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The Sons of Confederate Veterans have rustled up some controversy in Mississippi, by proposing a specialty license plate honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the earliest Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan.
The group wants the state to issue a series of plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of what it calls the “War Between the States,” with a different design every year from now to 2015. Forrest would be 2014’s plate, according to the AP.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have rustled up some controversy in Mississippi, by proposing a specialty license plate honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the earliest Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan.
The group wants the state to issue a series of plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of what it calls the “War Between the States,” with a different design every year from now to 2015. Forrest would be 2014’s plate, according to the AP.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have rustled up some controversy in Mississippi, by proposing a specialty license plate honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the earliest Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan.
The group wants the state to issue a series of plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of what it calls the “War Between the States,” with a different design every year from now to 2015. Forrest would be 2014’s plate, according to the AP.
Nathan Bedford Forrest's views were considered par for the 1860's. But one must realize Forrest was a Confederate General before that, and a well respected one too.
But what the OP failed to realize, Forrest was the Wizard who decided to disband the first KKK because he felt it got too violent (the first Klan was originally supposed to be a fraternal order), but post-Civil War bitterness changed that.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have rustled up some controversy in Mississippi, by proposing a specialty license plate honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the earliest Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan.
The group wants the state to issue a series of plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of what it calls the “War Between the States,” with a different design every year from now to 2015. Forrest would be 2014’s plate, according to the AP.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have rustled up some controversy in Mississippi, by proposing a specialty license plate honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the earliest Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan.
The group wants the state to issue a series of plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of what it calls the “War Between the States,” with a different design every year from now to 2015. Forrest would be 2014’s plate, according to the AP.
Yes, Forrest was a founding member of the Klan, but when it was formed it wasn't the organization that we see today.
The Klan was more of a movement to protect southerners from northern carpet baggers. It evolved into something far more evil, but Forrest wasn't really a part of that.
Nathan Bedford Forrest's views were considered par for the 1860's. But one must realize Forrest was a Confederate General before that, and a well respected one too.
But what the OP failed to realize, Forrest was the Wizard who decided to disband the first KKK because he felt it got too violent (the first Klan was originally supposed to be a fraternal order), but post-Civil War bitterness changed that.
The man was a racist and a bigot of the highest order. You efforts to make him seem like anyting less is an epic FAIL!
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