Comments on: School To Keep Former Klan Leader's Name

Fla. School Board Votes To Retain Name Of Confederate General, KKK Leader

[excoachken]

The Deep South is still Deep in Racism!

[slim1h2o]

Yes, we have similar southern style "genius" running our nation and the economy today"

Posted by macusweil at 06:20 AM : Nov 04, 2008

Some people need to get an education........

Bush isn''t from the south, h3ll, he ain''t even from Texas.....

[idnnsg]

demsrwhiners said, "African americans make up 80% of the prisoners in this country.... Is that somehow someone elses fault, I bet whitey forced you to commit the majority of crimes in the U.S."

Just consider for a moment, if you are capable, that when a crime is committed, "whitey" always goes looking for a black "suspect". The "fact" you state (80% of prisoners being black) does NOT mean that black people COMMITTED the crimes; it only means that they are being locked up for those crimes!

[slim1h2o]

From the article;

Some accounts accused Forrest of ordering black prisoners to be massacred after a victory at Tennessee''s Fort Pillow in 1864, though historians question the validity of the claims.

In 1867, the newly formed Klan elected Forrest its honorary Grand Wizard or national leader, but he publicly denied being involved. In 1869, he ordered the Klan to disband because of the members'' increasing violence. Two years later, a congressional investigation concluded his involvement had been limited to his attempt to disband it".


If this true, they should leave his name on the building.

As times change, so do the histories of such men of dubious character change likewise.

But like it or not, he is part of our(this nations)history. And to not recognise that, would be to lie to future generations, and hence, to repeat that history.

[gramto8]

Yeah, I know... I said ''after the war.'' In 1869, Forrest told them to disband.

[irmcvet97]

If people would actually learn about the man, this whole thing would be moot. The Klan used his name for a short while to try to up their membership numbers. After the war, Forrest told them to disband. They, of course, didn''''t, but them using his name doesn''''t mean that he sold his soul to the devils.

Posted by gramto8 at 07:08 AM : Nov 04, 2008

I don''t know what history book YOU are reading from but FORREST LEAD the Klan for many years and started the raids on blacks killing who knows how many. He is directly associated with and is fully responsible for the Klan. There is NO record anywhere that I can find, and I''ve studied history for a long time, where Forest made ANY PUBLIC Statement that the Klan should be dismantled or that he was just a figure head!

[irmcvet97]

Posted by demsrwhiners at 06:51 AM : Nov 04, 2008

I''d say there was a MAJOR difference between George Washington and this slime dog Forrest!

[gramto8]

It always amazes me that people want to honor someone as derranged and sick as NBF. It''''s like celebrating insanity or something -- makes no sense at all.

Posted by imprisonrove at 06:33 AM : Nov 04, 2008

If people would actually learn about the man, this whole thing would be moot. The Klan used his name for a short while to try to up their membership numbers. After the war, Forrest told them to disband. They, of course, didn''t, but them using his name doesn''t mean that he sold his soul to the devils.

[irmcvet97]

People in this nation need to start trying to understand things from OTHER citizens points of view. How would a Jewish Person feel if they named their school Hitler High School? Same thing here!

[macusweil]

"He was a good man... He was a military genius.
June Cooper, School alum"

Yes, we have similar southern style "genius" running our nation and the economy today"

[yongamerica]

What is in a name? The times have changed. The demographics have changed. Change the school''s name to something more suitable for the times. It is more than certain that a more current local celebrity name is worthy to rename the school after.

[cbs_oliver]

I am disappointed that CBS has been pushing forward stories about race relations in the last few weeks before the election.

I think they are trying to cause trouble.

Shame on them.

[cbs_oliver]

The heritage of the South is part of the heritage of the nation as a whole.

I understand the pride, but I do not understand the absence of shame.

I would change the name - not so much because of who Nathan Bedford Forrest was, but because of what he has become and has been chosen to represent.

Southerners who chose to use him as a symbol of their racial bigotry have disgraced his name and made it dirty.

We haven''t reached the point where that is not important.