Tenn. Set To Honor Controversial Confederate General and 1st grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan on Mon

[bambu]

Yea....

They have been doing this since the 1960's.....

A lot of people dont know that in several southern states they celebrate birth date of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on M.L.K. day......

"Not content to celebrate one Confederate holiday, Alabama celebrates three: The birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War, whose birthday on January 19 awkwardly coincides with civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday and MLK Day; Confederate Memorial Day, the last Monday in April; and the birthday of Jefferson Davis, a soldier and politician who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, on the first Monday in June."
http://www.ibtimes.com/what-states-...s-alabama-rep-alvin-holmes-wants-them-2000428

 

[nex gin]

He says, "To opponents, I would say that they need more education because Forrest did a lot of good. No one is perfect except Jesus, so people cannot condemn any man on a single item - all must be looked at. History should be preserved and added to, not erased."

smh @ that quote.

Not surprised. Typical redneck shit for TN. Apparently the media coverage is working, because I've been seeing them flagging a whole lot more over the past few weeks. These mfs are walking around like they are in jeopardy of losing their first born child...lol.

Sitting in the drive-thru a week or so ago.... Ironically I was on the phone w/ a friend talking about that shit when I rounded the corner and saw this.

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

I really need to get the fuck out of this state

 

[The_Jackal]

http://www.localmemphis.com/story/d/story/tenn-set-to-honor-controversial-confederate-genera/19239/uS7PHGNcUkmqgzKVlkXmxQ

Tenn. Set To Honor Controversial Confederate General Monday

MEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)--Controversy continues around efforts to relocate the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest and the remains of he and his wife from a Memphis park.

Despite this, Tennessee will honor the Confederate general Monday.

Tennessee has had this special observance for years.

Nathan Bedford Forrest Day is part of a statute that requires the governor to proclaim six special observances each year.

But given recent events people are calling it into question.

On June 2nd, Governor Bill Haslam signed a proclamation honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest on July 13th.

Since it is a statute, it would take a legislative act to change it.

State senator Lee Harris says this adds to a list of divisive symbols, and he is calling on the governor to act so Tennessee can move forward.

"So having a special holiday or observance signed by the governor for Monday is not the way to do that. Having a Confederate license plate that the governor could discontinue instantaneously is not the way to do it," said Harris.

Lee Millar with the Sons of Confederate Veterans argues the general is one of the state's most famous citizens and should have a day of remembrance.

He says, "To opponents, I would say that they need more education because Forrest did a lot of good. No one is perfect except Jesus, so people cannot condemn any man on a single item - all must be looked at. History should be preserved and added to, not erased."

That statute is a Tennessee code that calls on governors to proclaim special observances.

Those include Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Memorial or Confederate Decoration Day, and Veterans Day.

Gov. Haslam was asked about removing the bust two weeks before he signed the proclamation reinstating Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. He said, “Forrest would not be my choice of one of the Tennesseans that we honor.”

Still, he signed the proclamation, and according to the governor’s press secretary, Dave Smith, Haslam had to sign it “as per the statute.”

Smh.. Only in Murica.. Imagine a place somewhere in Germany honoring one of Adolf's Generals...[/quote]

To keep shit 100 the desert fox is honor in Germany, Israel and the UN though he did have actually morals

 

[Sandinista]

Why does this surprise people? The United States was founded by slave owners and we still honor them everywhere. Shit. George Washington bought and sold slaves...split families apart and shit and no one is more honored in America than GW. During the Revolutionary War, the British offered freedom to any slave who reached Loyalist areas. GW sent thousands of revolutionary soldiers...this at a time when the Colonial war effort was struggling...to do nothing but hunt down escaped slaves.

My middle school was named after Woodrow Wilson, a man who resegregated the White House and blocked all anti-lynching bills he could. My high school was named after Patrick Henry, a slave owner and slave catcher extraordinaire.

If you live in America you're gonna have to accept that this country's Founding Fathers and original heroes fucked over your ancestors on the reg'lar and take that shit in stride.

 

[CashmoneyDux]

Just imagine if there was a Nat Turner Day

 

[T. Sanford]

I really need to get the fuck out of this state

Im working on my state extraction right now because Chattanooga is wack af

 

[lamontbdc]

Yea....

They have been doing this since the 1960's.....

A lot of people dont know that in several southern states they celebrate birth date of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on M.L.K. day......

"Not content to celebrate one Confederate holiday, Alabama celebrates three: The birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War, whose birthday on January 19 awkwardly coincides with civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday and MLK Day; Confederate Memorial Day, the last Monday in April; and the birthday of Jefferson Davis, a soldier and politician who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, on the first Monday in June."
http://www.ibtimes.com/what-states-...s-alabama-rep-alvin-holmes-wants-them-2000428

Shit when Arthur Ashe died whitey in VA refused to put his statue up next to Robert E Lee

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

I really need to get the fuck out of this state

Im working on my state extraction right now because Chattanooga is wack af

It's the same in Nashville

 

[grYmes]

I really need to get out the south.... (no offense to all non black hating southern people).

 

[T. Sanford]

I really need to get the fuck out of this state

Im working on my state extraction right now because Chattanooga is wack af

It's the same in Nashville

I never been out there but I kinda sense that it was the same. That's why never go there to kick it

 

[mackanaven]

The south is fucked up.

 

[soul rattler]

Niggas get honored everyday b.