Trump 'will not even consider' renaming Army bases named for Confederate leaders

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  1. Wallet

    Wallet

    Same said about people who steal, loot and burn buildings.

    Your Antifa tout the red hammer and sickle, an image taken from Stalin and the Communist party who are guilty of ethnic cleansing and the murder of millions.
     
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    #41     Jun 11, 2020
  2. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Small % of protesters and the cause of most theft is being poor.If a person has money they generally don't steal or loot but racist are just evil.
     
    #42     Jun 11, 2020
  3. Wallet

    Wallet


    Don’t see anyone in the left speaking out against them. Must mean they approve.

    Looters in these protests have little to do with poverty and more of a direct reflection of their character.

    Everything you say about the right can be said about you and the left.
     
    #43     Jun 11, 2020
  4. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    You aren't paying attention than.The looters and rioters are being blasted by most on the left.
     
    #44     Jun 11, 2020
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  5. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Disagree.A person making 50k a year isnt out looting.Trump and his dad had millions but still wouldn't rent to black people.
     
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    #45     Jun 11, 2020
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao


    Really? Where?
     
    #46     Jun 11, 2020
  7. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Trump and conservatives,always on the wrong side of history


    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/politics/us-navy-ban-confederate-flag/index.html

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    (CNN)The Navy's top admiral has directed the drafting of an order that would prohibit displays of the Confederate battle flag, a move that takes place several months after the Marine Corps ordered a similar policy and comes as the Army has said it's open to renaming bases currently named after Confederate officers.

    "The Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday, has directed his staff to begin crafting an order that would prohibit the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy installations, ships, aircraft and submarines," Gilday's spokesman Cmdr. Nate Christensen said in a statement.

    "The order is meant to ensure unit cohesion, preserve good order and discipline, and uphold the Navy's core values of honor, courage and commitment," he added.

    The commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger, issued a similar policy banning the display of the flag on installations back in April.

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    "I am mindful that many people believe that flag to be a symbol of heritage or regional pride. But I am also mindful of the feelings of pain and rejection of those who inherited the cultural memory and present effects of the scourge of slavery in our country," Berger wrote, adding, "My intent is not to judge the specific meaning anyone ascribes to that symbol or declare someone's personally held view to be incorrect."

    "Rather, I am focused solely on building a uniquely capable warfighting team whose members come from all walks of life and must learn to operate side-by-side," he continued.

    Two US Defense officials previously told CNN that US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are said to be open to holding a "bipartisan conversation" about renaming nearly a dozen major bases and installations that bear the names of Confederate military commanders.

    The Army, in a statement Monday, confirmed that McCarthy and Esper are "open to a bipartisan discussion on the topic," but added that "each Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a significant place in our military history."

    "Accordingly, the historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies," the statement said.

    Army installations named after Confederate leaders include Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas and Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.

    The flag of the Confederacy, its symbols and the statues commemorating Confederate leaders have long divided the country. Critics call the flag a symbol that represents the war to uphold slavery, while supporters call it a sign of Southern pride and heritage.

    The symbols have increasingly become a rallying call for white supremacists.
     
    #47     Jun 11, 2020
  8. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

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    1932 Antifascist flag. (look carefully)

    Modern

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    Maybe what he saw was the combined Allied WWII flag which included the USSR as well as UK, UK, China (old flag), Russia and free France. Remember when the one thing both sides could agree on was that fascism was totally out of order.

    Or he is just mistaken. Real history, not made up Southern history is a little complicated for him.

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    Researchers have found the perfectly obvious, there is no organisational link back to the 30s and 40s organisation started in Germany. Its just an echo, same with Italy's anti fascist movement which came earlier and became the Italian Resistance.
     
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  9. userque

    userque

    I didn't know ISIS still existed, Dotard says "ISIS was defeated?"

    Trump Says ISIS Is Defeated. Reality Says Otherwise.
    https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...sis-terrorists-defeated-foreign-policy-225816
     
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  10. userque

    userque

    So, you're saying, that a family that obtained millions in wealth 100 years ago, that that wealth would have no effect on the descendants of that family, today.

    And that the opposite is also true. That extreme wealth, or extreme poverty, has no effect on future generations.

    That someone born to a rich family, has no advantage over someone born to a poor family.

    That descendants of an enslaved-for-100's-of-years race of people, will see no disadvantage in the future, despite the prolific continuation of racism in the country where they live?

    Thank you. Got it.
     
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