Should US military bases named after Confederates be renamed?

Why don't we just rewrite the history books to say that the civil war started over slavery... which it didn't. Then say that the U.s. military support slavery... which it doesn't. This is our history... These are Americans...

The past is part of who we are today.

Why, no, I don't think we should rewrite history. To quote a famous "leader" of our day, "At this point, what does it matter?" Except we're talking about something that happened 150 years ago, not abandoning our people in Benghazi. Is anyone alive now that was alive then? I see the Confederate flag is banned from Walmart, and they're even taking it off the General Lee, and I don't think that is completely off-topic, so here's my opinion on that: I wouldn't have the Confederate flag on my car, nor fly one, but pretty soon if someone does exercise their First Amendment rights to do that, it will become the same legal excuse for violence as the "N" word is. Unless a black person is using it, then it's ok.
We better learn to get along or we are all screwed. You don't do that by marginalizing anyones culture, you just piss them off and drive it underground. Either you believe in the US constitution, or you don't.

I bet a lot of black people are just as bored with this as I am.

Nope. What more fitting end to the war than to station federal troops at bases named for the defeated confederates.

Who is even raising the debate about misplaced named bases after confederate officers, and how is that related to the church shooting in South Carolina? The negative inference is misplaced and the connection is extremely attenuated. Aside from the ridiculous suggestion the subjects are related, the logic for changing the names is flawed. Every warrior fights for their conviction. That is the honor each warrior carries. The cause may be ugly, wrong, or just plain bad, but respect the conviction each warrior possesses. Hate the cause but not the warrior spirit. Because ultimately the loser’s cause is always wrong, but the warriors conviction is never wrong.

Leave it alone. If this happens they will need to stop naming Naval Ships after people that are still living. Next, we will need to remove anything that takes away from our National Identity as well. If you are German or African American you should stop identifying yourself as such. This whole Bull shit about renaming bases is absurd. These bases were named after American Soldiers. Look it up.

I don't agree with renaming bases named after Confederates. Those men are still amongst the few Americans that stood up and fought for what they thought was right. You don't have to agree with them but many served with distinction and others were merely hometown heroes. These men are still a big part of American history no matter what side they fought for.

No. History is history. We should not cave in to the offensensitivity that seems pervasive in today's society.

Not all were Generals.
Fort Rucker, Alabama, honors Tennessee native Colonel Edmund Rucker (1835-1924) who was often called “general” but never attained the rank (he was known as “general” after becoming a leading Birmingham, Ala., industrialist after the Civil War). Known today as the Home of Army Aviation, Fort Rucker was originally the Ozark Triangular Division Camp before being renamed Camp Rucker in 1942. It became Fort Rucker in 1955

Some of these former Confederate Generals were West Point Graduates, and defended their states, their honor, and their country. The divided politics of the time, we can relate to that in our current political climate. We need men of honor to stand for their values and beliefs to survive today's challenges, both internal and external. Their names were selected for naming bases in their home states, any changes should be made by those respective states and their state citizens, not public opinion from other states. If you disagree with a states decision, then don't visit!