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71. Shelby Foote will be mortified to hear the news.

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Florida school board votes to remove name of Confederate general [View all] Eugene Nov 2013 OP

Good for them! k8conant Nov 2013 #1

Duh Scairp Nov 2013 #64

Glad to hear about this. I hope it's the start of a trend. (nt) Paladin Nov 2013 #2

+ struggle4progress Nov 2013 #3

I think "founder of Ku Klux Klan" overrides mere "Confederate general" there. Ugh. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #4

very surprised at this dlwickham Nov 2013 #5

Me, too. North Florida is Mississippi south. Faygo Kid Nov 2013 #7

I've lived in Jacksonville twice dlwickham Nov 2013 #20

I thought north Florida... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #26

Oh yeah it is Scairp Nov 2013 #65

I was in Jacksonville last month. I got some good middle eastern food there. MADem Nov 2013 #30

The time for honoring traitorous "heroes" is long past Major Nikon Nov 2013 #6

Well butter my ass and call me a biscuit, what liberal heresy is this in FLORIDA. Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #8

I think most of them moved mercymechap Nov 2013 #10

Post removed Post removed Nov 2013 #12

By trailer trash... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #27

Good. reflection Nov 2013 #9

KNR DirkGently Nov 2013 #11

Treyvon Martin, George Zimmerman................ Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #13

I had to endure Robert E. Lee High School in 1965. Its student body was true to the Southern ancianita Nov 2013 #14

So they removed the name of the First General to offer freedom to slaves???? happyslug Nov 2013 #15

Forrest founded the KKK. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #28

Also disbanded it. happyslug Nov 2013 #45

You are defending a traitor... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #54

I have a weakness for Traitors happyslug Nov 2013 #57

You want to compare a defender of slavery... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #60

Franklin defended Slavery too, and owned a couple. happyslug Nov 2013 #61

The First KKK was racist too, what is this foolishness you are posting? CreekDog Nov 2013 #66

I never said the First KKK was NOT racist happyslug Nov 2013 #70

He was a traitor to this country.... paleotn Nov 2013 #35

Good for those reasons we should rename many of the Military bases in the South. happyslug Nov 2013 #44

What is the source of your dubious biography? kwassa Nov 2013 #41

Various sources, some on the net other off the net happyslug Nov 2013 #42

What good? I see only bad. kwassa Nov 2013 #43

You should look for the good in people, for if you do you will find it. happyslug Nov 2013 #47

The worst a person has to offer often outweighs the good they may also do. LanternWaste Nov 2013 #62

Uh, excuse me, the subject was Nathan Bedford Forrest. kwassa Nov 2013 #63

what you wrote is bullshit. he only offered freedom to a few so that slavery could be preserved CreekDog Nov 2013 #67

good! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #16

One of you super smart history types help me with this... VPStoltz Nov 2013 #17

No. The Japanese flag is still the same: Aristus Nov 2013 #19

That image isn't banned....it's flown as an ensign on JSDF naval vessels. MADem Nov 2013 #31

Oh. I didn't know that. Aristus Nov 2013 #34

More.. yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #36

The Army (JGSDF) flag is a trip too....! A little more obvious modification than the JMSDF one! MADem Nov 2013 #38

Thats kinda cool.. yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #40

Those are "Ensigns" and flown at the rear of a Ship. The National Flag is flow in the highest Mast. happyslug Nov 2013 #50

Isn't that what I said? See my subject line. MADem Nov 2013 #59

Well we did lose the war with Vietnam and yet can still fly the Stars and Stripes, Great Britain Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #25

Actually Great Britain did change its Flag after it lost the War for American Independence happyslug Nov 2013 #48

Thanks for the correction but they didn't change the flag because they lost the war. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #49

I know, but it did change happyslug Nov 2013 #55

I was responding to a question regarding losing a war precipitating a change of flags. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #58

Germany's also just about the only case of a country undergoing debellatio in the last few centuries Posteritatis Nov 2013 #53

The Westphalian System was a bit of a farce and to my way of thinking is being eclipsed by Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #56

That situation as a whole's actually pretty rare Posteritatis Nov 2013 #51

Oh yeah Dj13Francis Nov 2013 #18

Good! VADem1980 Nov 2013 #21

K&R CFLDem Nov 2013 #22

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #23

excellent move by the school board ! nt steve2470 Nov 2013 #24

Oh, yeah. That man was a serious piggy. aquart Nov 2013 #29

Geography Lesson... Island Deac Nov 2013 #32

Good to hear ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #33

Damn right--if they're gonna name that school after someone called Forrest, they'd be better off MADem Nov 2013 #39

General Forrest should not have any monument anywhere Jack Rabbit Nov 2013 #37

AMEN! rdharma Nov 2013 #52

Agreed 100%. Fuck the bastard. nt AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #69

There's a school in WV named after an Exalted Cyclops in the KKK. Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #46

Wait, Scott Summers joined the Klan? AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #68

Shelby Foote will be mortified to hear the news. arewenotdemo Nov 2013 #71