Posted on 06/29/2015 11:07:05 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Memphis Mayor Wants to Literally Dig Up Confederate General and Move Him
by Alex Griswold
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has called for the removal of the grave of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park, along with an attached memorial.
“These relics, these messages of this despicable period of this great nation, it’s time for those to be moved,” Wharton said in a press conference Thursday.
Most historians believe that Forrest was also the first Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, although he later distanced himself from the group as they became more violent. “This is not just an ordinary monument,” Wharton said. “This is a monument to a man who was the avowed founder of the organization that has as its purpose the intimidation, the oppression of black folks.”
The local Sons of Confederate Veterans are opposed to the mayor’s proposal, naturally. Its leader calls Forrest “very well respected, and a military leader who is still studied worldwide in military academies today.”
Watch, via WMC.
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The pure insanity of political correctness.
I thought Memphis would have to return the park to the family if they did that.
“We are living in the age of insanity.” - George Putnam
I know Wharton knows the truth, the KKK as originally constituted was protection from carpet baggers. As it morphed, he left. Indeed, Forrest spent most of his years after that acting to bring peace between the races.
They could bring in some ISIS contracts. They are experts at desecrating historic sites.
The “founding fathers are illegitimate because they owned slaves” argument is very prevalent in black communities. If you enter into a discussion and use the constitution in your argument, it will be dismissed. I have even been told “you can take your constitution and wipe your @ss with it”.
A generation (or two) of our black population has been taught that there is a ‘pie’ (remember Obama talking about pie...remember the intro song to the Jeffersons talked about getting a piece of that pie). The pie just sits there...all of this nation’s wealth is there for the taking. And, as the story goes, evil white men took most of that pie when the wrote the constitution. This is where the 3/5 compromise gets brought up as proof, plus they owned slaves.
Therefore, it is very legitimate to disobey the law and steal - especially from the white guy.
Its sad...but very prevalent. When I was in the Army, I really thought it was a color blind organization, where anybody could get promoted based on merit...still believe that. And I worked with some incredible people who were black. But every once in a while, these very intelligent and hard working people would let the façade slip - and even they held this world view.
F these idiots. Pull out the idiot sticks and start beating until the stupid flees them. It may require being in excellent physical shape though.
How about dig up Elvis’ grave while you’re at it? We all know what some silly people think about him (ie he is still alive somewhere in South America). Given that we are following the same sort of logic (or lack thereof) with Forrest’s grave.
It’s a natural law:
Assholes’ve gotta engage in assholery.
Who’s next?
George Washington?
I read that state law prohibits this.
Never, ever give in to liberal demands because it only emboldens them to make more demands.
Mobama said that she and her husband would change our history.
Some state laws prohibited gay marriage too... Look what happened.
One could cheerfully reply that yes this was a mistake — the first such case involved a slave owner of the same race as the slave, and the “soft bigotry of low expectations” was applied there instead of standing up for freedom and saying no...
But anyhow the constitution has been amended now, and it’s sad if you want to cut off your nose to spite your face but, other than the criminal justice system, it can’t be forced to stop.
FEEEEEEEEEEWINGS!
Watch for the monuments in DC and elsewhere to be defaced or dynamited.
Watch for Taliban-like “correction squads” to roam the land searching out patriotic/religious displays for “social justice monitoring”.
Watch for intense revisions of history to reflect “revealed social narratives”.
Hell, the Gettysburg reenactors have cancelled already...
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