Is this political correctness run amok?

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(02-08-2013 07:30 AM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Forrest did join the klan, but he wasn't one of the founders and he eventually quit because of the excessive violence. His dedication to a cause he held sacred is unsurpassed. Like I said, we have to look at the times they lived in. That said, where does it end? Do we take all the founders who owned slaves off our coins and currency? It's weak and ridiculous.

The real reason Forrest left the Klan was the fact that President Grant started a major crackdown on the group.
Forrest knew they were violent when he joined.
But regardless of whatever Forrest did, it was in the context of 150 years ago, not 2013.
PC is BS IMO!!

BTW, Grant's crackdown really set the Klan back for quite a few years.