Why not research every enlisted and officer that served over the past hundred years or so with the name of Benning, Hood, Bragg, etc. and rename the bases after them?

All sides win.

(06-12-2020 07:57 AM)hoopfan Wrote:  Why not research every enlisted and officer that served over the past hundred years or so with the name of Benning, Hood, Bragg, etc. and rename the bases after them?

All sides win.

Why not leave them alone and prog filth go frick themselves.

(06-12-2020 08:05 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 07:57 AM)hoopfan Wrote:  Why not research every enlisted and officer that served over the past hundred years or so with the name of Benning, Hood, Bragg, etc. and rename the bases after them?

All sides win.

Why not leave them alone and prog filth go frick themselves.

Winner winner

(06-12-2020 08:05 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 07:57 AM)hoopfan Wrote:  Why not research every enlisted and officer that served over the past hundred years or so with the name of Benning, Hood, Bragg, etc. and rename the bases after them?

All sides win.

Why not leave them alone and prog filth go frick themselves.

That would be my option #1...but if it goes any further (like it seems to be) my plan saves costs of stationary and signage. If they have any statues, BLM's can take them down for free.

(06-12-2020 07:57 AM)hoopfan Wrote:  Why not research every enlisted and officer that served over the past hundred years or so with the name of Benning, Hood, Bragg, etc. and rename the bases after them?

All sides win.

You got your Trump Plaza, your Trump Hotel, etc. But 3 1/2 years into this gig there’s not a single new thing named after this cat.

Let’s just change it to Fort Trump Georgia, Fort Trump North Carolina, Fort Trump Texas.

Now that’s a name change we could get the president on board for.

Beautiful

Perfect

which of the propositions costs more $$$: Renaming the bases or the mentality that goes into thinking this is a good idea?

Next will be the names of entire towns, cities and states.

Incredibly expensive waste of money to do this. It's costing me a LOT of $$ for liberals to be woke

I can't even imagine what the cost of re-naming a major military base would be.

(06-12-2020 08:22 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  You got your Trump Plaza, your Trump Hotel, etc. But 3 1/2 years into this gig there’s not a single new thing named after this cat.

Let’s just change it to Fort Trump Georgia, Fort Trump North Carolina, Fort Trump Texas.

Now that’s a name change we could get the president on board for.

Beautiful

Perfect

Not long ago I was thinking about the 1,000's of leftist school districts from coast to coast tripping over themselves for Obama High, Middle and Elementary schools.

Have heard nothing about a Trump named school.

If the changes are really and truly a response to authentic grassroots opinion among the members of the armed forces — brass, junior officers, and enlisted — I could grudgingly go along with it. But just offhand, this reeks of virtue-signaling, media-consultants, and a desire to appease constituencies that will always hate the military no matter what.

I think a better question is why were military force ever named after failed generals in the first place?

(06-12-2020 08:22 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  You got your Trump Plaza, your Trump Hotel, etc. But 3 1/2 years into this gig there’s not a single new thing named after this cat.

Let’s just change it to Fort Trump Georgia, Fort Trump North Carolina, Fort Trump Texas.

Now that’s a name change we could get the president on board for.

Beautiful

Perfect

I was thinking along the same lines. Bragg changes to Helms Hood changes to Bush ect..ect Reagan and Goldwater would be in this somewhere. Offer this up for the fun of it.

(06-12-2020 09:30 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  I think a better question is why were military force ever named after failed generals in the first place?

I see you know practically zero about the military, or US history in general (pun intended).

Maybe look up some of these 'failed generals' for yourself? (hint: you won't find their truths on Reddit or Twitter or Mother Jones)

(06-12-2020 09:30 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  I think a better question is why were military force ever named after failed generals in the first place?

Read a history book you dumb frick and you will unferstand. You can read cant you or do you need your hand held in every aspect of life.

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I'm not so opposed to them renaming Bragg. He was kind of a dumbarse.

(06-12-2020 09:40 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 09:30 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  I think a better question is why were military force ever named after failed generals in the first place?

Read a history book you dumb frick and you will unferstand. You can read cant you or do you need your hand held in every aspect of life.

Edit-

I'm not so opposed to them renaming Bragg. He was kind of a dumbarse.

And on statues, Jeff Davis was a lousy president and universally despised in the south during the war

(06-12-2020 08:30 AM)TheOriginalBigApp Wrote:  which of the propositions costs more $$$: Renaming the bases or the mentality that goes into thinking this is a good idea?

Next will be the names of entire towns, cities and states.

Incredibly expensive waste of money to do this. It's costing me a LOT of $$ for liberals to be woke

Houston is named after Sam Houston, a slave owner.

Cincinnati is named after a famous Roman general, Cincinnatus. He defended Rome (a slave society) against its enemies.

Sacramento is named after a Catholic religious ceremony.

San Bernardino was an Italian saint who was famous for speaking out against infanticide and sodomy.

The list could go on quite a bit longer. I'm sure there's something wrong with a lot of the people our states were named after, too.

One the problems we have right now is people from 200 years ago are being judged by 2020 standards. Much of what they are being attacked for was legal and commonplace behavior for the day. As to Confederate names being used on some public places---my understanding was this was to celebrate the bravery of the soldiers that fought (even on the losing side) and represented a symbol of the reuniting and reconcillation of a nation torn by war.

Well, Bragg was a terrible general. North Carolina native or not, I’ve always been a bit confused by that one.

(06-12-2020 08:30 AM)TheOriginalBigApp Wrote:  which of the propositions costs more $$$: Renaming the bases or the mentality that goes into thinking this is a good idea?

Next will be the names of entire towns, cities and states.

Incredibly expensive waste of money to do this. It's costing me a LOT of $$ for liberals to be woke

Yeah! It won't be long before they'll want to change the name of my town because El Paso (The Pass) is not letting illegals pass through. Bwahahaha.

(06-12-2020 02:03 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(06-12-2020 08:30 AM)TheOriginalBigApp Wrote:  which of the propositions costs more $$$: Renaming the bases or the mentality that goes into thinking this is a good idea?

Next will be the names of entire towns, cities and states.

Incredibly expensive waste of money to do this. It's costing me a LOT of $$ for liberals to be woke

Houston is named after Sam Houston, a slave owner.

Cincinnati is named after a famous Roman general, Cincinnatus. He defended Rome (a slave society) against its enemies.

Sacramento is named after a Catholic religious ceremony.

San Bernardino was an Italian saint who was famous for speaking out against infanticide and sodomy.

The list could go on quite a bit longer. I'm sure there's something wrong with a lot of the people our states were named after, too.

Abe Lincoln was a racist who wanted to send the slaves back to Africa.