headcanon that the real reason les amis first names are never mentioned is bc they never fuckin learnt each others first names and at this point theyre all too afraid to ask
And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a bread-knife in his hand. And I heard a voice say, This is under-proved, and that is over-baked; and see that thou blend thy flavors wisely.
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse: and her name that sat on him was Judgement, and Dismissal followed with her. And power was given unto her over the earth, to bake, and to taste, and to examine, and to diplomatically criticize.
And I saw under the judging table the souls of them that baked: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, dost thou not judge and avenge the sweat of our brow on them that write the technical challenges?
No but seriously I love this statue. It represents everything about Confederate monuments, to me. It looks nothing like real life, it’s simultaneously cartoonish and incredibly unfortunate, and it was clearly made by somebody with more stubbornness than common sense. Also it’s ugly as shit.
This is that one on the highway outside of Nashville! I spent my childhood having to see that hideous thing every time we went to the airport or to see a show at TPAC
most Nashvillians have cherished, violent fantasies of destroying it, but it’s on private property and the owner is a gun hoarder as well as a racist. The city keeps asking the state if they can plant shrubs in front of it to block it from view. The state keeps refusing
It’s meant to be Nathan Bedford Forrest
And if someone tears it down, I think the mayor will give them the key to the city
