"He was a warm friend of the colored race, over whom he exercised remarkable influence"
Posted on 07/24/2015 3:45:01 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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I am a northerner, but as soon as I saw that idiot Nikki Haley cave to these fanatics in South Carolina, I knew it was just the start.
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Ditto!
Actually, Forrest was an interesting personality. The early Klan was a self-defense organization. When it “turned bad,” Forrest no longer supported it.
Attacking the graves and monuments of the past is a cowardly displacement activity. A displacement activity is when one takes out bad emotions against defenseless people or things: kicking a table, hitting a pet, &c.
If you don’t admire Forest, or the Confederate flags, then keep your opinion to yourself, or talk about it. But you have no right to vandalize, to interrupt a public speaker (in the guise of “free speech”!), or run someone off the road to his death.
In general, the kindest way to treat people is often merely to leave them alone. Simple enough. I wish also that our government would learn that lesson!
"He was a warm friend of the colored race, over whom he exercised remarkable influence"
Up date in my local paper today, Arkansas Dem-Gaz, Memphis City council going to sell the Forrest Statue and the National KKK wants to put in a bid.
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