Why does Emmett Till have a marker and highway stretch named after him (Jackson: crime, loan)

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by Madeline2121

And right on cue, here is where OP informs us that we are all a bunch if racists because we don't agree with him.

Not what he said at all.
Back up your statement.

[Madeline2121]

I don't have to back up my statement because the OP's posts do that just fine.

[SippiStateBulldogs]

Originally Posted by Madeline2121

I don't have to back up my statement because the OP's posts do that just fine.

Can you contribute something substantial to this conversation?

[phlinak]

Originally Posted by MissStateDawg

Why is it so hard to believe a Black person could have a master's in history and love his southron heritage enough to question an Emmett Till marker. All I am saying is he is not some civil rights icon.

No, he's not an icon like MLK, no one is saying that, but his death is a very honest, raw, and brutal snapshot of the vile and ugly face of Mississippi, at the time. It is a noteworthy moment and it needs to be memorialized.

In terms of your earlier comment regarding young Emmett Till whistling at someone's wife, let me say two things:

1) Show me any evidence that Till knew the woman was married (which is irrelevant anyway), and

2) At worst, Till was guilty of behaving in a boorish and ungentlemanly way (chalk it up to youthful indiscretion). Surely you agree Till's "transgression" did not justify a summary execution by a racist lynch mob?

[ipaper]

Originally Posted by phlinak

No, he's not an icon like MLK, no one is saying that, but his death is a very honest, raw, and brutal snapshot of the vile and ugly face of Mississippi, at the time. It is a noteworthy moment and it needs to be memorialized.

In terms of your earlier comment regarding young Emmett Till whistling at someone's wife, let me say two things:

1) Show me any evidence that Till knew the woman was married (which is irrelevant anyway), and

2) At worst, Till was guilty of behaving in a boorish and ungentlemanly way (chalk it up to youthful indiscretion). Surely you agree Till's "transgression" did not justify a summary execution by a racist lynch mob?

very well said.

[phlinak]

Originally Posted by Desert kid

Having read more than a few things about Forrest outside of the internet, own several books on him, he wasn't some cardboard villain.

I agree, he was not some cardboard villain, he was a monster.

May Nathan Bedford Forrest rot in Hell for all of the death, pain, suffering, fear, and misery that has been inflicted upon humanity because of him and his God-d***** Ku Klux Klan.

In my opinion, he is to black people what Adolf Hitler is to Jews.

[phlinak]

Originally Posted by ipaper

very well said.

Thank you.

[Seadory]

Nathan Forrest was a fearless, brilliant military strategist. Forrest was a member of the Klan however, whether or not he served as the Grand Wizard of the Klan is still uncertain.

That said, based on what I know about Forrest, it is my opinion that he was a sociopath. Sociopaths make fabulous politicians and many sociopaths have distinguished military careers. I am by no means suggesting that all politicians have a complete lack of conscience or that most people who serve in the armed forces are sociopathic.

The operative word here is fearless. I've no doubt that he was, in addition to his greatness, a very charming man.

[Zyngawf]

Originally Posted by phlinak

No, he's not an icon like MLK, no one is saying that, but his death is a very honest, raw, and brutal snapshot of the vile and ugly face of Mississippi, at the time. It is a noteworthy moment and it needs to be memorialized.

In terms of your earlier comment regarding young Emmett Till whistling at someone's wife, let me say two things:

1) Show me any evidence that Till knew the woman was married (which is irrelevant anyway), and

2) At worst, Till was guilty of behaving in a boorish and ungentlemanly way (chalk it up to youthful indiscretion). Surely you agree Till's "transgression" did not justify a summary execution by a racist lynch mob?

How is this post any different the post #1.

[Listener2307]

Originally Posted by Madeline2121

I don't have to back up my statement because the OP's posts do that just fine.

Nah. You dug yourself a hole and the only thing you could think of was to declare that you are omniscient.