GOP candidate wants to remove Byrd’s name from buildings in West Virginia

[still_one]

1. He has a point. By the same token should the names of Jefferson, Wilson, and

others who if not outright racists, were bigoted and prejudiced, have their names also removed from buildings with their names on it?

If the names were put on those buildings because of their racist views, then without doubt they should be removed.

I guess the argument could be advanced, if the naming was to honor the person for the work they did for the benefit of all demographics in that state or country, then maybe it would be considered palatable.

Then again we can look at the likes of a Mussolini who supposedly made the trains run on time, and that view would not be so charitable

Its an issue that came to light when Colin Kaeperneck refused to stand for the national anthem. It was an issue when some Southern states removed the confederate flag from public buildings.

The ghosts of our past are coming back to haunt us perhaps