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« on: June 02, 2023, 11:29:58 PM »
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Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army base in North Carolina that is among the world's largest military installations, was formally renamed Fort Liberty on Friday, part of a broader effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers.

Last year, a commission created by Congress recommended new names for nine bases that honored Confederate officers, after the nationwide protests following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd prompted the military to re-examine its history through the lens of race.
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2023, 11:33:47 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2023, 11:39:17 PM »
Trump supporters aren't too fond of the last name Bragg these days, so they might not care.
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2023, 12:08:45 AM »
Boring. This is like when a High School switches their mascot from Indians to Wildcats.
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2023, 12:24:17 AM »
Fort Liberty is a good name.
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM »
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2023, 01:08:54 AM »
Still has the highest rate of rape in the nation. Nothing is going to clear up that mess
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2023, 01:13:39 AM »
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.
yeah sounds straight out of GTA or something else satirizing it lol
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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2023, 07:22:35 AM »
Quote from: GM Team Member WB on June 03, 2023, 01:13:39 AM
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.
yeah sounds straight out of GTA or something else satirizing it lol

Or the country after 9/11 (Newark Liberty Airport, Liberty Tower, freedom fries)
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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2023, 08:38:14 AM »
'Liberty' is one of those lame colorless names you give to a WNBA team or a boring insurance company.  Name if after the guy who founded the site, William J. Snow.  As a compromise to his base, Biden can rename it Fort Snowflake.   
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2023, 08:47:16 AM »
There was something very funny about it being named for a man usually considered as the very worst general between, say, 1700 and the outbreak of the First World War.
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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2023, 10:05:18 AM »
« Edited: June 03, 2023, 11:18:46 AM by The Arizonan »
What’s next? Are they going to rename the airport in the Las Vegas metropolitan area again just because Harry Reid made a comment about Obama’s accent or they dug up some questionable quotes or tweets of his?
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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2023, 11:36:44 AM »
Quote from: Mr. Matt on June 03, 2023, 07:22:35 AM
Quote from: GM Team Member WB on June 03, 2023, 01:13:39 AM
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.
yeah sounds straight out of GTA or something else satirizing it lol

Or the country after 9/11 (Newark Liberty Airport, Liberty Tower, freedom fries)

hell ya that was the best time for American society's mentality, its good they are trying to bring it back
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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2023, 11:41:42 AM »
Not sure why they removed the name of one of the men most responsible for the Union's victory in the civil war!

Anyway, good, but they certainly could have found a better name.
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« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2023, 12:58:15 PM »
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.

Agreed. Glad to see the traitor taken off though.
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« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2023, 01:20:10 PM »
Quote from: The Arizonan on June 03, 2023, 10:05:18 AM
What’s next? Are they going to rename the airport in the Las Vegas metropolitan area again just because Harry Reid made a comment about Obama’s accent or they dug up some questionable quotes or tweets of his?

Yes saying a poor taste joke is the same as waging war against the United States government to persevere the right to own other people.
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« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2023, 01:35:43 PM »
Quote from: Bismarck on June 03, 2023, 12:58:15 PM
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.

Agreed. Glad to see the traitor taken off though.

Maybe Fort Sherman ?
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« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2023, 01:41:19 PM »
Quote from: Filuwaúrdjan on June 03, 2023, 08:47:16 AM
There was something very funny about it being named for a man usually considered as the very worst general between, say, 1700 and the outbreak of the First World War.
He really didn’t have much to Bragg about.
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« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2023, 02:10:34 PM »
Quote from: ProudModerate2 on June 03, 2023, 01:35:43 PM
Quote from: Bismarck on June 03, 2023, 12:58:15 PM
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.

Agreed. Glad to see the traitor taken off though.
Could get confusing with documents because there was a Fort Sherman in Panama until 1999.

Maybe Fort Sherman ?
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« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2023, 03:20:22 PM »
Quote from: GM Team Member WB on June 03, 2023, 02:10:34 PM
Quote from: ProudModerate2 on June 03, 2023, 01:35:43 PM
Quote from: Bismarck on June 03, 2023, 12:58:15 PM
Quote from: ηєω ƒяσηтιєя on June 03, 2023, 12:45:20 AM
Cool that they got rid of the Bragg name but choosing Liberty as the new name is a bit corny.

Agreed. Glad to see the traitor taken off though.

Maybe Fort Sherman ?

Could get confusing with documents because there was a Fort Sherman in Panama until 1999.

I did research that, and noticed the same thing. But I think it's been long enough now, that it would not be an issue.
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