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| Purging Confederate Symbolism from the Marine Corps Undermines Warrior Brotherhood |
| 2020-03-08 |
| [AmGreatness] In an order that also extended "parental leave" to "same-sex couples" in the U.S. Marine Corps, Commandant General David Berger has mandated that "Confederate-related paraphernalia" be removed from all Marines bases. It's a bad decision. Imagine the United Kingdom purging Scottish symbols from the British army. The Scottish secession movement, after all, has a lot more political traction than any neo-secessionist movement in the American South. Besides, the Scots fought, and fought savagely, against the British, before they fought for them. |
| Posted by:746 |
| #10 Military Active Duty Personnel, Civilians By State 2019 Sperg all you want about how the Stars and Bars represent rebellion, but the brass is going out of its way to alienate a demo that is generally overrepresented on a state by state basis within the services. And I haven't heard of any combat personnel refusing to follow orders because Jeff Davis would have disapproved. Most of the shirking seems to have been the result of leftism or Islam. Maybe we should worry about those factors instead. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-03-08 15:39 |
| #9 Next beards and turbans? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-08 14:12 |
| #8 The "Ground War is Here so 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff!'" phase is drawing to a close so the REMF's that delight in making sure that all of the rocks in the base are properly painted white are trying to |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-03-08 13:30 |
| #7 The Few The Proud The Politically Correct |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-03-08 09:52 |
| #6 Would be curious to see General Berger’s reaction to the rainbow flag, BLM or Antifa symbolism. I recall seeing an all female African American West Point grad picture with fists raised. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2020-03-08 08:31 |
| #5 The north has never stopped raging war upon the south. If the confederates were black you would see none of this. History and pictures are still told and hung in many homes just as the Ball and Jack of England. PC culture is an anemic failure. You can bury history in the media but this history lives on. |
| Posted by: Dale 2020-03-08 08:20 |
| #4 /rant |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-08 06:58 |
| #3 I'm the last one to support anything PC but the Commandant is absolutely right to banish this symbol. No one can serve Jeff Davis and Uncle Sam. Pick one. It does not diminish anyone's heritage or pride in his kin to point out that the Confederate flag was born as a political symbol that designated an armed rebellion which arose squarely for the purpose of preserving and extending slavery -- "now and forever." There is no comparison between the flag of slavery and the Scottish cross of St Andrew. Someone needs to explain to our sons of the South that they can be proud of their family's valor without brandishing the symbol of slavery and insurrection. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-08 06:58 |
| #2 Nice going General Berger. Stay stern, stay angry, stay Woke ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-03-08 04:48 |
| #1 That's the idea! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-08 03:16 |