...you're stunned by the non-evolvers. Categorize this instance under that caveat.

why aren't the good white people of Selma speaking out?

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.

Never let its memory die off altogether.

enough of them, including this prick.

but we need reminders.
And someday there should be a cost to those who still celebrate the hate.

I would be getting arrested for throwing paint bombs to splatter it.

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 Forrest’s role in its founding.

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!

How did the "keep 'em skeered" strategy work out for you guys? (other than teaching the GOP a new trick)

with the idea of the president walking down a street in Selma.

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

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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 don’t 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)

"A vindication of National Socialism"

No, not racist at all ..

last I checked, my Celtic ancestors weren't terribly fond of the Anglos. And for the same reasons as other minorities.

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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!

My Celtic ancestors would have happily but this fool's head over their doorway....
But honestly that is a fate too good for her.

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.

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.

But it provides a lot of cover.

... 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.

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.

He continued his war crimes into the reconstruction era.
His grave should be bulldozed and forgotten.