re: Sully statue to remain

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we shouldnt get rid of sullys statue, but we should be telling sullys full story.

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Ironically, it's because Sully's "full story" was being told that the whole brouhaha gained steam. The "Brigadier General, CSA" line has ALWAYS been on his plaque in Academic plaza (every fish in the Corps memorizes it--hell, my dad taught it to me when I was in grade school, actually ), some folks just didn't bother to pay attention/take offense to it until relatively recently.

Good and bad to the man, like you said. Like any human who'll ever be enshrined in granite or marble (Abraham Lincoln's views on interracial relations or Martin Luther King's views on homosexuality would land them in hot water today). For his era, though, he was considered progressive, and an ally to minority and coed education, and was pivotal in the survival of TAMU. So yeah, you're right, a holistic conversation needs to be encouraged--definitely not an expungement for nascent sensibilities.