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deathrind

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27. No.

Reply to el_bryanto (Original post)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 06:23 PM

Jun 2015

Renaming things is not the answer. We can rename these places and pretend that these things did not happen but that does nothing to move the issue forward. In fact it would only do the opposite.

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Do you support renaming roads/schools/bridges to eliminate references to Confederate Leaders? [View all] el_bryanto Jun 2015 OP

I support removing their names from everything other than a brief historical randys1 Jun 2015 #1

How do you think this should be accomplished? nt el_bryanto Jun 2015 #4

Any entity which receives money from the Federal government can be forced randys1 Jun 2015 #6

That's true - if it's part of the federal highway system el_bryanto Jun 2015 #8

I am almost as mad when I see something named after that complete disaster, Reagan randys1 Jun 2015 #9

Why would you be "in the middle" on this issue? Seems pretty straight forward to me randys1 Jun 2015 #10

It would depend on how it was done el_bryanto Jun 2015 #20

How about Nathan Bedford Forrest? DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #24

Withhold Federal funding. Many states in the South depend on the Feds for highway funds. ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #30

Depends who we're talking about.... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #2

Robert E Lee edhopper Jun 2015 #3

Perhaps, but then we're stuck at... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #13

Do you think edhopper Jun 2015 #16

Most post war era were put up as a protest against civil rights and have nothing to do with the war Johonny Jun 2015 #21

That is true edhopper Jun 2015 #22

Not in the least, but... TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #32

Worst part of his life. The only part that matters. n/t ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #31

He didn't start the war. TreasonousBastard Jun 2015 #33

He was a general for the South though. ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #38

If the alternative is naming something else after St. Reagan, it's a tough call. nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 2015 #5

I'm neutral. This is no more offensive to me than naming streets and cities after saints. I don't virgogal Jun 2015 #7

Some DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #11

Nah! Street names are ways to locate things. immoderate Jun 2015 #12

Total Federal action. GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #14

Sure, I guess Recursion Jun 2015 #15

The confederacy was an armed violent rebellion against underthematrix Jun 2015 #17

What about all the stuff named after an Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan? Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #18

How about U.S. military installations named after Confederate military leaders? Adrahil Jun 2015 #19

Activists in NOLA have dealt with the existence of Jefferson Davis Parkway KamaAina Jun 2015 #23

I'm in the middle here. LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #25

Yes, unless there is a good historic significance and I'm also in favor of renaming everything that Cleita Jun 2015 #26

No. deathrind Jun 2015 #27

There's little outrage about most of them. Igel Jun 2015 #28

This gets ridiculous. former9thward Jun 2015 #29

The song wasn't completely sympathetic to the Confederate cause Major Nikon Jun 2015 #34

I guess you don't know the lyrics. former9thward Jun 2015 #35

You stole my line! Major Nikon Jun 2015 #36

Why is there a "Jefferson Davis Memorial Hiway" ... Bigmack Jun 2015 #37