Nothing To Bragg About, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter)

In the Tar Heel State, the powder blue white ram
Shed the vestiges of the horrors of owning another man
It’s not Tony Braxton, though I am sure she’d be proud
That glorifying a Confederate General, is no longer allowed

To adorn that Fayetteville Airborne Army base, by name
The haters of this positive change, insanely like to claim
We are erasing history, heritage, white guilt we want to blame
This is not the case, he belongs in history books, museums

Not to honor him, but a lesson to never repeat, that vile grim
Stain on our species existence, the racist insistence
That they are inferior, a shallow exterior, shackled beaten
Disgusting justification, left in stagnation, of wanting to keep
Separate bathrooms, water fountains, keep MLK off the tops of mountains

But it won’t happen, humanity is learning, ditching, leaving
The cruelty of the past , the rebel flag won’t last, the future dye is cast
The seditionist is dead and buried, love should never be worried
The Army all the same, gave the base a new name, I like this new refrain

“Fort Liberty”.
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Army base formerly named after Sick vile asshole monster Braxton Bragg has rightfully been renamed Fort Liberty. Assholes who owned other human beings do not deserve positions of honor. They still should be taught as part of history in history books and in museums as lessons of what not to do to your fellow human beings. But they do not deserve monuments honoring them.

This isn’t about shaming white people who did not live back then. I am white. It is about remembering so we don’t repeat the same horrors. Nobody born this century or the 20th century is responsible for their ancestors owning slaves. But to not teach the raw real brutal history of slavery, and the history of segregation and lynching, would be a dereliction of responsibility. It is vital to face this harsh history to maintain the health of a free society.

Even today, there is a fear by whites of being replaced. Yes you are going to be replaced, I am too, so are all 8 billion humans worldwide, because no human lives forever. The real fear all people should have, isn’t of pluralism, or migrants, or blacks. The real fear everyone should have is of the propaganda of “otherism”.

Changing names of anything, removing statues that honor our species worst instincts is not “cancel culture”, it is adapting to the recognition that we have a common existence in our humanity.