Time to Re-name Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:King County in Washington (the county Seattle is in) was originally named after William King, a US VP and a slave owner. Instead of changing the name they changed who the county name honors. MLK Jr is who it’s named after now, he’s on the logo and the flag. This was in the early 2000s.

I say we should rename Montgomery County after Elizabeth Montgomery of the 60's TV show Bewitched.

Or Montgomery Clift, because he was gay.

What about C. Montgomery Burns? Excellent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:George Washington also had slaves. As did Jefferson, and other US potus. Maybe we should take down their monuments.

I'm totally for BLM and renaming military bases that are named after *confederate* generals, as they are basically traitors to the USA. But, I don't think we need to rename *everything* named after people in this country's history who owned slaves. Lots of people owned slaves; it was the norm during that time.

Who has the right to set the limit?

[Anonymous]

So what do we rename it to? Nimbyville? Karenton?

[Anonymous]

The names they suggested are awful.

[Anonymous]

These names don’t bother me. Too much over-reaction.

[Anonymous]

Lmao, do it please. And raise idiot libs' taxes while you're at it. Maybe with outrageous taxes and a few renamed buildings they'll be able to create safety zones like their utopias in Baltimore or Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Greater Wokeistan

+1000

[Anonymous]

Counslersville. Cuz Of all the lawyers.

[Anonymous]

I feel like some of these posters don’t think owning slaves is a disqualifier for being a good person.

[Anonymous]

Fine by me. Do you have emotional ties to your county’s name? I find it a bit odd...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:George Washington also had slaves. As did Jefferson, and other US potus. Maybe we should take down their monuments.

I'm totally for BLM and renaming military bases that are named after *confederate* generals, as they are basically traitors to the USA. But, I don't think we need to rename *everything* named after people in this country's history who owned slaves. Lots of people owned slaves; it was the norm during that time.

Lots of people didn’t own slaves then too. It was a choice you had to make. First you had to choose to live in a state where it was legal. Then you had tO choose to be a slave owner. Many did not make those choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like some of these posters don’t think owning slaves is a disqualifier for being a good person.

Times were different in 1789. I don't judge the past by today's values and morals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like some of these posters don’t think owning slaves is a disqualifier for being a good person.

Times were different in 1789. I don't judge the past by today's values and morals.

You think it was moral to own slaves 200 years ago? It never has been moral to own slaves, there have always been people that were against it and people that made the choice to own a human being. They knew what they were doing, they just cared about money more than morals or people.

[Anonymous]

Funny thing is, if born into it any one us would have been a slave owner or a slave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:George Washington also had slaves. As did Jefferson, and other US potus. Maybe we should take down their monuments.

I'm totally for BLM and renaming military bases that are named after *confederate* generals, as they are basically traitors to the USA. But, I don't think we need to rename *everything* named after people in this country's history who owned slaves. Lots of people owned slaves; it was the norm during that time.

Traitors to the USA but not their home states. I don't see many federal memorials to Confederate generals. That's fine. But you are suggesting states have no rights to honor their citizens?