# Is there literally something wrong with the South? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 10, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-literally-something-wrong-with-the-south/556653 "2010-10-10T02:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 136
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-literally-something-wrong-with-the-south/556653/136 "2010-10-12T04:32:57Z")
> [@Bugs Bunny too violent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-too-violent/64411/21): > > Maybe you should go back and read my posts again. Slowly this time, if that helps. No matter what the reading speed, I fail to see any acknowledgement that you erred in suggesting that the Klan was a “goofy fraternal organization” that somehow got perverted into a violent anti-civil rights movement (when in fact intimidation of blacks was an early preoccupation among its founders). Nor is it playing “loose with the facts” to note Forrest’s brutality as a wealthy slave trader, his criminal behavior during the Civil War or his role as first Grand Wizard of a Klan that became notorious for violence during his reign. That’s quite a lot to “reconcile”. > [@spoke](#): > > Nowhere have I said he was admirable. What an admission! Next thing you know, the Lost Cause nostalgists will begin to rethink his role as a positive symbol of the Good Ol’ Days. We’re not holding our breath, though. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-literally-something-wrong-with-the-south/556653)._