Shame on the state of Mississippi

Mississippi considers new license plates to honor early leader of the KKK:

"(Newser) – The Sons of Confederate Veterans have rustled up some controversy in Mississippi, by proposing a specialty license plate honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the earliest Grand Wizards of the Ku Klux Klan. The group wants the state to issue a series of plates commemorating the 150th anniversary of what it calls the “War Between the States,” with a different design every year from now to 2015. Forrest would be 2014’s plate, according to the AP."

There is some question as to the extent of Forrest's involvement in the KKK. I found this in Wikipedia's article about him:

Ku Klux Klan involvement

"Early on, Forrest became a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Civil War historian, author and Forrest biographer Brian Steel Wills writes, “While there is no doubt that Forrest joined the Klan, there is some question as to whether he actually was the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.”^[37] The KKK (the Klan) was formed by veterans of the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866 and soon expanded throughout the state and beyond. Forrest became involved sometime in late 1866 or early 1867. A common report is that Forrest arrived in Nashville in April 1867 while the Klan was meeting at the Maxwell House Hotel, probably at the encouragement of a state Klan leader, former Confederate general George Gordon. The organization had grown to the point where an experienced commander was needed, and Forrest fitted the bill. In Room 10 of the Maxwell, Forrest was sworn in as a member.^[38]"

In any case, celebrating the Civil War is abominable. This was the single most bloody war in our country's history, counting 625,000 dead by the time all was said and done.

Draw your own conclusion, but I think I've drawn mine.

Comments

[Gal Pal]

Wow... what else there to say in polite company? It is over the top.