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BigOleDummy

(2,260 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:53 PM Jun 2020

Some Tennessee lawmakers stop amendment to hide statue of former KKK leader

Source: Fox17 Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Some members of the Tennessee General Assembly moved to table an amendment to the state budget which would have blocked a statue of former KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forest from the view of drivers on I-65.

Sponsored by Rep. Jason Powell (D-Nashville), Amendment 8 to HB2922 would have appropriated funds to the Tennessee Department of Transportation to plant donated trees and natural landscaping to block the statue of Nathan Bedford Forest.

Forrest was the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and Confederate general during the Civil War. The statue has been defaced with paint in the past and a subject of debate in recent years. Speaking on the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Powell said blocking the statue from view would send "a clear message to people in the state of Tennessee" and called it an "important step."

Read more: https://fox17.com/news/local/some-tennessee-lawmakers-stop-amendment-to-block-statue-of-former-kkk-leader



Just saw this on MSN, its a local Fox affiliate but I still feel kind of soiled going there. This made me smh.
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Some Tennessee lawmakers stop amendment to hide statue of former KKK leader (Original Post) BigOleDummy Jun 2020 OP
There *were* trees blocking the statue from I65 Lars39 Jun 2020 #1
That monstrosity is a joke Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #2
Isn't that the guy 'Forrest Gump' was named after? Talitha Jun 2020 #3
Forrest City, Arkansas is - you guessed it - named for Nathan Bedford Forest. TomSlick Jun 2020 #4
There is a subdivision... louzke9 Jun 2020 #8
Named for, and largely due to. n/t Igel Jun 2020 #11
hang a sign on it that says traitorous racist rdking647 Jun 2020 #5
They worship this garbage: dalton99a Jun 2020 #6
"GAUDY" is a word.... louzke9 Jun 2020 #7
Piece of crap was my first thought. The owner of PaulRevere08 Jun 2020 #10
Don't waste time planting trees. Bulldoze that sucker down. oasis Jun 2020 #9
OMG it looks like Zoltar from the movie 'Big'. Talitha Jun 2020 #12

Lars39

(26,093 posts)
1. There *were* trees blocking the statue from I65
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:56 PM
Jun 2020

when that horrible statue was put up! Somebody pulled some weight and got them cut down not longe after it was installed.

Docreed2003

(16,817 posts)
2. That monstrosity is a joke
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 08:01 PM
Jun 2020

It's was a terrible statue to begin with, and I mean the actual statue, not the terrible content. It looks like a wax model that someone stuck in the microwave. It received a lovely upgrade in the form of pink paint a few years ago. The owner of the statue hasn't bothered cleaning it up.

Talitha

(6,479 posts)
3. Isn't that the guy 'Forrest Gump' was named after?
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:14 PM
Jun 2020

I remember Sally Field telling young Forrest something and IIRC they showed a statue of the guy... if that's the guy, then is that the statue being discussed?

TomSlick

(11,035 posts)
4. Forrest City, Arkansas is - you guessed it - named for Nathan Bedford Forest.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:23 PM
Jun 2020

Forrest City is majority African American - by a lot. No, I don't know why the name has never been changed.

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