And I for one would have no issue with his statue coming down.
How much do you know about him?
Yep. This garbage plays right into the hands of liberals who accuse Republicans of being the party of KKK racists and the Jim Crow south.
Republicans have no business honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest.
So since the left has no end game and Washington and Jefferson are now coming down, you can thank your “no issues with that” for helping to start something that can not be easily ended now.
Agreed.
I suggest that you read about him before you make open statements.
For instance, he had very little formal education, but became rich trading slaves. He was successful in selling slaves because he treated them well and only sold them to "good masters." By treating them well and selling them to good masters, the slaves knew that they were not going to be abused, so they didn't run and gave good service. So the new masters ended up getting good slaves. So the slave got a good master, the owner got a good slave and Forest got a good reputation; which ensured a premium for the sell of a slave. There are documented cases where Forest told a slave, "go walk around town and find your future owner." So the slave would walk around town and talk to the other slaves and find out who was a good master and was able to purchase a new slave. In some instances, the slave would interview for his future owner.
Make no mistake, Forest was a very harsh man. His troops did not "love him" but they very much respected him. His battles are still studied today, because he figured out how to set up a battle to maximize his combat power and minimize the Union combat power. Additionally, he was a master of the "follow up." If he succeeded in getting the other side to run, his forces were relentless in pursuit, even if the other size was much larger. He was so successful in the these two things that the opposing Union forces were always"certain" that Forest's forces were always much larger than they really were.
When I was in Iraq, I was surprised to find out that all of the officers in our coalition had studied at least one of Forest's battle (LtCols from UK, Australia, Poland, Ukraine, South Korea, etc... .). It became a joke- "Hey, I've run out things to say, so let's talk about Gen Forest's battle at.... ."
If we judge historical figures based upon current standards all will come up short.
Are you speaking of slave-owner Nathan Bedford Forrest or slave-owner George Washington?
Or a U.S. President that dropped an atomic bomb on a city that included men, women and children?
All are quite controversial these days.
Cleanse history of everything bad. Obliterate our consitution. Send all the police home. Kill yourselves.