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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, don’t listen to these hypocrites. They would never ever say anything about renaming everything associated with Washington or Jefferson, nor will they ever advocate for renaming Fairfax County, named after Lord Fairfax, a prominent slave owner. They think they can pick and choose everything to their liking, just like the constitution they so desperately want to abolish. [/quote]

In the case of Jefferson, once the woke School Board in Fairfax pushed through admissions changes to try and get more Black and Hispanic kids admitted to the [b]Thomas Jefferson[/b][i] High School for Science and Technology, the chatter about changing the name of the school or the mascot (Colonials) completely subsided.  It's like people are constantly picking fights and deciding which ones stand to best advance their agenda.  [/quote]

+1, if they really thought it was a moral issue they would change the names of all people who’ve had a “racist” past. However they only choose to change ones that are deemed to be politically incorrect, and frantically looking to stir up political drama. [/quote]

Eh, people who use terms like “politically incorrect “ and “stir up political drama” tend to be fine with the names, and comfortable dismissing the very real concerns of those of us who want the names changed.  When it comes to choosing which names get changed, or which names have priority, there are only so many battles that people with relatively less power can fight on our own.  For every time someone notes that Woodrow Wilson intensified racial segregation throughout the federal government and DC, there are apologists screaming about the importance of the League of Nations or whatever — although they often seem curiously low on detailed specifics.

tldr: Some of us would love more changes — but realistically, we have to start somewhere, so we start with the ones that garner more support. 
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Who said the ones that have been removed garnered more support? The ones that get to make the final decisions are the school board/ board of supervisors, not the citizens themselves. Instead clearing the whole forest, they choose to tear down the tallest trees.[/quote]

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