Why? Why him?

by Alyssa Bobczynski

Why? Why a monument honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest?

Forrest was a man of division, hate, and superiority.

He was a man that breeds division of race, man-kind, and horrendous acts.

Forrest was a “grand wizard” of the Klu Klux Klan.

The KKK members pride themselves on the white race and eliminating anyone who isn’t apart of it.

The KKK is so beyond immoral.

Their “club” is a hate breeder.

They allow the scums of society to have community, and friendship.

Why ? Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Why honor and remember a man who did nothing short of wrongful acts?

He so called claimed himself just.

So did our country.

Honoring a KKK member. Praising Nathan Bedford Forrest as an idol.

WHY? WHY? WHY?

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a DESPICABLE excuse for a man or a human.

He shames.

He dishonors.

He disvalues.

He is hate.

He is truly a terror.

WHY? WHY? WHY?

The monument that stands today surrounds itself with confederate flags with a man who caused such destruction.

Praising him like an idol?

WHY? WHY? WHY?

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a killer.

A mass killer.

He slaughtered people for pure enjoyment.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is responsible for attacking Fort Pillow and killing hundreds of soldiers in Henning, Tennessee.

Hundreds of of men, hundreds of men of the human race

WHY? WHY? WHY?

Nathan Bedford Forrest claims to be a cotton plantation owner, horse and cattle trader, real estate broker, and slave trader by profession.

But he is isn’t any of those.

He is a downright terrorist.

He is a monster.

Why WHY WHY

– would a reformed country built on justice, Liberty freedoms, and equal opportunity choose to honor and remember Nathan Bedford Forrest?

Why? WHY? WHY?