Anonymous wrote:Well other than having sex with a teenaged girl, Matt Gaetz is a pretty great guy. See how that works? Not so well.
It's not comparable. At the time he was allowed to have slaves and even encouraged. Matt went against the law.
Anonymous wrote:Nothing makes me feel happier than seeing the name of a slave owner on a public school, right?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are we renaming George mason?
He owned over 100 slaves. Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.
Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.
This is the most absurd argument ever. Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history!
The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder. How clueless are you?
No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.
Then please clue me in on why the school is named George Mason.
It honors all the other things he did. Duh.
Oh right! I forgot about the asterisk after the school name that indicated that they named they were honoring just the things George Mason did for the government and not the part where he owned people!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are we renaming George mason?
He owned over 100 slaves. Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.
Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.
This is the most absurd argument ever. Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history!
The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder. How clueless are you?
No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.
Then please clue me in on why the school is named George Mason.
It honors all the other things he did. Duh.
Oh right! I forgot about the asterisk after the school name that indicated that they named they were honoring just the things George Mason did for the government and not the part where he owned people!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are we renaming George mason?
He owned over 100 slaves. Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.
Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.
This is the most absurd argument ever. Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history!
The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder. How clueless are you?
No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.
Then please clue me in on why the school is named George Mason.
It honors all the other things he did. Duh.
Anonymous wrote:Those names all sound like condo complexes in the exurbs.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are we renaming George mason?
He owned over 100 slaves. Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.
Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.
This is the most absurd argument ever. Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history!
The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder. How clueless are you?
No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.
Then please clue me in on why the school is named George Mason.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are we renaming George mason?
He owned over 100 slaves. Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.
Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.
This is the most absurd argument ever. Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history!
The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder. How clueless are you?
No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.
Then please clue me in on why the school is named George Mason.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why are we renaming George mason?
He owned over 100 slaves. Unlike some of the other Founders, he did not free them and make provisions for them in his will.
Can we learn from the past rather than try to change the past? This is stupid.
This is the most absurd argument ever. Changing a school name so that it doesn't honor a slaveholder is not changing the past! It's learning from the past and changing out actions now and we realize, oh, that's really not cool to honor that person this way!! I can't understand people who think changing the name of a random high school suddenly erases that person from history!
The high school isn't named to honor a slaveholder. How clueless are you?
No wonder we can't have discussions anymore when people spout nonsense like that.