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Memphis Mayor Wants to Dig Up Dead Confederate War General (Nathan Bedford Forest)
Fox News ^ | June 26, 2015 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 06/26/2015 9:58:02 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: V_TWIN

Yes and it’s happening virtually unopposed.


21 posted on 06/26/2015 10:09:33 AM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: C19fan

The mayor wants to hunch on the bones?


22 posted on 06/26/2015 10:10:44 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: C19fan

Jonah was there longer?


23 posted on 06/26/2015 10:11:23 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: TBP

Yes, but he resigned from the KKK when it became a terrorizing gang of thugs.................


24 posted on 06/26/2015 10:12:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: C19fan
“Which African-American wants to have a picnic in the shadow of Nathan Bedford Forrest?”

There's that hyphen again.

Africa has plenty of picnic spots.

25 posted on 06/26/2015 10:12:30 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: airborne

And “Gone With The Wind”, “Birth of a Nation”, “Red Badge of Courage”, etc.....................


26 posted on 06/26/2015 10:14:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Justa Movin’ On Up!”
Another black RAT-run city!

#3 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

Memphis took over St. Louis’ position as the #3 Most Dangerous City in America, rising up one place from #4 last year. Although Memphis moved up on the list, the city still managed to decrease its violent crime rate by more than 5 percent. The city had 124 murders, 437 rapes, 3,133 robberies, and 7,200 aggravated assaults.

Violent Crime Rate: 1,656/100,000 people | Murder Rate: 19/100,000 people

Population: 657,691| Officer to Population Ratio: 1:284

Median Household Income: $36,817 | Pop. Below Poverty Line: 26.2%

Rank last year: #4


27 posted on 06/26/2015 10:15:29 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: C19fan

“What is the difference between Wharton and ISIS thugs who blew up the tomb of Jonah, etc?”
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None what so ever And Wharton is an ass licking asshole!


28 posted on 06/26/2015 10:15:35 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: C19fan
No difference. It reflects the same hate driven mindset.

The Left prattles about freedom, but has no respect whatsoever for the freedom of others to preserve their physical, cultural & historic achievements; no respect for the values that led to the very existence of the American union of States under our once respected Constitution.

It was clear from some of the antics at the end of the Clinton Administration, that the American Left sensed the opportunity to finish their malevolent destruction of the American heritage; that the end game was virtually at hand. Here is a reflection, written at the time, which unfortunately describes their sick game. (Civil War, Reconstruction & Creating Hate In America.)

They are now circling for the kill, while they still control the Executive branch, and the Republican majority in Congress, with only a few notable exceptions, seem to lack even the remotest inclination to resist.

29 posted on 06/26/2015 10:16:11 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Mr. K

Liberals support this kind of book burning. That’s why they hate books like Fahrenheit 451. (Ironically, that is one of the books they would love to burn. It describes them too well.)


30 posted on 06/26/2015 10:16:26 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: airborne

“I guess it’s time to burn all copies of “The Dukes of Hazard”

Oh, it’s gonna get a lot worse than that.


31 posted on 06/26/2015 10:17:16 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: C19fan; nathanbedford

They are coming for you, man. Watch yer six.


32 posted on 06/26/2015 10:17:50 AM PDT by dware (Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
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To: C19fan

Mass hysteria. Mass insanity. Mass mental retardation.


33 posted on 06/26/2015 10:18:30 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: C19fan

From Wiki:

His last public speech was before a group of black Southerners:

Speaks to black Southerners

In July 1875, Forrest demonstrated that his personal sentiments on the issue of race now differed from that of the Klan, when he was invited to give a speech before an organization of black Southerners advocating racial reconciliation, called the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association. At this, his last public appearance, he made what the New York Times described as a “friendly speech”[10] during which, when offered a bouquet of flowers by a black woman, he accepted them as a token of reconciliation between the races and espoused a radically progressive (for the time) agenda of equality and harmony between black and white Americans.[56] His speech was as follows:

“Ladies and Gentlemen I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. I accept it more particularly as it comes from a colored lady, for if there is any one on God’s earth who loves the ladies I believe it is myself. ( Immense applause and laughter.) This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This is the first opportunity I have had during that time to say that I am your friend. I am here a representative of the southern people, one more slandered and maligned than any man in the nation.

I will say to you and to the colored race that men who bore arms and followed the flag of the Confederacy are, with very few exceptions, your friends. I have an opportunity of saying what I have always felt - that I am your friend, for my interests are your interests, and your interests are my interests. We were born on the same soil, breathe the same air, and live in the same land. Why, then, can we not live as brothers? I will say that when the war broke out I felt it my duty to stand by my people. When the time came I did the best I could, and I don’t believe I flickered. I came here with the jeers of some white people, who think that I am doing wrong. I believe that I can exert some influence, and do much to assist the people in strengthening fraternal relations, and shall do all in my power to bring about peace. It has always been my motto to elevate every man- to depress none. (Applause.) I want to elevate you to take positions in law offices, in stores, on farms, and wherever you are capable of going.

I have not said anything about politics today. I don’t propose to say anything about politics. You have a right to elect whom you please; vote for the man you think best, and I think, when that is done, that you and I are freemen. Do as you consider right and honest in electing men for office. I did not come here to make you a long speech, although invited to do so by you. I am not much of a speaker, and my business prevented me from preparing myself. I came to meet you as friends, and welcome you to the white people. I want you to come nearer to us. When I can serve you I will do so. We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Use your best judgement in selecting men for office and vote as you think right.

Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict. I have been in the heat of battle when colored men, asked me to protect them. I have placed myself between them and the bullets of my men, and told them they should be kept unharmed. Go to work, be industrious, live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I’ll come to your relief. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for this opportunity you have afforded me to be with you, and to assure you that I am with you in heart and in hand.” (Prolonged applause.):


34 posted on 06/26/2015 10:18:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: C19fan

The left act just like the Taliban


35 posted on 06/26/2015 10:19:45 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Jolla

The slope is gone, just a deep dark hole in the ground is left underneath


36 posted on 06/26/2015 10:20:27 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: NorthMountain

Funny, you’d think African/Americans (so-called)
would be happy to picnic on Forrest’s grave.

He’s dead homey.

I’d picnic on Hillary!’s and relieve myself too.


37 posted on 06/26/2015 10:22:05 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: C19fan

Okay, well then dig up all the people buried at Arlington because it was where Robert E. Lee lived.


38 posted on 06/26/2015 10:23:04 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Ohioan

Mayor Wharton

39 posted on 06/26/2015 10:25:18 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: tet68

I’ve a feeling that Hildebeeste’s grave will smell like a sewer.


40 posted on 06/26/2015 10:27:35 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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