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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone needs to lighten up on renaming. These names are historical and named after significant contributors. You won’t find someone from the 18th century that wasn’t a slave owner - who cares, many of these people did great things for our country (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, etc.). Slave ownership was normal, we can’t look down on people from 100s of years ago doing something that was considered commonplace. Yes, we have evolved in our thinking but that shouldn’t erase historical contributions. Enough is enough already.[/quote]
They did things for half of the country's population. Never omit that. Do you actually dare say, Land of the brave and the free when many were not free? Do you claim to have democracy, when it means for a select few? We are not talking about ancient Greece here, but you might as well be. How is it that what was acceptable in 500BC was still acceptable in the 18th century? Stop acting like this is some long forgotten and so different time. We know that Black people in the U.S. are killed on weekly basis by the police that is practically untouchable. You claim democracy but live in a police, racist country. You don't get to say enough is enough already. You never had enough of anything to be able to claim that right. When a black man walks away with a "Have a nice day, sir," after being pulled over, he can tell us if things are fine in this country. When a black man calls the police as he is being beaten by white mob, and he ends up arrested, there will not be any enough is enough. You clearly don't care and that is the problem. You are a hideous person inside and out. So,quite frankly, my dear, until you and the likes of you exist, there is no enough here.[/quote]

Actually there is police brutality for all races but no one wants to look at that.  And, talking about what happened 200-400 years ago is not relevant at this point.  Focus on the present.  Do you read the news about what is happening in other countries?  Clearly not.[/quote]

If talking about what happened 200-400 years ago is not relevant, why do you practice a religion?[/quote]

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