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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are we renaming George mason?  [/quote]
He owned over 100 slaves.  Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.[/quote]

Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.[/quote]

This is the most absurd argument ever.  Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history![/quote]

The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder.  How clueless are you?

No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.  [/quote]

Then please clue me in on why the school is named George Mason.[/quote]

It honors all the other things he did. Duh. [/quote]

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