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In reply to the discussion: Students: Rename building called 'Lynch' after ex-president (not the Onion) [View all]PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)13. And sadly they are serious.
One good thing is that the more ridiculous things like this are not being received well in general. I just hope that sinks in and they realize they are doing more harm than good. It just makes it harder to defend more legimate issues when people on the other side can lump everything in with bs like this.
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Students: Rename building called 'Lynch' after ex-president (not the Onion) [View all]
Nye Bevan
Dec 2015
OP
It is sad they don't realize that this hurts their more legit desires
PersonNumber503602
Dec 2015
#15
The outrage addicts have fucked all the low hanging fruit and are climbing higher up the tree.
Throd
Dec 2015
#5
Seattle's star running back doesn't talk, so that's not an issue. Maybe they should be worried
madinmaryland
Dec 2015
#38
And we can thank the keyboard SJW of the intertubes for helping to create these idiots
snooper2
Dec 2015
#14
I can certainly understand why you focus on merely one of their many requests
LanternWaste
Dec 2015
#16
only an idiot would think the building is named for mob violence against minorities....
mike_c
Dec 2015
#58
THE LOCAL ART HOUSE THEATER MUST IMMEDIATELY CEASE SHOWING MULHOLLAND DRIVE,
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#45
They should rename anything named after Barney Frank because it offends vegetarians
Bucky
Dec 2015
#31
Imagine all the people who are triggered by buildings named after Lyndon Johnson
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#42
I think I don't give a damn about how people have suffered historically has a better ring to it.
Kalidurga
Dec 2015
#44
Sure, except the English language is complex and some words have multiple meanings.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#47
It's also okay to delineate exactly where understanding & accomodation turn into silliness
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#61
I want people to understand viscerally that even though the name shares the same series of letters
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#65
They could save money by just swapping out one letter and calling it "Lunch Memorial Hall"
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#41
The last name of the Attorney General of the United States- an AA woman- is "Lynch"
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#48