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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire thread is an example of why these monuments need to be removed,  schools need names  changed, and a lot of history needs to be taught.

Can you imagine that here we are, in 2022, explaining why slavery was bad? This entire thread is frightening.

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Well this thread is also very biased. What percent of these posters you think are from VA as opposed to Dc or Md? Probably only half. Also take into account the political biases, it’s not representative of the state at all.[/quote]

I think anyone can have an opinion and they don't need to be from VA to express it.[/quote]

However having to see these statues on a daily basis could definitely to having more of a personal opinion on the matter rather than speaking from a moral standpoint. I have never once seen a segregationist or confederate’s name be used in md or dc. [/quote]

DP: Of course you have.  The now re-named Woodrow Wilson HS ( that was known as “the white HS” when I was a child) was named after an avowed segregationist, who worked very hard to intensify segregation throughout the Federal government and throughout DC — the Federal City.

Newlands fountain, in Chevy Chase Circle was named to honor a real estate developer — who was responsible for developing neighborhoods marketed with restrictive racial covenants.  Those are just two.  There are many, many more, from Founding Fathers who enslaved people, to presidents like Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren who built their reputations on genocide.  And some of us will always refer to the airport as “National”.

Just to add that many people from  DC, MD, and beyond work and shop in Virginia on a daily basis. If “having to see these statues on a daily basis” is somehow what counts in order to express an opinion, then it is in no way limited to the people who live in Virginia.

https://dcist.com/story/22/01/18/white-supremacist-name-removed-chevy-chase-fountain/

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