My Word. How Times Have Changed!

[Rev. Rye]

Indeed...

Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the KKK and was the Tennessee delegate of the DNC.


Change is the only constant.

To be fair, Forrest did have a change of heart near the end of his life.

Bear in mind, something like this from a current politician might seem like classic phony virtue signalling and a thinly-veiled attempt at looking less racist, but in 1875, the former Confederates fucking hated his congenial attitude towards the black community, with one editorial saying "We have infinitely more respect for Longstreet, who fraternizes with negro men on public occasions, with the pay for the treason to his race in his pocket, than with Forrest and Pillow, who equalize with the negro women, with only 'futures' in payment."