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mwrguy

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78. When he flouted the Supreme Court

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Thu Jun 25, 2015, 12:06 PM

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What About the Army Bases Named For Confederate Generals? [View all] TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 OP

"Our men will be compelled to wander like vagabonds" gratuitous Jun 2015 #1

Mr. Benning's Speech to the VA State Convention (Vote of Secession) TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #4

Yes they need to be renamed. neverforget Jun 2015 #2

Could we JackInGreen Jun 2015 #71

That stuck in my father's craw n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #3

I Cannot Fathom A Reason For It To Continue TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #6

My dad entered the military in the late 1950's JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #30

+ 1 DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #90

Very interesting. femmocrat Jun 2015 #5

Thanks for the Rec. TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #7

First step would be to repeal the law making Confederate soldiers US veterans Kaleva Jun 2015 #8

Or Pass A Law Making Confederate Service Ineligible for Naming Rights. TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #9

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #14

I think you miss the point. TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #16

That would only affect those who served exclusivly in the confederate military. Angleae Jun 2015 #33

Are you going to dig up the thousands of Confederate soldiers buried at Arlington? former9thward Jun 2015 #75

Yes. Tear that thing down. mwrguy Jun 2015 #76

The Union soldiers beat you to it in Savannah. nt B2G Jun 2015 #79

Ridiculous. former9thward Jun 2015 #80

Move it to your front yard if you like it so much mwrguy Jun 2015 #81

The law I refer to was passed in 1958 Kaleva Jun 2015 #86

I think Obama has the better approach. former9thward Jun 2015 #87

Damn, I agree with GHWB on something. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #89

They should have never been considered US veterans... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #88

Would you support the bulldozing and destruction of confederate Graves? n/t oneshooter Jun 2015 #10

Reductio ad absurdum TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #17

So how you feel about our capitol named for a slave owning Virginian? Telcontar Jun 2015 #19

Do you mean the only Founder to free his slaves at his death? TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #22

Owning slaves is ok as long as you free them at your death? NobodyHere Jun 2015 #29

So he enjoyed their services throughout his life? Telcontar Jun 2015 #35

Several Biographies Are Worth A Read TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #38

That is about right, when Washington reached Boston in 1775 he was shocked... happyslug Jun 2015 #63

But he did not participate in secession over it treestar Jun 2015 #69

I believe it is more than a far stretch. I find it a preposterous notion. tymorial Jun 2015 #55

k and r niyad Jun 2015 #11

K&R Jamaal510 Jun 2015 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #13

Laws can be changed or amended. TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #18

Why don't we have a Fort Benedict Arnold? neverforget Jun 2015 #21

Excellent Points TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #24

Definitely not a great or even good general really. Plan A never survives the first shot so he neverforget Jun 2015 #25

Aha! TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #26

What about the Boot Monument???? happyslug Jun 2015 #62

I have often wondered about this. n/t MadrasT Jun 2015 #15

I always thought that was weird (nt) Recursion Jun 2015 #20

Excellent point and post indeed. nt MrScorpio Jun 2015 #23

Yes they should be renamed and an apology issued Kalidurga Jun 2015 #27

Camp Beauregard struggle4progress Jun 2015 #28

we're gonna have to sandblast the fuck out of Stone Mountain... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2015 #31

Wonder what folks opinion on the Taliban and ISIS destroying historical artifacts Telcontar Jun 2015 #36

Our military bases are not antiquities n/t JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #39

Changing the name of a military base is equivalent to the Taliban's destruction bullwinkle428 Jun 2015 #42

Of course it is Telcontar Jun 2015 #43

Denying the government the ability to endorse a religion does not destroy that religion. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #51

Completely Wrong erpowers Jun 2015 #45

The statues they are destroying were of slavers and traitors? Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #44

Yeah, you might want to review the Sigalovada Sutta Telcontar Jun 2015 #52

LOL. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #53

Which specific monuments in the US are scheduled to be destroyed? LanternWaste Jun 2015 #56

Let us see now Telcontar Jun 2015 #67

Simple solution KamaAina Jun 2015 #48

used to live and work there... ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2015 #50

Very good post. K&R myrna minx Jun 2015 #32

What about nathan bedford forrest state park? DiverDave Jun 2015 #34

It should be renamed JustAnotherGen Jun 2015 #40

Remember George "Macaca" Allen, former LibDemAlways Jun 2015 #74

All the roads named after confederate generals also... boston bean Jun 2015 #37

NOLA activists have dealt with Jefferson Davis Parkway KamaAina Jun 2015 #49

Or towns - my hometown was named for the first Confederate commander to die csziggy Jun 2015 #54

I was stationed at Ft. Lee, Virginia.. kentuck Jun 2015 #41

It does seem peculiar to name military installations for enemy soldiers. Gormy Cuss Jun 2015 #46

The government took my mother's family farm to build A.P. Hill. malthaussen Jun 2015 #47

Until we take Andrew Jackson off the $20 bill, we're just being hypocrites.[n/t] Maedhros Jun 2015 #57

And Jefferson off the $2 bill 1939 Jun 2015 #59

At what point was Andrew Jackson a traitor to the US? rpannier Jun 2015 #64

Jackson Did a Little Something Called Genocide DrAlCarroll Jun 2015 #77

When he flouted the Supreme Court mwrguy Jun 2015 #78

I don't really care about "traitors" as much as I care about genocide.[n/t] Maedhros Jun 2015 #83

Michigan 1939 Jun 2015 #58

The deplorable ones should be renamed, but... JPZenger Jun 2015 #60

I'd certainly be in favor of no longer naming carriers after politicians... malthaussen Jun 2015 #61

Never did understand JackInGreen Jun 2015 #65

I must have been in high school 1939 Jun 2015 #66

General Grant and General Lee knew that it was time to end the war Always Randy Jun 2015 #68

Fort Homer Simpson TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #70

Braxton Bragg 1939 Jun 2015 #72

Sorry but imo this entire topic is absurd. nt cstanleytech Jun 2015 #73

I don't have a problem with that DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #82

Close them down! B Calm Jun 2015 #84

Tom Tomorrow agrees with you d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #85