“We gained world wars out of forts,” Trump mentioned simply earlier than indicating that he doesn’t even know many of the fort names. “Fort Benning, Fort This, Fort That, many forts. They modified the title, we gained wars out of those forts, they modified the title, they modified the title of the forts. Lots of people aren’t too blissful about that.”
Then he repeated it as if he didn’t bear in mind simply saying it a second in the past.
“They modified the title of lots of our forts. We gained two world wars out of lots of these forts and so they modified the title,” he mentioned. “It’s unbelievable.”
9 U.S. navy installations named for Accomplice generals have been renamed to honor individuals who didn’t battle towards america.
The Fort Benning that Trump talked about was named for Henry L. Benning, who NPR famous was not only a Accomplice common however a “virulent white supremacist.”
The Georgia set up was renamed Fort Moore final yr in honor of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his spouse, Julia Compton Moore, whom Army.com referred to as “one of many Military’s most influential {couples}.”
It’s fascinating how Republicans by no means move on a chance to remind people who Democrats supported slavery, however additionally they battle passionately to protect the legacies of those that fought a complete treasonist battle in an effort to hold Black folks in inter-generational bondage and compelled servitude. (Additionally, there’s the irony of Trump boasting that “we gained world wars out of forts” named for individuals who misplaced their battle.)
Hell, whereas we’re on the topic, right here’s a query: Why is it extra vital to notice that Democrats supported slavery than it’s to notice that the overwhelming majority of the Accomplice states of yesteryear are at the moment purple states? It’s the inhabitants of these states that defend the Accomplice flag and lament the tearing down of Accomplice monuments. Why are these odes to white supremacy so valuable to those that need America’s oppressive previous whitewashed probably the most?
Maybe the purple state constituency is a part of the issue. Perhaps the rationale GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was so hesitant to call slavery as the reason for the Civil Struggle was resulting from her concern of shedding the votes of those that take into account pro-slavery warriors like Benning, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis to be heroes.
Anyway, Trump additionally not too long ago implied the Civil Struggle might have been averted if slavers and non-slavers “negotiated” higher, which is simply one other indication that Republicans wish to have it each methods in the case of the educating of historical past. They wish to hold American historical past oversimplified sufficient that anti-Black oppression is as obfuscated as potential, and so they additionally need anti-Black oppressors to stay immortalized or else, of their minds, historical past isn’t being preserved correctly.
On the finish of the day, should you’re defending the Confederacy, you’re defending slavery and white supremacy. There’s no two methods about it.
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