Anonymous wrote:George Washington also had slaves. As did Jefferson, and other US potus. Maybe we should take down their monuments.
I'm totally for BLM and renaming military bases that are named after *confederate* generals, as they are basically traitors to the USA. But, I don't think we need to rename *everything* named after people in this country's history who owned slaves. Lots of people owned slaves; it was the norm during that time.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I feel like some of these posters don’t think owning slaves is a disqualifier for being a good person.
Times were different in 1789. I don't judge the past by today's values and morals.
Anonymous wrote:I feel like some of these posters don’t think owning slaves is a disqualifier for being a good person.
Anonymous wrote:George Washington also had slaves. As did Jefferson, and other US potus. Maybe we should take down their monuments.
I'm totally for BLM and renaming military bases that are named after *confederate* generals, as they are basically traitors to the USA. But, I don't think we need to rename *everything* named after people in this country's history who owned slaves. Lots of people owned slaves; it was the norm during that time.
Anonymous wrote:
Greater Wokeistan
Anonymous wrote:George Washington also had slaves. As did Jefferson, and other US potus. Maybe we should take down their monuments.
I'm totally for BLM and renaming military bases that are named after *confederate* generals, as they are basically traitors to the USA. But, I don't think we need to rename *everything* named after people in this country's history who owned slaves. Lots of people owned slaves; it was the norm during that time.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:King County in Washington (the county Seattle is in) was originally named after William King, a US VP and a slave owner. Instead of changing the name they changed who the county name honors. MLK Jr is who it’s named after now, he’s on the logo and the flag. This was in the early 2000s.
I say we should rename Montgomery County after Elizabeth Montgomery of the 60's TV show Bewitched.
Or Montgomery Clift, because he was gay.