![]() That’s the truth.īut if we want to change with every single fiber of our being, if there’s not one tiny sliver of ourselves that believes that continuing to use is a good idea, then change will come. All it will take is one little thought to convince us to pick up. If there’s still a little part inside that wants to keep using, then that part will always win. Because, well, deep down we’re not ready. We can half-heartedly give recovery a go, but if, deep down, we’re not ready to say goodbye it’ll never stick. All the education and tools are insignificant if they’re not paired with a conscious decision. I could type a million inspirational words about why I love recovery, but if you don’t want to stop it will make no difference. We must commit to change in order to change. If recognizing that is "political correctness run amok," then we should let it run amok some more.By Haley Kennedy, Lead Recovery Coach. It's long past time we stopped honoring people like that. If he had not become a prominent Confederate general (even if an incompetent one), hardly anyone today would remember the name of Braxton Bragg. But we should not honor people whose role in waging a war for slavery was their only major claim to fame. Some historical figures who committed such wrongs also did great good in other ways (most notably, many of the Founding Fathers). Similarly, I don't think we should abjure honoring anyone who ever expressed racist sentiments, or even anyone who ever owned slaves. But I will reiterate that I have no desire to "erase" Braxton Bragg and other Confederate leaders from history. I won't go over that ground again in detail here. ![]() In those posts, I rebutted a variety of arguments against renaming and monument removal, such as claims that the Civil War wasn't really about slavery (the Confederates themselves said that was what they were fighting for!), concerns that removal and renaming amount to "erasure" of history, and slippery slope considerations. I previously wrote about that issue here, here, and here. The debate over the renaming of Fort Bragg is tied up with broader controversy over removing Confederate monuments and renaming sites named after Confederate leaders. That aside, a militarily incompetent traitor who fought for slavery is the last person whom a major US Army base should be named after. I suppose it could be argued that Bragg deserves recognition because his incompetent leadership made a major (unintentional) contribution to Union victory in the Civil War. Lee (though Lee's support for this last-ditch measure should not be confused with opposition to slavery, an institution he was determined to preserve). Many other Confederate generals differed, most notably Robert E. For example, he opposed raising black troops late in the war, because he did not think blacks could be reliable soldiers. As one historian put it, Bragg "had done as much as any Confederate general to lose the war."īragg was deeply racist even by the very low standards of Confederate generals. During his time as commander of the Army of Tennessee, he became known for incompetence, quarreling with key subordinates, and losing major battles. Who was Braxton Bragg? He was a slaveowner and a Confederate general, best known for commanding the largest Confederate army in the west in 1862-63. DeSantis called the name change "political correctness run amok." They could hardly be more wrong. Nonetheless, GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence have condemned the move and vowed to change the name back if they win the presidency. In doing so, they shifted from a name honoring an incompetent Confederate general who betrayed the US to fight for slavery, to a name honoring America's most fundamental value. The Department of Defense recently changed the name of the Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina to Fort Liberty. Confederate General Braxton Bragg (1817-76). ![]()
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