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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In general I think the test should not be "was this person a slaveholder" and more "why do we remember/commemorate this person?"

In the case of confederate statues, it's almost always the case that the statues were put up decades after the war during a violent terrorist campaign to claw back the rights and freedoms that black people had gained in the war all across the South. That was the intention behind the statues and behind naming so many things after confederates.

Washington, on the other hand, is commemorated more for leading the army in the Revolution and for being the first President.

Someone like Jefferson imo is on the line because we remember him for the Declaration, etc, but his life is also the embodiment of the hypocrisy that was baked in, or at least the gap between our ideals and our reality.

I'd be open to a discussion about it and from hearing from people who think it should be changed but I do think it's important to consider each case on its merits. [/quote]

Jefferson was also responsible for expanding our country in an unmatched way with the Louisiana Purchase.

His writing of the Declaration is important enough in itself to merit commemoration.

He also wrote a foundational document on religious freedom. [/quote]

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