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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Given the cleanup time and mood and mode, it is past time for statues of Douglas McArthur to be taken down.

He and Patton brutally attacked and dispersed the Bonus Army, an act against ordinary citizens expecting a government promise to be kept; (that time obeying his civilian commander in chief); while later insubordinate - rebellious - against his civilian commander in chief for which he was disciplined. Gen. Lee had his plantation taken for a national cemetary after his rebellious time, while McArthur was merely removed from his command. Both were West Point grads, and yet treated differently.

It is past time for this offensive and insensitive exultation of a misguided fallen hero to be deep-sixed and expunged from the national collective memory.

this link

It is politically incorrect and a burden to offspring of Bonus Army troops to have this rebellious individual exalted in the memory of a politically correct and sensitive nation.

In short: Time to go, corn cob pipe and all.

It is a simple bottom line. Rebellious generals are no longer in vogue. So act accordingly, on a level playing field, please, and this goes for the White House on down. Clean things up.

See, also, here and here, and this web search.

If you want a statue of a rebel, if that's important to you, put up one of Abbie Hoffman.

UPDATE: Ubiquity. And then some. And he never had a catching nickname either; no "Stonewall" to the man's legacy. No "Old Ironsides."