[nathanbedford]

Jefferson had slaves, failed to manumet the majority of them, knowingly extended the "peculiar institution" through the southern half of the Louisiana Purchase (according to biographer Hitchens), and sexually abused his underage slave.

Do you "deeply admire" Thomas Jefferson? I do, but not all parts. Would criticize me if my posting name were "Thomas Jefferson?" I think not.

Would you grant me the space to admire parts of the legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest?

[Wolfstar]

Would you grant me the space to admire parts of the legacy of General Nathan Bedford Forrest?

It's not up to me to "grant" you anything. However, in observing your admiration for the founder of the KKK, I would also recall something many of us scorned during the Clinton era -- the concept of "compartmentalization."

[muawiyah]

Hey, guarantee that when it comes to "true life experiences" Nathan Bedford Forrest was a mind-numbed, knee-jerk, robot-like Liberal compared to Muawiyah, the founder of the Ummayad Dynasty.

We all pick our pen names for a number of reasons ~ in Muawiyah's case, he was a Dark Ages fellow who did a couple of things that proved he was as close to a Jeffersonian as you were liable to find "way back when".

Folks get upset about Forrest simply because he is so recent ~ and even if you despise the man, he was a He|| of a soldier, and rose through the ranks from Private to General ~ commendable in all armies in all of history.