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Posted by Ron Smith on March 2, 2023, 12:43:34, in reply to "Re: USS Chancellorsville is no more..."

.....Mr. Smalls was an actual badass unlike Harvey Milk or Gabby Giffords.

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Seeing as Robert Smalls commandeered CSS Planter, I hope the renaming ceremony is framed as another commandeering - that would at least have a somewhat legitimate tie in to history.

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Suspect the logic (if one can call it that) is that as Chancellorsville was a Confederate victory that this somehow glorifies slavery in some way - of course as you point out, this move denigates the sacrifices of the Union soldiers who fought and died here (a lost battle does not diminish their sacrifice for a just cause).

Re: At least.... - Roy Stevens March 3, 2023, 15:28:14

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[quote] .....Mr. Smalls was an actual badass unlike Harvey Milk or Gabby Giffords. [quote] Seeing as Robert Smalls commandeered CSS Planter, I hope the renaming ceremony is framed as another commandeering - that would at least have a somewhat legitimate tie in to history. [quote] Suspect the logic (if one can call it that) is that as Chancellorsville was a Confederate victory that this somehow glorifies slavery in some way - of course as you point out, this move denigates the sacrifices of the Union soldiers who fought and died here (a lost battle does not diminish their sacrifice for a just cause). [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]

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