Yeah! Naming support ships after civil rights leaders because they embody the American spirit of continuously advancing the cause of Liberty and Justice For All? Sounds like some stupid woke garbage to me. We don’t need any of that nonsense in America.
They are. Per CBS, “The documents obtained by CBS News also show other vessels named after prominent leaders are also on the Navy’s renaming ‘recommended list.’ Among them are the USNS Thurgood Marshall, USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg, USNS Harriet Tubman, USNS Dolores Huerta, USNS Lucy Stone, USNS Cesar Chavez and USNS Medgar Evers.” The last one is particularly insulting to me. People really think a WW2 Army Veteran who was martyred for daring to fight so his people could have equal rights as citizens and human beings, something deeply and inspirationally American, only got that honor because he was black and thus needs to have that removed?
I have to say, I was incredibly disappointed to see our fearless captain championing this on Twitter. Disappointed, but not surprised. Nothing says “union man” more than cheering on one of the most famous American labor organizers of the 20th Century having a high government honor stripped from his memory.