re: George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, Francis Scott Key....

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Careful Warrior, that kind of talk could be construed as Facist, neo-Nazi dogma.

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See how easy it is to find reason to be offended if one so chooses? I'm not condoning the history you describe, but if I choose to be offended, I am living in the past and am held prisoner by it. It becomes a crutch that explains every failing in my life so I don't have to accept my responsibility for my circumstances.

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I am not offended by any means just find it interesting the blame is so easily placed but yet it is no where close to the mark. I mean at statue placed on the university grounds that represents a student who died is now the blame of slavery in this country.

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I am also not making light of the systemic racial inequities that are no doubt present and prevalent. Those things must change so people of color don't have to work twice as hard to attain the same recognition of others. I simply use the above to illustrate how it has been taken and continues to be taken to the extreme.

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Exactly. You can take down every statue, symbol, or whatever and it will not change what has happened or create change. Right now it is an outlet for those angry and nothing more. Nothing that some hope it will accomplish will happen on the current course it is going. We need real change long term.