Showing posts with label Controversial Topics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Controversial Topics. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Seriously Sarge? More Politics?

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Here's what sparked this: The Naming Commission Comes for West Point.¹

What is the Naming Commission's mission?

The commission is chartered with five primary activities:
  1. Assessing the cost of renaming or removing names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.
  2. Developing procedures and criteria to assess whether an existing name, symbol, monument, display, or paraphernalia commemorates the Confederate States of America or person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.
  3. Recommending procedures for renaming assets of the Department of Defense to prevent commemoration of the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.
  4. Developing a plan to remove names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America from assets of the Department of Defense, within the timeline established by this Act.
  5. Including in the plan procedures and criteria for collecting and incorporating local sensitivities associated with naming or renaming of assets of the Department of Defense. (Source)
To say that I have mixed feelings about the activities of this commission is something of an understatement. To say that I don't understand why "they" are doing this is an outright lie. That being said ...

How do you feel about this?

Remember, be nice.



¹ Tip o'  the hat to reader ColoComment who posted this link in another forum.