Canceling Yale

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

Looks like John Wayne has to go now.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

And Gene Wilder too.  Hope he burns up on that blazing saddle of his.

[carmel34 3,639]

George Washington owned many many slaves, at one point he owned the most slaves in Fairfax County VA.  So it's time to rename the capital and the state to something more politically correct and change his face on the $1 bill and quarter to a mountain or animal instead.  Soon the mob will be trying to pull down the Washington Monument with ropes and straps...

Edited June 29, 2020 by carmel34

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Just now, carmel34 said:

George Washington owned many many slaves, at one point he owned the most slaves in Fairfax County VA.  So it's time to rename the capital and the state to something more politically correct and change his face on the $1 bill to a mountain or animal instead.  Soon the mob will be trying to pull down the Washington monument with ropes and straps...

Smollet, D.C.???

[laylalex 7,293]

5 hours ago, Dashinka said:

What seems clear is that these venerable institutions have very little logic in their decision making process.  They selectively cancel out some names of “horrible” people, and I agree WW was not a good president, or a good leader, but then they maintain names of similar minded folks like E. Yale, etc.  So an active slave trader was not a “horrible” person.  Brown is a different story as it was actually named after an abolitionist although the family including his father and uncles were active in the slave trade.  Whatever these universities do is completely up to them, but hey maybe act with a little consistency.

 

This is from the OP article.

 

Calhoun owned slaves. But so did Timothy Dwight, Calhoun’s mentor at Yale, who has a college named in his honor. So did Benjamin Silliman, who also gives his name to a residential college, and whose mother was the largest slave owner in Fairfield County, Connecticut. So did Ezra Stiles, John Davenport, and even Jonathan Edwards, all of whom have colleges named in their honor at Yale. And then there is Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph and Morse code, who was not only pro-slavery but, like Calhoun, thought it divinely ordained and “benevolent.” 

I can't speak for Yale, but I think my university has published guidelines on how they approach renaming of buildings. I don't think it's fair to say there is "little logic" unless you have looked at the guidelines themselves. Have you seen Yale's? I assume they are out there.

[Dashinka 24,628]

6 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

George Washington owned many many slaves, at one point he owned the most slaves in Fairfax County VA.  So it's time to rename the capital and the state to something more politically correct and change his face on the $1 bill and quarter to a mountain or animal instead.  Soon the mob will be trying to pull down the Washington Monument with ropes and straps...

Don’t forget Mt. Rushmore.

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16 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Don’t forget Mt. Rushmore.

After an in-depth review of the monument, it has been determined that the amount of work wouldn't be all that much to convert GW to WG (Whoopi Goldberg).

[yuna628 9,686]

Institutions should have the right to remove whatever they want if they feel that person or name no longer reflects the people they represent. I just find it funny that there would be any objection to removing Wilson. He's long been pointed out as a horrible person, and furthermore a reflection of something one shouldn't be about or associating with. Conservatives pointed out usually that Progressives shouldn't be wanting anything to do with him and others utilized him into a bunch of conspiracy theories and reasons why anyone attending any institution having anything to do with Wilson was bound to be a brainwashed eugenicist with a NWO agenda.

[laylalex 7,293]

1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

Institutions should have the right to remove whatever they want if they feel that person or name no longer reflects the people they represent. I just find it funny that there would be any objection to removing Wilson. He's long been pointed out as a horrible person, and furthermore a reflection of something one shouldn't be about or associating with. Conservatives pointed out usually that Progressives shouldn't be wanting anything to do with him and others utilized him into a bunch of conspiracy theories and reasons why anyone attending any institution having anything to do with Wilson was bound to be a brainwashed eugenicist with a NWO agenda.

I think it's indicative of the point I have been trying to make all along: that these institutions are very resistant to change, even when it is completely justified. Princeton is probably THE most conservative of the Ivies, both in small-c and big-C terms, and for them, having a former president of the university also become president of the United States was something they were proud about. The only way you can justify it is to sort of make the two offices institutions rather than about the individual who filled both of them -- like we talk about the office of the Presidency being greater than the person who fills it during a given time. But that requires much mental gymnastics to justify. Getting rid of Wilson's name should be the start of a general distancing from Wilson's legacy, both at Princeton and on a greater, national scale.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

15 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Ben Franklin owned slaves as well.  Time to fix that nasty $100 bill.

This is a perfect opportunity to rid ourselves of the nasty $100 bill, and other Dead Presidents of various denominations, by giving them all to the Oppressed in the form of long-overdue reparations.

 

Our new currency can have the august likenesses of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Kim Jung Un, et al.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

 

Cat who lost its Tail

A blonde was weed-eating her yard and accidentally cut off the tail of her cat which was hiding in the grass.

She rushed her cat, along with the tail over to WalMart.

Why WalMart???

HELLOOOOO!

WALMART is the largest retailer in the world

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Methinks TB has hacked NB.  

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

26 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Methinks TB has hacked NB.  

I was oping to get a few points on my platinum card 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I was oping to get a few points on my platinum card 

I repped you.   Twice.  I also take back my hacking accusation, as your joke was actually humerus.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

2 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

I repped you.   Twice.  I also take back my hacking accusation, as your joke was actually humerus.

You really think so. I was kind of poking fun at someone ? Not here of course cause that would be baiting