Posted on 05/25/2022 7:45:28 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
1. I believe (if I remember this right), many of these installations with Confederate generals as names were given these during WWI and WWII as young troops (from the South) went there to train. It was a form of reconciliation at the time since there were still North/South animosities.
2. Regardless of the side they fought on, they were still Americans in the greater sense. They served bravely, some gave limb, eye sight, or even their life. Naming a military installation after a distinguished Army officer does not mean one condones every action or belief held by that individual. There were many racist generals in the North and ironically not every general in the South was pro-slavery: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/robert-e-lee-slaves.html It is said Grant was a flaming alchoholic... So does that mean naming something after Grant is saying excessive drinking is OK? This is absurd!
3. It's tradition and culture. America is a very thin and weak culture. We reinvent ourselves continuously, we rewrite history, distort the sciences, suppress logical ideas that go against the current of the times. We are a very fashionable/trendy people where no matter what it is, you are expected to go with the masses, or else. That said, true culture is seared into a society over many years in the language, names, statues, architecture, poetry, symbols, music, dance... and in the US we are very weak in that respect because we bury our culture. That is why the US can go from anti-gay in 1994 to gay affirming, free government handouts, security clearances and even targeting the gay community for government jobs in 15 years. There is nothing resisting, i.e. religion is malleable and weak, there is no racial identity (except for some minority groups that do), nationalism (a tribal identity) is weak (for most of the population), family is weak. Those are the things which convey culture and because these are weak, you can basically mold people like clay over here. Fort Hood is just a name, but it's culture which includes WWII (1942 - until now) and millions of people that went through there over the years.
This is all wrong.
But those making these idiotic decisions are pandering to other idiots which are beating some race drum and do not even know what they are talking about.
In America we are tearing down statues of Jefferson while in Huntsville Alabama you have statues of a card carrying Nazi (Werner von Braun) that was OK with ~30,000 folks dying in building his underground bunkers for the V2 rockets he designed: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._von_Braun%27s_Bust.jpg
His brother was Bush I’s Secretary of Education.
Other than being the first Hispanic Gene Al,. What famous battle was he in?
de Zavala would be a decent replacement. Navarro and Ruiz are fine. Even Seguín and de la Garza would all mean something for Texas.
No,”she” is Navy.
Why do they keep winning at this BS!
Lauro Cavazos was his brother? He was president of TTU.
I’m going to continue calling it Fort Hood.
Much like how the lefties continue to refer to National Airport when it’s been named Ronald Reagan National Airport for over 20 years.
I still call the airport in Houston “Intercontinental” instead of Bush.
Well, as a brigade and division commander he was excellent. But he was not so good leading an entire southern army.
Bragg was a slacker also.
Yes. The general passed away in 2017, and the secretary passed away two months ago. They both grew up on the giant King Ranch and went to Texas Tech.
The current state of Free Republic looks like an insurrection to me. Just negative comments now, no old soldiers speaking out. I grew up at Fort Hood Texas, showed up in dippers and grew up watching my friends go to and die in Vietnam. My brother survived, I enlisted in 74 but my brother was still in country so I stayed state side, still pisses me off.
My left side next door neighbors (more military brats) both went Dewy was my brothers age and went first. They called it the draft and eligible military dependents seem to have just showed up first on the list. On the other side of the house were the Browns three brothers and two served in country, Danny (house to the left) was closer to my age and went as well. He told me of the horrors of the last flights out he witnessed. I grew up and lived with the death of my class mates friends. Now you want to change history to meet the needs of your useless woken community. The consideration for OUR history comes first. If you have not walked a mile in my shoes do not try to use me for your social injustice. Sorry if I said something wrong Jim, this just hurts like hell.
Yeah, he was El Presidente when I matriculated out there. His name is on both of my diplomas.
“Bush” is faster to say. But I still call it “Intergalactic” most of the time.
I have leftist friends (from way back) in the DC area. I love to “hear” them wince when I mention what time I’ll be “arriving at Reagan.”
I would like Roy P Benavides. Awesome soldier
I agree.
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