Good read there CA. Tidewater, I'll need an interpreter for you remarks.
Let me give you an example. Woodrow Wilson (not my favorite president) was the president of Princeton and then became President of the United States. Buildings are named at Princeton after the man. "Home-town boy makes good."
On the other hand, he was a racist.
I will guarantee you that nobody from Princeton declared at the time that they were naming a building after Wilson because he was a racist.
BLM activists
demand that
their interpretation of Wilson's legacy ("Wilson was a racist") is the
only conceivable legitimate interpretation. Everyone who disagrees must shut up and endorse the BLM interpretation. No one but BLM has the right to have an opinion on Wilson's legacy that is contrary to BLM's interpretation.
I believe that the buildings at Princeton named after Wilson were named because they were proud that one of theirs was elected to the highest office in the country. It was not an endorsement of his racial views (which were sadly common in his day).
We do not name buildings after peoples' failures. We name then to celebrate peoples' achievements. And who gets to decide whether the failings outweigh the achievements? BLM is asserting that they are the only ones who have the power to decide that.
I dissent.
