• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Do you realize how many public schools, military bases, and other crap had to be renamed a few years ago because they were named after Confederates? All that signage and letterhead doesn’t just pay for itself.

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      1 day ago

      We knew about them while they were still walking the earth. That was a willful choice, and the change represented a change in values.

      Yes, signage costs money. But it also has to be replaced from time to time anyway. I don’t think there are any schools changing their name annually; they probably print new signs up memorializing tournament wins often enough that they can just get it added to an existing print run.

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      19 hours ago

      Ah yes, Stalin elementary school, right down the street from Pol Pot high school, next door to Idi Amin College.

      Maybe they shouldn’t have named places after enemies of state in the first place.

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        14 hours ago

        “I’m happy to use it to memorialize someone who is long dead (like, at least a century; long enough that we can be pretty sure what kind of person they were in life)”

        Demonstrates why this is still a bad idea with example. Proceeds to get downvoted. 🤷‍♂️