Are they from the traditional "northern states"? My guess is they are. The beef between the north and south are still apparent but only along the eastern coast. Nobody west of the Mississippi and probably the midwest gives a rat's behind about it. Check that...the universities probably do.
If I toddled around my state and asked "Should we keep the name Fort Brag as the name of a mil base", I promise you I would just get strange looks of "why not"? For most of the country this would not be an issue.
Quite a few of repubs are morons so you have to take that into consideration. More than a few given our current unpleasantness so if I were the board I would consider this decision as an activist racist activity and not the will of the people of the country as a whole. They would be just bending the knee.
I bet if you changed your question too, "should we keep our military bases named after traitorous bastards?" you would get near 100 percent in favor of changing them. And the south lost. You realize that right? Nobody outside the south likes the south. You lost and the names are being changed. Deal with it.
I have never lived in the South. Mostly, I have driven through it. Yes, I'm aware of who won the Civil War. I don't find who won the war the issue, however. Erasing history is always a mistake. Few have a problem with the current name so let it be.
I propose they change the name to Fort Rainbow. Nothing short of that will please the progressives.
It isn't only progressives who want these names changed. Quite a few Republicans are not fans of the Confederacy either.
Are they from the traditional "northern states"? My guess is they are. The beef between the north and south are still apparent but only along the eastern coast. Nobody west of the Mississippi and probably the midwest gives a rat's behind about it. Check that...the universities probably do.
If I toddled around my state and asked "Should we keep the name Fort Brag as the name of a mil base", I promise you I would just get strange looks of "why not"? For most of the country this would not be an issue.
Quite a few of repubs are morons so you have to take that into consideration. More than a few given our current unpleasantness so if I were the board I would consider this decision as an activist racist activity and not the will of the people of the country as a whole. They would be just bending the knee.
Here's a simple one:
The Confederacy lasted all of four years, so there's no "heritage".
Confederates were traitors to the US.
Confederates do not deserve to be honored anywhere, least of all US Military bases.
Which of those do you disagree with?
I bet if you changed your question too, "should we keep our military bases named after traitorous bastards?" you would get near 100 percent in favor of changing them. And the south lost. You realize that right? Nobody outside the south likes the south. You lost and the names are being changed. Deal with it.
I have never lived in the South. Mostly, I have driven through it. Yes, I'm aware of who won the Civil War. I don't find who won the war the issue, however. Erasing history is always a mistake. Few have a problem with the current name so let it be.