Grand Wizard High

Nov 04, 2008 14:31

Can you imagine going to Nathan Bedford Forrest High School? I mean...really? A high school named after the first Grand Wizard of the KKK? Holy crap.

I guess it's just a reminder: Let's not pat ourselves on the back too hard should we manage to elect Barack Obama. There are still a lot of racists idiots out there. A Florida School Board just Read more... )

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fshk November 4 2008, 21:04:27 UTC
The icing is that I'm pretty sure Forrest never finished high school. I think I remember reading somewhere that he was a brilliant commander in war but undereducated, mostly illiterate. (He was also incredibly violent, which... duh... but during the Civil War there were a number of atrocities carried out under his command.)

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enochs_fable November 5 2008, 13:19:04 UTC
Wow. Just wow.

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