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Tennessee declines to hide statue of First KKK Grand Wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest with shrubs
Hotair ^ | 07/21/2015 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 07/21/2015 11:37:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/21/2015 11:37:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Soon to be vandalized and ultimately destroyed.


2 posted on 07/21/2015 11:40:06 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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glysophate


3 posted on 07/21/2015 11:40:33 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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It looks like he’s holding a soldering iron.


4 posted on 07/21/2015 11:40:33 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: SeekAndFind

Many, many years ago I was solicited to become a member in the KKK. Big sales pitch. When I told them I was Catholic the sight of their dropped jaws was something to behold. You would have thought I said that I was part Kenyan!


5 posted on 07/21/2015 11:42:01 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Many think Forrest was the best Civil War general of them all. My ancestors fought for the Union, but I see no reason not to honor him.

My understanding is that his work with the early KKK was more in the nature of resistance to Reconstruction and that later in life he advocated reconciliation of the races.

That being said, that is a really ugly statue.

6 posted on 07/21/2015 11:45:19 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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There are over a hundred buildings, roads, bridges, and university departments named after Robert Byrd in WV. Why isn’t the Left bringing this up?


7 posted on 07/21/2015 11:47:00 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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the “artist” was an ardent white supremacist who also represented James Earl Ray legally.


8 posted on 07/21/2015 11:50:10 AM PDT by babble-on
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Jeez, I hope so. That may be the most hideous statue ever.


9 posted on 07/21/2015 11:50:47 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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Agreed that it is an ugly statue.

Interesting article on NBF in “American Catholic” magazine - comments are interesting too:

http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/08/06/nathan-bedford-forrest-and-racial-reconciliation/


10 posted on 07/21/2015 11:53:31 AM PDT by poindexters brother
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Yeah, definitely not the most artistic sculpture we’ve seen.


11 posted on 07/21/2015 11:57:04 AM PDT by LouAvul (Venal and evil people are destroying the world you live in.)
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Meanwhile in Seattle the statue of Lenin remains un-noticed.
Lenin who murdered millions, yea that Lenin.

Lenin killed 4 million people - men, women and little children. He is the
5th greatest murderer of the 20th century (after Stalin, Mao, Hitler and Chiang Kai-shek


12 posted on 07/21/2015 11:57:24 AM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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Given the state of education, most millenials probably think it’s the guy from the Beatles.


13 posted on 07/21/2015 12:00:59 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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14 posted on 07/21/2015 12:02:43 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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Anti-history crowd strikes again.


15 posted on 07/21/2015 12:02:59 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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I haven’t heard what David Duke thinks of all this.


16 posted on 07/21/2015 12:09:29 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
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Stay out the Bushes!!!!

who sculpted that mess, the Lucile Ball artist?


17 posted on 07/21/2015 12:16:52 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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“Lenin who murdered millions, yea that Lenin.”

Those were white people. They don’t count. Get with the program here.


18 posted on 07/21/2015 12:17:53 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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So they are conceding to the demand…” bring me a shrubbery” Neaaa


19 posted on 07/21/2015 12:19:37 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: colorado tanker

My sentiments and understanding, exactly.


20 posted on 07/21/2015 12:20:53 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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