Taylor Swift Calls for Removal of Monuments That 'Celebrate Racist Historical Figures'

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Taylor Swift called for the permanent removal of monuments that “celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things” in her native Tennessee.

“Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE figures in our state history and should be treated as such,” Swift wrote in a string of tweets Friday.

Swift said of the statue for the one-time Tennessee senator, “Edward Carmack’s statue was sitting in the state Capitol until it was torn down last week in the protests. The state of Tennessee has vowed to replace it. FYI, he was a white supremacist newspaper editor who published pro-lynching editorials and incited the arson of the office of Ida B. Wells (who actually deserves a hero’s statue for her pioneering work in journalism and civil rights). Replacing his statue is a waste of state funds and a waste of an opportunity to do the right thing.”

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Then Swift called out the “monstrosity” known as the Nathan Bedford Forrest Equestrian Statue, a garish 25-foot monument dedicated to the Confederate general and KKK grand wizard.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-tennessee-monuments-racist-historical-figures-removal-1014584/

[msongs]

1. washington monument, jefferson memorial? nt

[thucythucy]

2. Were either Washington or Jefferson

from "her native Tennessee?"

[Aristus]

4. There's no doubt that Washington and Jefferson are troublesome figures in our history.

But they were instrumental in establishing our nation, not trying to rend it asunder.

They never fired on American troops.

[brush]

3. She keeps growing on me. She's always on the progressive side of issues.