To restore the original names of the additional seven bases, the Army once again found service members with the same last names to honor.

Those bases are Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Pickett and Fort Robert E. Lee in Virginia, Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Rucker in Alabama.

  • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
    16·
    3 months ago

    As I said before, I read the comment twice. Yes, they talk about slavist, racist, confederate generals at first, then, only about loosers. You can, of course, read the comment as if they are still talking about the three things bundled together, but another read is reasonably possible. I wouldn’t reply in this way if it wasn’t, but this is getting too distracting from the main point of the post. I’m sorry if I came across as too judicious. I extend these apologies to OP.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, there might be a plaque somewhere with my relative’s picture on it, but everyone would know that the picture is really there because that person shared the same last name as a general who fought to keep humans enslaved, and lost. And everyone would know that person is the one the base is really named after.

      We shouldn’t erase our history, but we shouldn’t elevate losers, either.

      Holy fucking cherrypicking, Batman