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re: ASB trying to get rid of Dixie Update: no vote Dixie to stay
Posted on 4/24/13 at 9:28 am to McRebel42
Posted on 4/24/13 at 9:28 am to McRebel42
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IMO this makes us special because it itself is a case study on progression, but does this progression have to come by forsaking all that is Ole Miss. To me I feel the University is more than that and shows how people today can honor those like the University Grey and Southern Heritage yet strive to make things better for today.
This is a good point. At some point "progression", by removing any and all ties to the southern heritage of Ole Miss, stops being progression and simply becomes hiding. Basically we are trying to delete it from the history books so that it appears to have never happened. That is not progression.
There are better ways to show the rest of the country we have moved on
This post was edited on 4/24/13 at 9:30 am
Posted on 4/24/13 at 9:33 am to UMRealist
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This is a good point. At some point "progression", by removing any and all ties to the southern heritage of Ole Miss, stops being progression and simply becomes hiding. Basically we are trying to delete it from the history books so that it appears to have never happened. That is not progression.
There are better ways to show the rest of the country we have moved on
This is why I don't think Dixie should be removed because it's IMO on an equal plane to Ole Miss & Rebels
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Here's somewhat my problem with this whole love affair with stripping Ole Miss from its history. In many cases its correct that we should disassociate ourselves from certain negative images like the Confederate Flag & Colonel Reb, but where do we draw the line? Should we tear down the confederate memorial to the University Greys to which our school derives its nickname?? Should we desecrate and destroy the Confederate Graveyard??? All because these things have association and ties to the Civil War and the Confederacy????
This post was edited on 4/24/13 at 9:37 am
Posted on 4/24/13 at 11:05 pm to UMRealist
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This is a good point. At some point "progression", by removing any and all ties to the southern heritage of Ole Miss, stops being progression and simply becomes hiding. Basically we are trying to delete it from the history books so that it appears to have never happened. That is not progression.
I can definitely agree with that. At some point the line would definitely have to be drawn.
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