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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, serious question...everyone who is advocating for the county to spend money on this...do you also want to change the name of Washington, DC, should we rip down the Washington Monument, should we tear down Mt. Vernon?[/quote]

No. You’re welcome. [/quote]

Yup. Me neither. Any other questions?[/quote]

Why not?[/quote]
Because Washington is recognized for more than being a slave owner in his service to our country. People are fallible, even our heroes, and it’s important to recognize that.

This is not “just” an East Coast conversation either. I live in Columbia, MO. We have changed the name of Lee Elementary School because Lee was celebrated for what he did for the South in the Civil War. There has not been one peep about removing the statue of Thomas Jefferson on Mizzou’s campus, because—while he was a slaveowner—Jefferson is being recognized as the drafter of the Declaration of Independence, an inventor, and a person instrumental in the founding of the university: the first one west of the Mississippi. [/quote]

Isn’t Francis Scott Key (for one example) also being recognized for being more than a slave owner?  Doesn’t the same logic apply?[/quote]

Yes, all people are asking for is a conversation. Maybe Key stays with a full and careful accounting of his life in honor of his literary contributions. Maybe Col Lee is changed because we decide as a community that the thing he is honored for - zoning - is on balance not to be celebrated.

This is not an attack.

The people harping on the cost of the report seriously should get a grip and realize how your hysteria and insistence on ad hominem extremes undermine your position. We’re talking about a little research and writing from a few salaried employees and student volunteers. No decisions. No recommendations, even. Just some fact gathering.

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