Commentary: Will the Renaming Game Hit Leftist States and Cities?

You might call it being hoist on your own petard.

The move is on, as is known, to change the names of American military bases that are named for Confederate generals. The New York Times, among many others on the Left, was furious. The Times headline:

Trump Rejects Renaming Military Bases Named After Confederate Generals

By dismissing an idea under consideration by the Pentagon, the president positioned himself firmly against the movement to remove racist symbols and combat racism touched off by George Floyd’s death.

The Times story began this way:

President Trump responded to waves of demonstrations for racial justice on Wednesday by picking a fight over the legacy of the Confederacy, further inflaming the nation’s culture war at a time when tensions were already high after the killing of George Floyd and widespread street protests against police brutality.

Eventually the story got to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Talibanesque drive to remove statues and busts of those associated with the Confederacy that are located around the Capitol.

All of this now will — and should — escalate to the stage of a red flag to the American Left and the Democratic Party that warns, “Be careful what you wish for.”

Why? Let’s move on from the names of military bases — to the names of some very interesting “others” that Democrats and the Left seem to be studiously avoiding. Here’s a small list.
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