Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY
Sun, October 24, 2021, 1:02 PM

WASHINGTON – For decades, the Pentagon has venerated Confederate officers who betrayed their oaths and waged war against their country to uphold s***ery by placing their names on property from military bases to ships.

The effort to scrub the Confederacy's legacy from bases, streets, barracks, gyms and ships gained momentum during the racial justice movement that sprung from the k*****g of G****e F***d in Minneapolis in 2020. It survived a veto from then-President Donald Trump, who wanted to retain the honors in the name of "history."

Federal law, enacted Jan. 1 after Congress overrode Trump's veto, now requires that change by 2024.

A federal commission, led by retired Adm. Michelle Howard, has been surveying the military's vast holdings to determine the scope of change needed. It's likely that hundreds of names of those who voluntarily served the Confederacy attached to bases, streets and other facilities will be changed. Commissioners have held public meetings and solicited recommendations for new honorees – and nearly 30,000 suggestions have poured in.

For many, the change is as welcome as it is overdue.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard, who is Black, recalls choosing his Army assignments to avoid posts that bore the names of Confederate officers who had committed treason.

"There's a reason we don't have a Fort Benedict Arnold," Pittard said, referring to the Revolutionary War officer who sold out to British forces and whose name has become synonymous with treachery.

"They acted against their oath as officers, the United States Army, against our country. I appreciate the fact that we're moving in a direction where we're really looking at the honor and what that means as far as our values as a nation, and the values of the U.S. Army. And I like where it's going as far as alignment."
The most visible changes

Some of the famed Army posts Pittard sought to avoid will be among those whose names will change. They include Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., known as "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations." It was named in 1918 for Braxton Bragg, a West Point graduate and Army soldier who went on to lead Confederate troops.

The other forts that honor Confederate officers are A.P. Hill, Lee and Pickett in Virginia, Benning and Gordon in Georgia, Polk in Louisiana and the Army's largest post, Fort Hood in Texas. Fort Belvoir, just outside Washington in Virginia, may also have a name change. It does not honor a Confederate general but bears the name of a plantation where ens***ed people were forced to work.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/confederate-names-military-bases-could-110025167.html

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The ad states, “Love is Pure ... And Natural.” There is nothing pure or natural about homosexuality. The advertisement ends with these words: “With enough love, we can change the world. Avocado, natural as love.”

Promoting same-sex relationships has nothing to do with marketing the product. Yet Avocado wants to make it clear where the company stands on this controversial topic, instead of remaining neutral in the culture war. I continue to stand up for biblical t***h, which is very clear about this particular sexual perversion (Romans 1:26-27).

There is great concern about the way this advertisement is pushing the L***Q agenda especially when children are likely to be watching television. To make matters worse, this advertisement has aired during family viewing time.

I stand with you. White. Not proud of it or against it. I am just white and I have nothing to be ashamed of for being white. I am proud of my personal accomplishments. I do stand behind the many wonderful things that the white people of the world accomplished. But I also recognize the accomplishments of all individuals who did great things because they tried and could and did. While most of my friends are white, I do have friends of different races and cultures and have even dated them. I see no difference in people because of their color. I do recognize that there are differences because of culture and religion. Some I dislike, but it is their way or belief and they have the right to be that. I do resent when they try to shove that in my face. I don't shove my beliefs in their face. I do resent those of different political beliefs that are actively trying to force those down our collective throats and destroy the greatest country of all time. And those I will fight against as they are evil to their core. Freedom is the underlying principal. The freedom to accomplish wh**ever you can, within the limits of your abilities and intelligence and will to work for it.