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re: What is the next SEC tradition to go?
Posted on 6/20/20 at 10:05 am to Godawgs4
Posted on 6/20/20 at 10:05 am to Godawgs4
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I am sure Stephen D Lee is next. He was a Confederate General who was the first President of Mississippi State.
They will need to whitewash his name from the books, rename Lee Hall and Lee Blvd. and remove any other references to him on campus.
He’s already on the chopping block, and I’m fine with that.
His bust should have already been removed but choosing what to replace it with is always drama.
Who cares about the building name? The building will still be there. It will still be historic. The university can find a better name for the iconic building than a confederate general.
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Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:22 am to PlateJohnsonIII
“He’s already on the chopping block, and I’m fine with that.
“His bust should have already been removed but choosing what to replace it with is always drama.
Who cares about the building name? The building will still be there. It will still be historic. The university can find a better name for the iconic building than a confederate general.“
Why would you be fine with that? Let’s just erase anything we don’t like because we invent things to be offended about.
A friend of ours grew up in Wisconsin. For generations her family operated a mink farm.
Now she is ashamed to even mention it. I questioned her “Why”. It was acceptable at the time your family operated it. Later when new methods superseded it, the mink farm was shut down. But there is no need to be ashamed of it today. Her family was able to live because of it and it was acceptable during that time.
The Civil War was horrific but it was part of the history in this country. We can’t change history so why are we going erase selected items.
Stephen Lee deserves to be honored as the First President of Mississippi State. What he did during the Civil War was appropriate at the time. It is easy to look back on now and criticize his decision then.
Most of those men were in an impossible position. Fight against the country they loved and protect their home or fight with the country they loved and destroy their own home and possibly family as well.
What would you have done?
“His bust should have already been removed but choosing what to replace it with is always drama.
Who cares about the building name? The building will still be there. It will still be historic. The university can find a better name for the iconic building than a confederate general.“
Why would you be fine with that? Let’s just erase anything we don’t like because we invent things to be offended about.
A friend of ours grew up in Wisconsin. For generations her family operated a mink farm.
Now she is ashamed to even mention it. I questioned her “Why”. It was acceptable at the time your family operated it. Later when new methods superseded it, the mink farm was shut down. But there is no need to be ashamed of it today. Her family was able to live because of it and it was acceptable during that time.
The Civil War was horrific but it was part of the history in this country. We can’t change history so why are we going erase selected items.
Stephen Lee deserves to be honored as the First President of Mississippi State. What he did during the Civil War was appropriate at the time. It is easy to look back on now and criticize his decision then.
Most of those men were in an impossible position. Fight against the country they loved and protect their home or fight with the country they loved and destroy their own home and possibly family as well.
What would you have done?
This post was edited on 6/21/20 at 9:25 am
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