Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger
The Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has come up with an idea for celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War—known to some as the “War between the States.” The veterans group has proposed that the state of
Mississippi issue a series of specialty license plates commemorating the war. These specialty plates, planned for the years 2011 through 2015, would each have a different design.
What has some people upset is the specialty license plate slated for the year 2014, which would honor General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, a native of Tennessee, is considered by some to have been a military genius. Others feel differently about Forrest who is “reviled” by some for allegedly having lead a massacre of Black Union troops at Fort Pillow in his home state in 1864. It should be noted that Forrest also served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
According to ABC News, the NAACP is planning to send a letter to Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour requesting “that he publicly denounce the license plate and use his office to prevent it from being issued.” Derrick Jackson, president of the Mississippi state NAACP, said of Forrest: “He should be viewed in the same light that we view Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. The state of Mississippi should deny any vanity tags which would highlight racial hatred in this state.”
Although many historians agree that Nathan Bedford Forrest distanced himself from the KKK later in his life, some believe “it was too little too late because the Klan had already turned violent before Forrest left.”
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IBM: Please. I will get the garlic and a crucifix. Maybe a wooden stake as well. How about a mirror?
brent be back
brent love us
brent obsessed with us
brent want to be us
did someone close and lock the door? Don’t do any good when the cows get out again.
ok again im leaving this blog quit callin my name an post some facts if u have any. do yall remember what the blog is about? oh i see, since i proved everything on here was ficticious u have nothing else to say other than personal attacks. good day to u all!
Don’t make threats, veiled or otherwise, sport. I do not play.
i did, even put numbers in front of them 1 through 5 evidently u cannot read
Kossack Otteray Scribe maybe u need to go back an read ur posts.before you threaten me again. i will leave the light on for you
dense brent,
can upi not answer anyone’s questions?
u caled my name so u must want me to respond. scribe what is your point? do you have one, or are u just making a thinly veiled threat? i have broken no laws an still invite u to my house to make those racist remarks to my face. did i challenge u to a fight, no i did not! i challenged ur manhood. take ur threats an shove em. if you all who believe in these antiamerican points of view will quit callin my name i will quit responding. i already no u tell lies. i already know u hide behind alias an promote hatred. i already know u claim to be friends with folks who dont know you.do you have anything to add to this blog other than personal attacks? for a lawyer u forget the law is for all people not just you. come on down an we will drink some coffee! now if u will quit callin my name i will leave a post that represents muslim extremists agianst the american people!
Brent, I figure you did not know there are nine other key amendments to the Bill of Rights besides the Second Amendment. Let me introduce you to the Sixth Amendment:
I thought you were bailing out on this blawg. I see that you do not keep promises.
Upon reading this thread I was a little intrigued by the question as to when slavery officially ended in Massachusetts. I knew it was before 1800 but was not at all sure as to the exact year. I found this link and in fact checking the contents determined most of it to be true.
For those who are interested I also include a link that contains info on the author.
http://www.slavenorth.com/massemancip.htm
http://www.slavenorth.com/author.htm
scribe i did, can u read? go back an look, i even put numbers in front of the answers. what do yall know of a great country the mans pic at the top of this page represents those who bomb it! good day to u
brent waller,
Massachuseets isn’t planning to honor former slave holders or members of the Ku Klux Klan with license plates in their names in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. I have to wonder why someone who considers himself/herself a patriot would want to celebrate the secession of their states from the “Union” of this great country.
BiL, he not only was one of the most interesting persons one could ever hope to meet, he had that voice. When he talked he sounded as if he could do the play-by-play announcing at Armageddon.
Brent: Bye. Don’t let the doorknob hit you………
There are also instances on record of slave mothers’ children given away like puppies or kittens by masters unwilling or unable to support them. There was no law against this.
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gotta link for that. that’s gotta be one of the dumbest things i’ve ever heard.
I cannot understand why brent is dense. brent, the south lost the war. It is futile to reignite a battle horn unless you can do something useful. brent answer mikes questions if you can. You sir without answers question make the point that they are true. No one can help you but yourself. But apparently you wish to sit around wearing your badge of honor with out really doing anything for it. At least the koch brothers stole it fair and square and are doing something about it. is your sister really that good that you can not pay attention to the bouncing balls. Hopefully she does.