Bubba, Virginia, Fort Hood and Fort Rucker

OCTOBER 12, 2022

**  Bubba Wallace had to Google the Confedrate flag before leading NASCAR ban in 2020.  (He was not aware what it stood for.)

**  Loudon school board to get a look at  segregationist school names.  (Virginia)

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

**  Renaming Fort Hood explained:  Who is General Richard ?  (Texas)

**  SECDEF  approves renaming  9 military bases.

**  Fort Rucker renamed after honorary military officer -- check it out.  (Enterprise, Alabama.  It will be named after Chief Warrant Officer Michael Novosel, Sr., a Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of WW II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and a resident of Enterprise.  What greater honor for this renaming.  I totally agree with it.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Wish If You Must. A Poet, House and 'Sylva Sam'

 DECEMBER 29, 2020

**  Wish.com removes most Confederate merchandise, citing policy against hate, but still sells items, but it still sells items glorifying dictators.  (Yep.)

**  A poet reflects on how we reckon -- or how we fail to reckon -- with the legacy of slavery.

**  House overwhelmingly  votes to override Trump's veto of the defense bill that he refused to sign because it renames Confederate bases.  (Big surprise that a bunch of Democrats would do something like that.)

**  Plywood covers part of  statue as 'Sylva Sam' awaits modifications.  (Jackson County, N.C.  The statue will remain.  But the Confederate flag on the base and some words will be removed.  I'm okay with compromise.  Of course with BLM, there can be no compromise.)

**  Statues do not teach history.

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Defense Act, Trump, Veto, Twitch, Naval Academy, Bowling Green and Alabama

DECEMBER 12, 2020

**  Senate votes through Defense Act with huge majority and dares Donald Trump to veto move to raise troops' pay and strip Confederate names from bases.  (This means quite a few Republicans voted to pass it.)

**  Twitch updates their  harassment policy, bans Confederate flag, explains why  using slurs is permitted.

**  Defense bill opens door to erasing Confederate names at the Naval Academy, and more for Maryland military posts.

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

**  Historic homeowners say they have not been contacted about Confederate  marker's relocation.  (Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Bowling Green was named the state capital of the Confederate state of Kentucky in 1861.  The marker originally was on the campus of Western Kentucky University, but taken down amid BLM and white minion uproar.)

**  Historian gives solutions for Alabama Confederate monument.  (Gadsden, Alabama.  Emma Samsun monument.  Leave monument but put up contextual signs around it.)

--Old Secesh

Come On Twitch, What's Your Game? Norfolk Does a Good Job on Statue Relocation

DECEMBER 10. 2020

**  Twitch  officially bans blackface, swastikas and the Confederate flag in new, targeted guidelines.  (I had never heard of this so looked it up.  Apparently this is a big thing with folks who play those video games.  I've never played any but seen enough commercials and heard enough about how bloody and nasty those things are, so have to wonder what the Confederate flag did to get on the outs.)

Plus, what is a Twitch anyway?

**  Congress set to  strip Confederate names from US military bases, flouting Trump veto threat.

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans praises Norfolk's handling of monument relocation.  (The city did do a good job with the relocation into a cemetery.  But, I wish those who wanted it moved had paid for it instead of public funds.  You want it moved.  You pay for it.

Plus, it is less of a target for BLM or NAACP hate crimes now.  Well, hopefully.)

Come On.  Video Games Worried About Correctness.  That'll Be the Day.  --Old Secesh