Renaming of Governor Thomas Johnson High and Middle

[Hiruko]

Originally Posted by JamesInDC

If we cancelled every person who was associated with slavery or some other kind of evil from our history, this country wouldn't exist.

Even prominent African-American leaders from our history had aspects of their lives that were questionable.

We can't delete the good, bad and our mistakes from our past. It's made us who we are now.

The United States will have no history by the time this is over. It's very sad. I am reasonably confident in that, because while my generation, the Millennials, might not as a whole support all of this destruction/erasure, those that are opposed to these changes don't have the energy or confidence to take a public stance due to cancel culture/culture of personal destruction. That really leaves the radical left unopposed in their efforts to eliminate.

Here in Chicago, they're even going after their own. Boystown, Chicago's famous gay village/bar strip, is under pressure to rename itself to something "more inclusive." Apparently, 'cis-gendered' gay males are a privileged class now...

[westsideboy]

Originally Posted by bus man

I sure hope you folks in Cumberland are keeping a close eye on the statue of the canal worker and his mule, in front of the train station. No doubt someone's going to decide that it's racist, somehow, sooner or later.

Great point. The white privilege the Irish benefited from lead them to die by the 100s doing the dangerous work of building the Canal for pitily wages. This is too much for society in 2020 to tolerate.