Tennessee statue of former Confederate general painted pink

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 4:00 pm, Wednesday, December 27, 2017



Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean, AP

Nathan Bedford Forrest statue off I-65, south of downtown Nashville, Tenn., was vandalized, painted pink on

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. The statue of Forrest portrays the early Ku Klux Klan leader and former Confederate

general riding a horse. The vandalism apparently occurred late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning.

(Shelley Mays/The Tennessean via AP)


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Confederate statue on private property along an interstate in Tennessee has been painted pink in the latest act of vandalism there.

The Tennessean reports the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest seems to have been painted late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The statue portrays the early Ku Klux Klan leader and former Confederate general riding a horse.

Owner Bill Dorris said the statue has been "shot at six times," among other acts of vandalism. He said he plans to leave the pink paint, which he expects will turn red in sunlight and attract more attention to the statue along Interstate 65 south of downtown Nashville.

Dorris said as many as a dozen cameras are posted on his property. He is waiting for assistance reviewing footage to try to identify who is responsible for the paint job.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Tennessee-statue-of-former-Confederate-general-12458007.php

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[samnsara]

1. it only improved it

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Having a Confederate statue on your private property........

Is the same as flying the Confederate flag from your house. It says a lot about who you are, your belief system, etc. It also is a sign as who to stay away from, or picket for supporting racist attitudes and bigotry.

[ret5hd]

3. It's just history!!!

Doesn't he also have a statue of Benedict Arnold and one of Jane Fonda in his back yard?

[DBoon]

11. I aways thought if war heroes should be memorialized in a statue

Then I should have a Viet Cong war hero on my property

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Well, the first confederate battle flag was PINK

After Bull Run, Beauregard advocated the use of a standardized battle flag other than the "Stars and Bars" Confederate national flag to avoid visual confusion with the U.S. flag.[27] He worked with Johnston and William Porcher Miles to create the Confederate Battle Flag. Confederate women visiting Beauregard's army contributed silk material from their dresses to create the first three flags, for Beauregard, Johnston, and Earl Van Dorn; thus, the first flags contained more feminine pink than martial red.[28]

[Docreed2003]

4. Good!

I hate seeing that cheap trashy thing on the side of the interstate! It’s actually much improved.

[Stallion]

5. May I Suggest a Matching Pink Flag--so Chic!!!--so Avant Garde!!!

[The Mouth]

6. I think we should keep ALL confederate statues

but require white flags to be affixed

[demigoddess]

8. next step- put a pussy hat on him. In pink

[iluvtennis]

15. That's my wish as well. LOL

[Hoyt]

9. I like that. Give the "vandals" a freedom medal.

[Lars39]

10. Wasnt me!

[Equinox Moon]

18. Good one!

[Lars39]

20. I am hoping they also took the time to plant fast growing bamboo. :-)

[They_Live]

12. it looks like he's wearing a dress

and sticking his tongue out. Also, that horse needs to work out a lit, looks soft and flabby.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Maybe his horse was part of this group

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Ugly statue before the paint. Something's off with the proportions. Both

his head and the horse's head seem too large compared to the legs.

[rpannier]

17. Thank You. I thought the same thing about the head

It looks like a 70's Burger King head

[rpannier]

16. Jesus did it

Pink paint fell from the sky and landed on the statue
It's a sign from the almighty

[Equinox Moon]

19. He is wearing a dress.

Was he transgender?

[ileus]

21. Pink won't fade to a darker red....idiot bastard.

[canetoad]

22. And it was such a lifelike

Realistic thing of beauty beforehand.

[DonaldsRump]

24. I read somewhere that ole' Nate looks like he just sat on a tack!

Perfectly apt description of this monstrosity.....

[ExciteBike66]

26. Reminds me of the Cristiano Ronaldo bust controversy. nt

[irisblue]

29. That head on the sculpture seems an artistic failure

Creepy face

[paleotn]

23. That's not even a good cartoon likeness...

someone actually paid good money for the pile of horse shit?

[Cold War Spook]

25. Take away all Confederate flags and statues

from public property, not private property.

[LanternWaste]

27. No one is arguing they should be removed from private priority.

No one is arguing they should be removed from private priority. Mocking, sure. Insult and jeer? Absolutely.

Remove? Nope... not really seeing it.




Unless you're simply arguing with the vandal himself... in which case, I doubt he's a DU poster.

[Cold War Spook]

30. Arguing with him and anyone else of that ilk.

You are right, I doubt that he is a DU poster.

[IronLionZion]

28. You can't erase history

but you can paint it pink!

I know everything I need to know about the people who put such statues and flags on their private property vs the ones who fly American flags.

Some folks have forgotten their history so we should put up statues of civil rights leaders and suffragists and other great Americans.

I don't know how Europe will ever remember what happened without statues for Hitler and Mussolini.