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California bill banning Confederate names clears committee
Sacramento Bee ^ | July 14, 2015 | Alexei Koseff

Posted on 07/15/2015 6:15:18 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Senate Bill 539, which would prohibit the naming of public buildings and roads in California after Confederate leaders, advanced from its sole policy committee Tuesday on a 7-1 vote. It heads next to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for fiscal consideration.

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Glad that California does not have other pressing issues for its state legislature to address at this time.
1 posted on 07/15/2015 6:15:18 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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This is precisely what Lincoln wanted to avoid; demonization, hate, and polarization.


2 posted on 07/15/2015 6:17:24 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: artichokegrower

but the Mexican flag flying over US soil is just fine.


3 posted on 07/15/2015 6:18:48 AM PDT by kevslisababy
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When are they going to pass a law prohibiting cities and counties from being named after Catholic saints?


4 posted on 07/15/2015 6:19:01 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: artichokegrower

Libero-Taliban


5 posted on 07/15/2015 6:20:21 AM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: P-Marlowe

There is a town in California named Manteca. Look that up. Mooshell Obama wants that one banned as well.


6 posted on 07/15/2015 6:21:08 AM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: P-Marlowe

There are a ton of Asians in Kali. At some point some guy named Lee will be pissed that all his money won’t get his name on an elementary school.


7 posted on 07/15/2015 6:22:18 AM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: artichokegrower

It was an elected DEMOCRAT that stood in the school house door. It’s way past time to ban the slave party for its history of racism and murder.


8 posted on 07/15/2015 6:22:23 AM PDT by lodi90
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mmmm...butter....


9 posted on 07/15/2015 6:22:57 AM PDT by AndrewB (FUBO)
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To: artichokegrower

Gosh! From the heading I thought you wouldn’t be allowed to name your child Lee or have the last name of Davis. Why would that even be thought as possible unless it could have been potentially true. This country is going nuts over some of the dumbest things.


10 posted on 07/15/2015 6:23:27 AM PDT by Happy1947
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“This is precisely what Lincoln wanted to avoid; demonization, hate, and polarization.”

This is true.

They should simply hold a national referendum banning the South from the Union.


11 posted on 07/15/2015 6:26:02 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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Sayonara, Ft. Bragg.


General Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876)

Fort Bragg, California was named after General Braxton Bragg then the Commanding General of the Western Division of the United States Army and later a key commander in the forces of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. General Bragg was a very controversial figure and, believe it or not, he ended up being a railroad engineer. General Braxton Bragg Of the eight men who reached the rank of full general in the Confederate army Braxton Bragg was the most controversial. The North Carolinian West Pointer (1837) had earned a prewar reputation for strict discipline as well as a literal adherence to regulations. At one time, the story goes, he actually had a written dispute with himself while serving in the dual capacity of company commander and post quartermaster.

His pre-Civil War career was highly distinguished. After seeing action against the Seminoles, he went on to win three brevets in the Mexican War, in which his battery of "flying artillery" revolutionized, in many respects, the battlefield use of that arm. In 1856 he resigned his captaincy-he was a lieutenant colonel by brevet-in the 3rd Artillery and became a Louisiana planter. He held many posts in the Confederate Army.

12 posted on 07/15/2015 6:27:22 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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So what are they going to change the name of Ft. Bragg to? Milkville?


13 posted on 07/15/2015 6:28:56 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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So what are they going to do with cities and towns?

Like the town of Fort Bragg.


14 posted on 07/15/2015 6:29:54 AM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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Support FR

15 posted on 07/15/2015 6:34:39 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Texas Eagle

How many Confederate names are there in California?


16 posted on 07/15/2015 6:34:51 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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Researching even as we speak.


17 posted on 07/15/2015 6:35:34 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: artichokegrower
Wasn't California a Union state? Do they teach anything in school?

This seems about as much of a issue as the Confederate General statues surrounding Grant's Tomb. Really, I think libs come up with this nonsense as a way to avoid talking about actual problems.


18 posted on 07/15/2015 6:36:38 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: kevslisababy

but the Mexican flag flying over US soil is just fine.

Good point..take a look at a photo of the entrance to the Tucson, Arizona airport. The Mex flag is flying and is at the same height as the US and the state flag...disgraceful.


19 posted on 07/15/2015 6:38:57 AM PDT by AFret.
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Cities and towns are exempt but hasn't stopped some liberals from demanding Ft. Bragg change it's name.

Politician asks Fort Bragg to change its name; town scoffs

20 posted on 07/15/2015 6:39:23 AM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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