Navy Ships, Marines and Racism, Man Arrested for Hate Crime Against Confederate Statue, Walmart, Texas

JUNE 25, 2020

**  Navy ship names could fall  under Pentagon's new diversity review.

**  Confederate flag ban at Marine Corps  opens up wider conversation on racism.

**  Man arrested at Confederate monument protest in Mobile.  (Alabama.  He was committing a hate crime during a demonstration on the base of the former Semmes statue and was arrested.  Hopefully to be charged with a hate crime.  I can't believe that someone was actually arrested for doing something like that to a Confederate statue.  I thought BLMers were allowed to deface with impunity.)

**  Huntsville officials urge county to break 'unjust' state law, remove Confederate statue.  (Alabama)

**  Walmart stops display of Mississippi flag in stores over Confederate emblem issue.

**  Petition to remove confederate statue  gain traction, spurs controversy.  (Texas.  Hey.  Confederate is capitalized.)

**  Elimination of racist symbols long overdue.

--Old Secesh

Turning Out the Lights on the Confederacy, Setback in Raleigh, James Madison U., Walmart, Mobile and BUBBACAR

JUNE 24, 2020

**  Will the last Confederate statue standing turn out the lights?  (That about sums it up.  New York Times.  I had to chuckle through my tears at this one.)

**  Crews hit setback on bringing down Raleigh Confederate monument on Capitol grounds.  (North Carolina.  Aww!)

**  James Madison recommends dropping Confederate building names.  (James Madison University in Virginia.  Okay, what about the school name.  James Madison was dead by the time of the Civil War, but he owned you-know-what.)

**  County committee meets to discuss Confederate monument.  (El Dorado News-Times.)

**  Walmart will no longer display Confederate-themed Mississippi state flags at its stores.

**  List:  Confederate  statues, monuments in Austin area.  (Wonder why they would make this list?)

**  Maine lawmaker shares Confederate flag on Facebook, challenging friends to repost it.

**  Mobile rebuffs Confederate heirs, opts to place the monument in history museum.

**  Confederate flags seen flying outside postponed NASCAR race at Talladega.

**  NASCAR:  It's history of racism and relations with the Confederate flag.

**  Confederate monuments reflected 'false history,' removal 'long time coming.'

**  Group agrees to relocation of Salisbury Confederate statue 'Fame.'  (North Carolina)

Very True About Turn Out the Lights.  We're Heading for It.  --Old Secesh

Quiz:  What MNF sportscaster used to sing"Turn Out The Lights, the Party's Over" at the end of a Monday night broadcast.

"Don Meredith"

Geico, U.S. Capitol, Fort Bragg, Cal., Knoxville, St. Augustine and Schools

June 23, 2020

**  That's not just one Confederate statue standing in the District.  Nearly a dozen more stand in the U.S. Capitol.  (Don't worry, they won't be there long, especially if Pelosi has her way.)

**  California city named for a Confederate general will not put name change on November ballot.  (Fort Bragg)

**  Confederate memorial in Knoxville's Fort Sanders neighborhood vandalized.  (Tennessee.  Of course, this is not "vandalizing" but a hate crime.)

**  Geico quietly takes down ad about referencing Civil War massacre of black troops.  (I haven't seen this one, but, it was in the Washington Post, so take this however you wish.  See next post for details.)

**  Dallas begins removing Pioneer Park Confederate monument.

**  'I'll teach my grandkids to hate you':  Confederate waving Missouri woman says in video.  (A Real Nut Case.)

**  Oldest US city hopes to move forward from Confederate past.  (Well, what about its Spanish past?)

**  Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag.

**  Hampton has a school named after a Confederate officer.  Leaders are investigating all of the district's namesakes.  (Virginia.  They're just figuring this out?)

--Old Secesh

Black Woman Offended by Confederate Flag Face Mask in Utah

From ABC 4 Utah ABC  "Walmart responds after customer raises concern about employee wearing face mask with confederate flag" by Rosie Nguyen.  (Hey, ABC, it's Confederate, not confederate.)

And now, another Confederate flag face mask story, this time in Harrisville, Utah.  A black woman was offended.  This after the Michigan legislator also wore one that caused a ruckus.

Evidently, those Confederate-haters have now taken the battle from the flags, to the statues and memorials to face masks in these "V" Days.

Of course, the employee was made to change the face mask.  No word as to their being fired for the affront.

Can't Even be Safe These Days Without Fear of Offending Someone.  --Old SecNoFaceMask