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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue I have with all this focus on name changes and monuments is that we then are saying that no one should be honored who has any sin and that's not achievable. It gives people the impression that there's nothing they can do to be honored in society because they aren't perfect.[/quote]

That's not true at all.  The point is that, if a school's namesake is really only known for one thing, and that is fighting to preserve slavery, the name is not appropriate in 2017.  Some historical figures are more complex than others.  [b]You are constructing straw-man arguments to justify glorifying the Confederacy[/b].[/quote]

Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, had nothing to do with the Confederacy.[/quote]

[b]In that case, it seems rather unlikely that the school's name will change, doesn't it?[/b] [/quote]

I hope so but changing the name of Thomas Jefferson was the original topic for this thread.[/quote]

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