Meant to share this the other day. It was in a Tweet from Noelle Phillips, who used to work at The State:
That hideous monstrosity is in the Nashville neighborhood where I grew up. I’ve hated it always for its meaning and it’s sheer ugliness. https://t.co/VpBxRqRiam
— Noelle Phillips (@Noelle_Phillips) August 17, 2017
Yowee! Never mind the meaning! That is one ugly statue!
Personally, I would lead the charge to get that taken down — if I were the president of a society dedicated to protecting the reputation of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Meanwhile, folks who don’t want the Confederacy glorified would seem likely to demand that this one stay up.
The sculptor must have really hated the early KKK leader. Do they keep that up to frighten children? Or to make them laugh? I think the former would be more likely to happen…
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Given that it was erected on private property, no way this one’s coming down. An old Citizens’ Council guy named Jack Kershaw sculpted this out of fiberglass and erected it on a strip of land jammed between the CSX RR and I-65 south of DT that was worthless for anything else. And, yes, it’s a *tribute!* People have asked TDOT to plant a screen of trees alongside the I-65 right of way to shield it from view, but TDOT has (correctly in my view) responded that they don’t do that sort of thing. The joke early on was that the reason for the expression on Forrest’s face is that he’s being goosed.
I’m guessing the title of this work of art is, “Get ’em skeered and keep the skeer on ’em!”
Nobody says a damn thing about those slave owning Egyptians and their temples built to honor their dead leader. Tear the pyramids down now!!!
Maybe that’s because we’re not, you know, in Egypt…
There are lots of bad statues out there. Here’s one of Lucille Ball:
I don’t even have words for how bad it is.
By the way, it’s almost impossible for me to type the word “statue” correctly the first time. I’ve typed the word “statute” a billion times, and my muscle memory just takes over.