated to memory of the treasonous Confederacy. And it doesn't matter how brave Forrest was on the battlefield or the military strategies he developed. He was a criminal worthy of the gallows, pure and simple.
Some folks trying to clean up Forrest's image say that towards the end of his life, Forrest gave a speech to a group of blacks fighting for racial harmony. Bedford gave what newspapers described a friendly speech and even accepted a bouquet of flowers from a black woman.
What a guy?
Sorry but a lifetime of of murder, treason and race hatred can't be erased by a speech to a black group.
Forrest's name is on dozens of historical markers in his home state of Tennessee. An effort to strip his name from each and every one would be a worthwhile campaign.
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By: truth on 3/04/2011 6:52PM
General Forrest was a great man, despite the slanderous lies told in this article. The real villians were the Negro Union troops he faced at the Battle of Fort Pillow:
http://cofcc.org/2011/02/black-history-month-myth-of-the-day-fort-pillow/
I'm writing the authorities in Mississippi to support getting him on a license plate. Actually, he should also be honored on US stamps! I'll write my congressman to suggest that.
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By: Ellice on 3/04/2011 7:20PM
OK, YOU AND THE KLAN HATE BLACK PEOPLE. WHY? IT'S IT BECAUSE YOUR ANCESTORS FORCED OUR PEOPLE TO COME OVER HERE ON BOATS. BE MAD AT THEM, CUZ THEY ARE THE REASON THAT WE ARE IN THIS COUNTRY IDIOT. IT'S TIME TO COME OUT FROM UNDER YOUR DIRTY PEDOPHILE TRAILER IN THE BACK WOODS AND LOVE ALL PEOPLE, CUZ GOD IS WATCHING! YOU DO NOT FEAR GOD ENOUGH. YOU AND THE KKK WILL DIE WITH THAT HATE AND THE DEVIL WILL MEET YOU AT HIS GATE. GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY AND HATE!
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By: ARNEADER on 3/04/2011 7:26PM
I read an article in a Mississippi newspaper that Charles Evers (slain Civil Rights Field Director Medgar Evers brohter) said "let them have the car tag." I use to hear people talk about Charles Evers selling out with the 'white man. When I read this for myself I could not believe my eyes! Charles Evers need to get his butt somewhere and sit the hell down!
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By: mancha de platano on 3/05/2011 1:46PM
We the americvan people who live under one flag, the United States of america, see you as a traitor to all Americans~ your a verbal terrorist~ you have free speech alright, se do we the majority of the American people say so~
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By: Debbie on 3/05/2011 8:06PM
Thanks for letting me know. I am going to write as well and try to get him on stamps. What a great man. How dare the author say these things about him.
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By: Bruce on 3/07/2011 8:11AM
It's not surprising that these racists continue to
support such disgraceful heroes. It's obvious this soldier was a traitor and certainly a bigot.
Hisw name should be erased from all monuments in
his home state. There should be a large orotest of all African Americans in Mississippi's capitol. We
need to come together and fight this movement.
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By: mychal on 3/08/2011 1:07PM
Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
This is know as Confederate debt and is null and void from its first thought. The revenue generated would go to the sons/daughters of the confederate or the confedetate general orgainzation itself and the US constitution forbids it. Sorry guy, the war has been over for a long time. You dont have to forget just stop trying to re live it. Plug da plug.
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By: Gichaya on 3/06/2011 12:16AM
Article states: Some folks trying to clean up Forrest's image say that towards the end of his life, Forrest gave a speech to a group of blacks fighting for racial harmony
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This does not surprise me at all, as white folks truly believe that after nearly 500 years of: slaying, burning, hanging, castrating, hating, separating families, murdering and so much more; everything should be forgotten and forgiven after a lil ole speak....NOT
Personally, I'm for revise slavery at this point. Nothing wrong with hanging a few rednecks, or castrating them. Oh way a minute, castrating them is useless, as they are already inferior due to not having what white women desire in their pants anyway. Oh well, forget the castration and the slavery. They are inferior enough as is.
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By: truth on 3/04/2011 8:35PM
So, you advocate murdering whites.
Have you already murdered whites? How many?
You need to be reported to the Dept of Homeland Security as a domestic terrorist.
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By: Gichaya on 3/04/2011 9:23PM
Hahahahahahah truth, blow it out of your porthole. You are and probably were always and advocate for slavery. I recall you telling someone that they shouldn't force themselves on white folks. I would appreciate you taking your own advice by not forcing yourself on us. Don't you know when you're not wanted. Of course you do, that's why you are here instead of being with your own, they don't want you....pitiful
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