Why? Why him?<\/strong><\/h4>\nby Alyssa Bobczynski<\/p>\n
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Why? Why a monument honoring Nathan Bedford Forrest?<\/p>\n
Forrest was a man of division, hate, and superiority.<\/p>\n
He was a man that breeds division of race, man-kind, and horrendous acts.<\/p>\n
Forrest was a \u201cgrand wizard\u201d of the Klu Klux Klan.<\/p>\n
The KKK members pride themselves on the white race and eliminating anyone who isn’t apart of it.<\/p>\n
The KKK is so beyond immoral.<\/p>\n
Their \u201cclub\u201d is a hate breeder.<\/p>\n
They allow the scums of society to have community, and friendship.<\/p>\n
Why ? Nathan Bedford Forrest.<\/p>\n
Why honor and remember a man who did nothing short of wrongful acts?<\/p>\n
He so called claimed himself just.<\/p>\n
So did our country.<\/p>\n
Honoring a KKK member. Praising Nathan Bedford Forrest as an idol.<\/p>\n
WHY? WHY? WHY?<\/p>\n
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a DESPICABLE excuse for a man or a human.<\/p>\n
He shames.<\/p>\n
He dishonors.<\/p>\n
He disvalues.<\/p>\n
He is hate.<\/p>\n
He is truly a terror.<\/p>\n
WHY? WHY? WHY?<\/p>\n
The monument that stands today surrounds itself with confederate flags with a man who caused such destruction.<\/p>\n
Praising him like an idol?<\/p>\n
WHY? WHY? WHY?<\/p>\n
Nathan Bedford Forrest is a killer.<\/p>\n
A mass killer.<\/p>\n
He slaughtered people for pure enjoyment.<\/p>\n
Nathan Bedford Forrest is responsible for attacking Fort Pillow and killing hundreds of soldiers in Henning, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of of men, hundreds of men of the human race<\/p>\n
WHY? WHY? WHY?<\/p>\n
Nathan Bedford Forrest claims to be a cotton plantation owner, horse and cattle trader, real estate broker, and slave trader by profession.<\/p>\n
But he is isn’t any of those.<\/p>\n
He is a downright terrorist.<\/p>\n
He is a monster.<\/p>\n
Why WHY WHY<\/p>\n
– would a reformed country built on justice, Liberty freedoms, and equal opportunity choose to honor and remember Nathan Bedford Forrest?<\/p>\n
Why? WHY? WHY?<\/p>\n
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