Compromises intended to promote national unity after the Civil War should be honored. Failure to abide by agreements between political factions is what has led to the current discord.
No. Naming of military bases has nothing to do with "separate but equal". There's no good that comes from judicial activism. It has perverted the Constitution, neutered the states and allowed the federal government various pretexts to expand and meddle far beyond the original intent. Plessy v. Ferguson was a perversion of the Constitution because the "equal" part was only a myth. I remember hearing that from my seventh grade teacher almost 20 years before "Jim Crow", as an institutional policy", was finally killed
Using Fort Benning as an example: it was started as Camp Benning in 1918 and made a permanent installation in 1920. This isn't part of a post-Civil War compromise to promote national unity anymore than statues erected for Confederate generals around the same time period.
I call BS. Who's suffering because a street or a city or an Army post is named after an historical figure? Washington, Jefferson, Columbus, Lincoln. All these names offend someone. Changing street names to Trump Boulevard or Obama Parkway would probably cause more suffering than what an Army base is named. Only about 2% or 3% of the population have to know the name of a base or even where it is.
Fair point. However, Fort Benning is part of my history - a period in my life that I enjoyed and learned a lot from. I served there in 1963. I'm biased but it means a lot to me as do all my other posts. Fort Gordon, Fort Bliss, Fort Bragg, Fort Pickett, Fort Devens and Camp A.P. Hill. One other post, Fort Lawton, in Seattle where my son was born in the US Army Hospital, no longer exists. It was turned over to local governments and is now an indigenous peoples park. I would not to see the names of any of them changed.
I feel the same way about destruction of any historical monument. I would not be surprised if Joe Biden or some other idiot decided to destroy the Vietnam Memorial because it was an unjust war against people of color.
They should all be renamed and replaced with statues of General William Tecumseh Sherman.
You just like starting flame wars. ;-)
I see what you did there
How about Sir Arthur Harris?
Eh sometimes I just think some folks in the south need a reminder.
Great, reasoned opinion David.
"much more homogenous" should probably be heterogeneous, or much less homogeneous.
Compromises intended to promote national unity after the Civil War should be honored. Failure to abide by agreements between political factions is what has led to the current discord.
Is that an endorsement of Jim Crow?
Plessy v. Ferguson seems less a compromise than an example of judicial activism run amok.
No. Naming of military bases has nothing to do with "separate but equal". There's no good that comes from judicial activism. It has perverted the Constitution, neutered the states and allowed the federal government various pretexts to expand and meddle far beyond the original intent. Plessy v. Ferguson was a perversion of the Constitution because the "equal" part was only a myth. I remember hearing that from my seventh grade teacher almost 20 years before "Jim Crow", as an institutional policy", was finally killed
Using Fort Benning as an example: it was started as Camp Benning in 1918 and made a permanent installation in 1920. This isn't part of a post-Civil War compromise to promote national unity anymore than statues erected for Confederate generals around the same time period.
It was never about unity. Just like he proved below, its about his memories, to hell with the suffering of anyone else.
I call BS. Who's suffering because a street or a city or an Army post is named after an historical figure? Washington, Jefferson, Columbus, Lincoln. All these names offend someone. Changing street names to Trump Boulevard or Obama Parkway would probably cause more suffering than what an Army base is named. Only about 2% or 3% of the population have to know the name of a base or even where it is.
Fair point. However, Fort Benning is part of my history - a period in my life that I enjoyed and learned a lot from. I served there in 1963. I'm biased but it means a lot to me as do all my other posts. Fort Gordon, Fort Bliss, Fort Bragg, Fort Pickett, Fort Devens and Camp A.P. Hill. One other post, Fort Lawton, in Seattle where my son was born in the US Army Hospital, no longer exists. It was turned over to local governments and is now an indigenous peoples park. I would not to see the names of any of them changed.
I feel the same way about destruction of any historical monument. I would not be surprised if Joe Biden or some other idiot decided to destroy the Vietnam Memorial because it was an unjust war against people of color.