At least they aren’t calling it the War of Northern Aggression which is what Frank Luntz and Fox News would call it if it happened today.
A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the “War Between the States.” The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.
“Seriously?” state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. “Wow.”
Yeah, why the hell not? If you already have a confederate flag on your vehicle, why not a state-issued license plate honoring one of the founding members of the Ku Klux Klan? What’s a few lynchings between friends?
The country is not getting healthier. But at least there is some opposition.
