Military base shed its confederate name; DeSantis, Pence want to bring it back?

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DeSantis pledges to restore name of notorious Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty

This is todays republican party?!!:palm:

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to restore the name of a military fort to the name of a Confederate general in North Carolina if he is elected president.

The 2024 candidate for the Republican nomination for president made the remarks at the North Carolina Republican Party convention on Friday evening.

“I also look forward to, as President, restoring the name of Fort Bragg to our great military base in Fayetteville, North Carolina,” he said during the Old North State Dinner in Greensboro. “It's an iconic name and iconic base, and we're not gonna let political correctness run amok.”

Earlier this month, the Department of Defense announced that Fort Bragg, which was established in 1918, would be renamed Fort Liberty. The Pentagon began the initiative to rename military bases in 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter protests after a white police officer killed George Floyd.

Fort Bragg had been named for Braxton Bragg, who was a general for the Confederate States of America. He also served as a adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He also owned slaves and many in the South also despised him for abandoning Kentucky during the Civil War. Unlike other Confederate generals like Robert E Lee, he refused to surrender.

Mr DeSantis is one of three presidential candidates speaking at the state convention. Former president Donald Trump and former vice president Mike Pence will also speak at the convention.

The governor also claimed to have banned “Critical Race Theory,” a niche legal theory taught in law schools but that conservatives have used as a catch-all term to describe most teaching about racism.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...antis-fort-bragg-north-carolina-b2354980.html


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signalmankenneth said:
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I can go with "Confederate traitor," but the rest is bullshit. For example, Bragg never fought any Indian tribe. During the Second Seminole War (a tribe that had a brutal reputation for warlike conduct) he was a supply officer and saw no action whatsoever. Post that one example, Bragg primarily served in coast defense forts.

On the other hand, Bragg was not all that competent a general, and he was a particularly onerous asshole as a human being. His reputation was one of being a stickler for regulations, a strict disciplinarian, and not particularly competent. There are plenty of anecdotes about his stupid and assholish behavior. On several occasions, his own men tried to frag him.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
I can go with "Confederate traitor," but the rest is bullshit. For example, Bragg never fought any Indian tribe. During the Second Seminole War (a tribe that had a brutal reputation for warlike conduct) he was a supply officer and saw no action whatsoever. Post that one example, Bragg primarily served in coast defense forts.

On the other hand, Bragg was not all that competent a general, and he was a particularly onerous asshole as a human being. His reputation was one of being a stickler for regulations, a strict disciplinarian, and not particularly competent. There are plenty of anecdotes about his stupid and assholish behavior. On several occasions, his own men tried to frag him.
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So you handlers post this in your name
 
signalmankenneth said:
DeSantis pledges to restore name of notorious Confederate general Braxton Bragg to Fort Liberty

This is todays republican party?!!:palm:

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[FONT=&]The 2024 candidate for the Republican nomination for president made the remarks at the North Carolina Republican Party convention on Friday evening.[/FONT]

[FONT=&]“I also look forward to, as President, restoring the name of Fort Bragg to our great military base in Fayetteville, North Carolina,” he said during the Old North State Dinner in Greensboro. “It's an iconic name and iconic base, and we're not gonna let political correctness run amok.”
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[FONT=&]Fort Bragg had been named for Braxton Bragg, who was a general for the Confederate States of America. He also served as a adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He also owned slaves and many in the South also despised him for abandoning Kentucky during the Civil War. Unlike other Confederate generals like Robert E Lee, he refused to surrender.
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[FONT=&]Mr DeSantis is one of three presidential candidates speaking at the state convention. Former president Donald Trump and former vice president Mike Pence will also speak at the convention.

The governor also claimed to have banned “Critical Race Theory,” a niche legal theory taught in law schools but that conservatives have used as a catch-all term to describe most teaching about racism.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...antis-fort-bragg-north-carolina-b2354980.html

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When are they removing Robert KKK Byrds name from things?
 
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