Just My Opinion

Our recent vacation trip back home to South Carolina went real well; I made a lot of visits to the hometowns and cemeteries where a lot of my Noble Forefathers are at. I caught up with a lot of stories and memories that assure me that the upbringing I have and the Cause that my Forefathers stood up for is just.

We stopped at the welcome center in Memphis and I could not pass up the chance of taking time to visit the three parks Confederate Park, Jefferson Davis Park, and Nathan Bedford Forrest Park. All three were in good shape with a lot of good people sitting around enjoying the day and just a peaceful feeling all around. After leaving Confederate Park I had a man by the name of Reggie approach me just after parking at Jefferson Davis Park begin a discussion about the Battle Flag on my hat and shirt, he began with “How can you wear that flag knowing that it offends a whole group of people from the South” he went on to say that “How can we allow the parks in this city to be named after symbols of the Confederacy when it does nothing but degrade a whole race of Southerners? And how can we celebrate a man like Nathan Bedford Forrest when his only claim to fame was starting the KKK”.

I did have a long civil discussion with Reggie on my viewpoints of our Great Southern Heritage. I explained how our Great Battle Flag was a symbol to most Southerners black and white of the sacrifices our ancestors had made to preserve our way of life and the States Rights we needed to protect to allow us to continue to live in the Godly manner in which they were being raised. I explained to Reggie that history would tell him the truth if he would take the time to go back to study it, the truth of Nathan Bedford Forrest and the fact that he was not a Klansman was in the actual history if he chose to read it. I was cut off at that point with the statement “It’s beside the point if Forrest was a Klansman or not, the fact is we don’t need a man of his stature having a park named after him” This discussion continued for quite a while without ever getting exactly heated, but a lot of points did get made and I feel that this man although I didn’t change his mind but I do feel that he at least took time to look at our side for a change. Cindy took a picture of Reggie and I together with the statement from Reggie “This’ll go over good at the rally huh”, I said to him “You aint been listening, we don’t do rallies” he laughed and gave me directions to other points of interest in Memphis and left me with the warning to “Be careful where you walk in this city with That Flag on your shirt” I thanked him for his discussion and visited Jefferson Davis Park and on to Nathan Bedford Forrest Park.

I met another young black man sitting beside Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue and grave. He initiated a discussion on the type of man Forrest was, to make a long story short this man told me the “Nathan Bedford Forrest was a man that lived for a cause” and that “to be as good a man that Forrest was you had to have a cause in your life”. I was comfortable in Memphis and had no fear wearing my Rebel With A Clue shirt and hat and will never fear discussing the Cause our Noble Forefathers stood up for.

I also met a man that has a store on hwy 25 in Travelers Rest, SC, Scott has a nice shop with a lot of merchandise and a true belief in his heart of God, Family, and that the Southern way of life is right. Dixie Outpost,Inc is well worth a visit.

I had a real good time going home if only for a little while, I got in touch with my roots and know in my heart that all is not lost, we are going to be OK as long as we don’t back down from our Southern upbringing and continue to fight the lies that “those people” and the PC crowd are spreading.