Neo-confederate Klan ‘Wizardess’ erected pro-KKK billboard near historic Selma bridge
Source: RawStory/NY Daily News
A billboard honoring the founder of the Ku Klux Klan now stands within sight the historic bridge in Selma, Alabama that was the site of the 1965 Bloody Sunday clash between civil rights protesters and police.
The New York Daily News reported Saturday that the billboard shows Nathan Bedford Forrest Klan founder and Confederate war hero astride his horse with the motto, Keep the skeer on em, meaning, Keep them afraid.
President Barack Obama is traveling to Selma on Saturday to march alongside Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and thousands of celebrants as they commemorate the historic clash which took place on March 7, 1965, as a crowd of nonviolent, mostly black protesters marched headlong into a column of Alabama National Guardsmen and other law enforcement officers.
Ironically, on the opposite side of the Forrest billboard which reads Visit Selmas War Between the States historic sites is a sign welcoming the president and others to Selma for the 50th anniversary of the march. Selmapostherald.com Welcomes President Barack Obama and you to Selma, reads the other sign.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/neo-confederate-klan-wizardess-erected-pro-kkk-billboard-near-historic-selma-bridge/
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...you're stunned by the non-evolvers. Categorize this instance under that caveat.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)why aren't the good white people of Selma speaking out?
rurallib
(62,477 posts)No one can say racism is over when they see signs like this popping up.
It is also good that it stands right next to the very symbol of that hate and the battle to overcome it.
zonkers
(5,865 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Never let its memory die off altogether.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)enough of them, including this prick.
rurallib
(62,477 posts)but we need reminders.
And someday there should be a cost to those who still celebrate the hate.
TerrapinFlyer
(277 posts)I would be getting arrested for throwing paint bombs to splatter it.
7962
(11,841 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,721 posts)And people are free to display their stupidity, if that's what they choose to do. From the New York Daily News article:
The head of the group behind the controversial billboard scoffed at the suggestion that some might find it offensive.
"That billboard was put there with positive intent to ask people who come to Selma to explore and enjoy our 19th century history," said Patricia Goodwin, head of the group Friends of Forrest Inc.
"Does it say anything in the Constitution where a certain faction of people cannot be offended?" she added. "I'm offended by all these people walking around with their pants hanging around their knees."
Goodwin said she chose the location because it was highly visible to visitors. She insisted that it has nothing to do with the KKK or Forrests role in its founding.
One of our local newspapers regularly prints LTTEs and, three weeks ago, an article written by someone who is still upset about the War of Northern Aggression. Scroll to page 12:
Legacies of Two Presidents
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)there was a sign just down the road here....that said "Save the Land,,Join the Klan". Looks like the good ole days are back!
Roy Rolling
(6,943 posts)How did the "keep 'em skeered" strategy work out for you guys? (other than teaching the GOP a new trick)
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)with the idea of the president walking down a street in Selma.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)And by tasty, I mean puke inducing, as in get a bag handy. The only reason I even show the link is because it will removes any doubts about her intent.
http://www.firstfreedom.net/68.htm
Quotes Italicized:
The Civil Rights movement is not just a Birmingham/Selma/Montgomery, Alabama problem. It is a universal problem. And your tax dollars, federal and State, are being used to perpetuate the biggest lie since Lincoln! I mean millions and millions of your tax dollars!
Since Selma, Alabama the Civil Rights Hot Pot of the World is my home, I witnessed the trash that came here in 1965. In 1965, and for a few years thereafter, the people of Selma, Alabama, were willing to tell the truth about this Mother of All Orgies
but now, the scalawag/carpetbaggers see $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ in the civil rights movement! They dont even realize they are aiding and abetting the ultimate goal of the One World Order to brown AmeriKa and annihilate our Anglo-Celtic-European culture!
But she is nto racist, no (sarcasm)
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)"A vindication of National Socialism"
No, not racist at all ..
paleotn
(17,999 posts)last I checked, my Celtic ancestors weren't terribly fond of the Anglos. And for the same reasons as other minorities.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 7, 2015, 08:46 PM - Edit history (2)
It is funny to see people talk about "west European heritage" when, if their ancestors could speak, they would likely be ripping themselves out of their descendant's flesh, so that Norman blood would not have to travel through the same veins as a Saxon!
blackspade
(10,056 posts)My Celtic ancestors would have happily but this fool's head over their doorway....
But honestly that is a fate too good for her.
Throd
(7,208 posts)As a graphic designer with 20+ years in the sign industry this shit intrigues me.
Who was the person who put the artwork together?
Who were the people who printed out the graphic?
Who was hired for the installation?
I don't do much sign business in the southeast, but I sure would like to know who made this happen.
happyslug
(14,779 posts)Selma is celebrating BOTH events. The battle of Selma was Forest's only defeat. In many ways the march in 1965 from Selma was planned in response to Civil war celebrations of the 1960s.
Throd
(7,208 posts)happyslug
(14,779 posts)But it provides a lot of cover.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... it's hate speech. Clear as the nose on our faces. It's either hate speech or they are certifiable and need to be institutionalized, placed in mental institutions where they belong, kept away from the ears and eyes of children.
They should have black-washed that thing in the middle of the night.
paleotn
(17,999 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)The protesters did not fight back...they were well trained in non violence...it was a case of the police attacking them.
And the footage of it played on the TV changed public opinion.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)He continued his war crimes into the reconstruction era.
His grave should be bulldozed and forgotten.