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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat
... 99% of people did not know or care about the base names
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Not to mention how few people realize that it was actually a bunch of
racist democrats at the turn of the last century that DEMANDED that those bases be named after a bunch of failed confederate officers. Those very same states - and the democrats that represented them - were refusing to cooperate with the federal government with regard to ramping up for our involvement in WW1. The concession was to let the racist democrats name a few training bases after their long defeated anti-heroes.
...it seems like democrats have always had the taste for resisiting the federal governmnet when they aren't in charge
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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat
...there is a small minority who understands the history and naming the rest are fence sitters/reactionaries who just go along to get along.
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Many of THOSE in that same majority still don't realize that they should be outraged at George McClellan
STILL having a military base named after him...
...considering his performance during the Civil War was borderline seditious - and that he was fired for intentionally slow rolling any effort at victory - and that after he was fired, he ran against Lincoln on a platform that should he be elected to the Presidency, he would end the war and let the confederate states keep their slaves...
...and Lord knows how many of those same "
change the names of military bases" crowd would be willing to talk about good ole Georgie's comments about the smell of billy-goats
...yet, they are somehow A-OK with letting George McClellan's racist legacy endure
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Originally Posted by WarriorDiplomat
The real issue is the politicization of racial subjects the Democrats choose to use to divide us
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I'd say the REAL, real issue is that the leftist, Marxist, racist, fascist, totalitarian, seditious democrats zealously push the politicization of ANY subject that will further divide Americans deeply enough to allow the leftist, Marxist, racist, fascist, totalitarian, seditious democrats to seize, expand, consolidate, and retain their power over the lives of otherwise "free" Americans.
If it were up to me (and clearly it isn't) I'd solve the entire problem by naming every single base, camp, fort, post, depot, or station after the city where it was located.
BAM - DONE
Then you eliminate the problem of trying to figure out where in the fuck something is even located...
Bliss, Hood, Martindale, Cavazos, Eisenhower, Sam Houston
...where in the fuck are these places?
For fuck sake, Ft Sam isn't anywhere NEAR Houston.
...but a simple solution would mean there would be nothing for the outrage peddlers to peddle
...no wedge to divide the voters
...no platform for activist politicians to campaign on
Besides, spending 20 million dollars worth of taxpayer dollars every time we fight the battle of ideologies...
...it provides a well needed injection of cash into the local politicians slush fund
...it provides a well needed injection of cash into the local economy
Rinse and Repeat
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