(08-08-2020, 01:38 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(08-07-2020, 12:37 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: City names are not history.  Neither are statues.  Taking down statues does not erase history.  

Personally, I am in favor of re-naming things that are named after Confederate generals.  Those people do not deserve statues or names on high schools.  

As for Andrew Jackson?  That's probably going too far.  Although I am no admirer of that guy.  And Washington?  No way.  Washington was the greatest man that ever walked on this continent.  That's where I come down.

City names are frequently historical in nature and statues are monuments to people or events considered significant, occasionally currently, more often at a previous point in time.  Taking down a statue does not erase history, but it does eliminate a specific memory of it.  For some, a marker representing the country's darkest hour is far more important than one celebrating the best of times.  Memories of adverse times and events in our nation's history need not be eliminated, instead they can serve to illustrate our progression and remind us to continue. 

I don't necessarily disagree with renaming schools, but that is not my decision to make and there is no objective way to measure "deserving".

While you may believe targeting Andrew Jackson is going to far, other may feel that's not far enough and therein lies the real problem........if you start, where do you stop?  There is a group on the left that will never be satisfied.  If we give in to a statue today, what happens tomorrow when they demand the twenty dollar bill?