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Despite public outcry, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) re-signed a proclamation Thursday declaring July 13 as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in the state, honoring the Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and former Confederate general.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-honors-kkk-grand-wizard-with-proclamation/ar-AAEfhQ5?ocid=spartanntp
marble falls
(57,394 posts)Polybius
(15,512 posts)Unfortunately it stands.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)That's odd because of how the republicans claim the Dems are the party of the klan, lincoln freed the slaves, and Robert Byrd was the most terrible klansman ever.
Docreed2003
(16,886 posts)And everyone around us thinks Lee is "such a good man"...smdh
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Forrest gave a contrite speech to the Pole-Bearers Society (the predecessor to the NAACP) in 1873. I still wouldnt give him a holiday, but he eventually ended up not being so bad.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Massacre of Fort Pillow. After the troops surrendered. You do not start here and end up not so bad. Sorry. That is outright bullshit.
lame54
(35,331 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)But I wish he would have had to apologize from prison.
dalton99a
(81,648 posts)(Memphis Daily Appeal, July 6, 1875)
rockfordfile
(8,708 posts)lame54
(35,331 posts)lame54
(35,331 posts)moondust
(20,017 posts)I keep forgetting.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)that sometimes slinks around various parts of our state of Tennessee; and
Whereas I can say the statutes of Tennessee require me as governor to issue a proclamation every year recognizing this KKK grand wizard; and
Whereas I am a gutless wonder with a big yellow stripe down my back;
I am therefore not issuing a proclamation that actually tells the truth about Nathan Bedford Forrest but will instead issue a different proclamation that claims we should remember this loser as a military genius
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Duppers
(28,127 posts)Spanone's thread...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212270991
Tennessee is marching backwards, was better than this 40yrs ago. What happened?