Hey everybody Detroit wants in on this renaming fad

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I think they should rename it but give it an open ended persona. I'd call it Steven.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I think they should rename it but give it an open ended persona. I'd call it Steven.

tGreenWay wrote:

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I think they should rename it but give it an open ended persona. I'd call it Steven.

Well, it should probably be gender neutral, too. Instead of Steven, rename it Pat.

Turtleneck wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

Well, it should probably be gender neutral, too. Instead of Steven, rename it Pat.

You're gender neutral.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I think they should rename it but give it an open ended persona. I'd call it Steven.

It began with calls to remove Confederate generals.

But since the violence in Charlottesville, Va., two weeks ago, the anger from the left over monuments and public images deemed racist, insensitive or inappropriate has quickly spread to statues of Christopher Columbus and the former Philadelphia tough cop mayor Frank Rizzo, Boston’s landmark Faneuil Hall, a popular Chicago thoroughfare and even Maryland’s state song. An Asian-American sportscaster named Robert Lee was pulled from broadcasting a University of Virginia football game so as not to offend viewers.

The disputes over America’s racial past and public symbols have proliferated with dizzying speed, spreading to states far beyond the Confederacy and inspiring campaigns by minorities and political progressives across the country. But along the way, they have become to some an example of politically correct sentiments gone too far, with the potential to mobilize the right and alienate the center.

Paul Begala, the Democratic strategist, said his party was “driving straight into a trap Trump has set,” because the president seeks to shift the focus away from comments he made about white supremacists to his charge that opponents are trying to “take away our history.”

“While I understand the pain those monuments cause,” said Mr. Begala, who was an adviser to President Bill Clinton, “I just think it in some ways dishonors the debate to allow Trump to hijack it.”

New disputes seem to be springing up daily.

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