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41 sats \ 8 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun \ parent \ on: The Problem with Juneteenth econ

They do.

Then it is still possible to rename the streets :) I thought historical streets would have a hard time doing that.

Since 2020, there has been the renaming of U. S. Army bases, schools, streets, etc. But there has been and currently is push back.

https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/virginia-school-district-restores-confederate-names-at-2-schools/

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 21 Jun

Very interesting.

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun

Typical

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 21 Jun

There are always loser to a war. Just because he was on the losing side doesnt mean he was a bad person. Some events in the past have to be viewed from the perspective of the past, even if it is wrong in the present.

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun

Sounds like moral relativism to me, which is overly simplistic and inadequate. There were abolitionist then. They knew. The human capacity for rationalization and justification is really something.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 21 Jun

Lets get this straight, I dont believe what they did is right. And them continuing to proclaim their innocence and ignorance isnt right, either.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun freebie

Why say this in a discussion of Robert E. Lee, then?

Just because he was on the losing side doesnt mean he was a bad person.

He's not a bad person for being on the losing side. The stated cause of the losing side was wrong and immoral