And how many things were named after that racists Lyndon Baines Johnson?
Posted on 06/26/2015 1:22:39 AM PDT by markomalley
Some of the most important U.S. Army bases in the country — including forts Hood, Bragg, Benning, Gordon and Polk — are named for Confederate officers, nearly all slaveholders and one generally acknowledged to have been a leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Few soldiers, let alone civilians, are aware of the origins of the names of the bases where they live and work.
Some who do, particularly African-Americans, feel insulted.
The propriety of paying homage to men who fought under the rebel flag is coming under renewed scrutiny after the racially motivated killing of nine black worshippers in a historic Charleston, S.C., church. Calls to banish the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Capitol grounds have turned into a national movement to strip symbols of the Confederacy from public parks and buildings, license plates, stores and more.
To many, the names of 10 Army bases should be reviewed as well.
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Please just stop. This is all so childish. Have we really sunk so low as to become a Nation of the perpetually offended?
Just grow up..............
and while youre at it change the names of those public schools that have the name of the racist Barak Hussein Obama...
And how many things were named after that racists Lyndon Baines Johnson?
“...Some who do, particularly African-Americans, feel insulted.”
...Nobody feels insulted because thanks to public schools, they don’t know what or who a “Polk”, “Hood” or any of these other guys are in the 1st place. Also, unless getting rid of these names affords them the opportunity to rob and riot, they don’t care.
When will this insanity stop?
It seems like everyone wants to pile on this crazy train.
Are they even sincere or are they just m o re idiots looking for fifteen minutes of fame?
It spread like an out of control forest fire
Sadly, I believe this will only get worse. This was the camel’s nose in the tent the left needed. They can attach almost anything to this issue and it’ll gain traction, because the American people are ignorant cows who won’t fight back against ridiculous ideas anymore at the risk of offending someone.
The “perpetually offended” are the nation’s newest homosexuals.
Hmm I was just there about a half hour ago. There’s a poll & it was 88 to 12% against. That’s not “mixed”.
I was afraid to close the results window, but this is link to the results page
Not until white people politically stand up together. Or not. Whites have no political representation.
it’s time for folks all across the military to tell the minions of this admin to f-off
The issue is never agenda, the revolution is the agenda...
I can sort of see this.
Is there an Irwin Rommel Armored Depot in the US Army?
What about General Cornwallis Proving Ground?
The Confederacy was a different country
Amazing how far we have progressed since the witch trials...that’s progress for you. Progressive on the move always seems to be in reverse.”Leaning Forward” is what happens when the vehicle you are riding in jolts backward.
It’s only “mixed” if you’re losing.
According to the Feds, it was always part of the same country, and could not secede. And after the war, it is obviously the same country.
The people who actually fought the war were wiser. They worked together to acknowledge the worth of many who fought - south and north - and allowed the worthy to be honored. (Who can honestly assert that R.E. Lee and T. J. Jackson were not good and noble men?)
Every one of the men for whom a base is named was also an officer in the United States Army.
Good point. The official position of the United States of America has always been that the Confederacy was never a separate country.
Was Irwin Rommel ever an officer in the United States Army?
All historical references to George Washington must be purged from government and public locations. George Washington was a slave owner.
Lyndon Baines Johnson displayed a high level of prescience in his asides.
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