License plate proposed to honor KKK leader

[FifthColumn]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

 

[bodecea]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

Mississippi.....seriously?

 

[xsited1]

I thought this thread was going to be about Robert C. Byrd.

 

[noose4]

Americans do not honor losers.

 

[rdean]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

You have to be a right winger. They are famous for that "Hitler did it, why can't I?" line of reasoning. They have no goals, no morals, nothing to look forward to. No aspirations.

6% - no wonder

 

[JBeukema]

Americans do not honor losers.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page

 

[noose4]

Americans do not honor losers.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page

That was not a loss the Vietnamese did not conquer our nation.

 

[Madeline]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

Are there Mississippi license plates bearing the likeness of Pancho Vila, FifthColumn? Do try to keep up here.

Jesus, this shit makes Mississippi look like a scene from "Deliverance".

 

[Againsheila]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

And of course the many times elected Dem Senator Robert Byrd who was a former head of the KKK.

 

[Ravi]

Why?

 

[JBeukema]

Americans do not honor losers.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page

That was not a loss

 

[Baruch Menachem]

NO way. The Klan was just icing on the cowpat of his vileness.

He was a war criminal pure and simple.

He should have been hung for what he did at Ft. Pillow.

 

[FifthColumn]

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Are there Mississippi license plates bearing the likeness of Pancho Vila, FifthColumn? Do try to keep up here.

Jesus, this shit makes Mississippi look like a scene from "Deliverance".

There will be............SOON!

 

[Madeline]

Why?

Apparently, so that bigots in Mississippi could blacken the eye of that state again.

 

[editec]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

So was Benedict Arnold.

And Ben, unlike Forest, actually fought on BEHALF of the American forces before he BETRAYED his nation.

 

[Claudette]

Personally I think its all about the fact that Forrest was one of the great Generals in the civil war.

Dont' know if anyone was even thinking about the KKK.

Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Madeline]

Personally I think its all about the fact that Forrest was one of the great Generals in the civil war.

Dont' know if anyone was even thinking about the KKK.

Of course I could be wrong.

I dun wanna argue with you, Claudette. I like you. Lemme just say, if it were up to me, Andrew Jackson would not be on the $20 bill. IMO, one genocide act wipes out a lifetime of achievement -- and both Jackson and Forrest committed many more than one.

We should have a Hall Of Shame for such men, not a commerative license plate.

 

[FifthColumn]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

------------------------------------------------------

And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

So was Benedict Arnold.

And Ben, unlike Forest, actually fought on BEHALF of the American forces before he BETRAYED his nation.

So did most of the Southern officers in the Mexican War. And most of those Southern officers considered their state as their country so they didn't betray anything.

Learn your history!

http://www.spike.com/video/gods-generals-i-will/2459578

 

[Ravi]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

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And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

So was Benedict Arnold.

And Ben, unlike Forest, actually fought on BEHALF of the American forces before he BETRAYED his nation.

So did most of the Southern officers in the Mexican War. And most of those Southern officers considered their state as their country so they didn't betray anything.

Learn your history!

How come you changed your screen name from Bullfighter?

 

[bodecea]

JACKSON, Miss. — A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

Forrest, a Tennessee native, is revered by some as a military genius and reviled by others for leading the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn. Forrest was a Klan grand wizard in Tennessee after the war.

Sons of Confederate Veterans member Greg Stewart said he believes Forrest distanced himself from the Klan later in life. It's a point many historians agree upon, though some believe it was too little, too late, because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.

License plate proposed to honor KKK leader - U.S. news - Life - Race & ethnicity - msnbc.com#

------------------------------------------------------

And yet it is OK for Mexicans to revere Pancho Vila, who killed helpless American men and women on his raids into the US?

What about the Indians chiefs who murdered American settlers and immigrants? Indian heads were on the nickel for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a part of American history, like it or not. He's one of the South's greatest generals. That is fact.

So was Benedict Arnold.

And Ben, unlike Forest, actually fought on BEHALF of the American forces before he BETRAYED his nation.

So did most of the Southern officers in the Mexican War. And most of those Southern officers considered their state as their country so they didn't betray anything.

Learn your history!

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And they were wrong....and lost. Traitors to the United States, lucky they were not hung.