re: Sully statue to remain

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First, most of the accusations toward Sul Ross are just not true. He didn’t slaughter a bunch of black people in the civil war for instance, he and his troops defeated an opposing army regimen that happened to include many black soldiers. It’s war, people die.

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fair enough

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Second, it is folly to judge men and women of the past by our modern moral standards. This forces us to call nearly every human who ever lived an immoral monster. Moreover, using the same logic, imagine what people a hundred years from now will think of you?

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absolutely. i am in no shape or form supportive of the people who want to take his statue down and remove him from the university's history. i am all for simply recontextualizing.

maybe put up a plaque that says "here is sullivan ross. he did great things for our university that deserve praise. he also did these things that we now have a different view on. take what you want from this information" in a better way? idk