Stone Mountain
2015-07-16 00:43:32.167426+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Petition wants OutKast added to Stone Mountain next to Confederate leaders:
While clearly a joke, it actually makes a lot of sense. As former Georgia Democrat Ed Kilgore notes, Jackson shouldnt even be on the mountain to begin with. He was only added because Lees real military adjutant, lifelong Georgia native James Longstreet, ended up supporting voting rights for ex-slaves and backed (and even played a role in) military reconstruction in the South. Kilgore adds that, Among other interesting traits, Jackson favored a policy of executing Union prisoners of war, based on his reading of Old Testament precedents. Thats the man up there with Davis and Lee on Stone Mountain.