Road name changed

[Fatal_Bert]

Ruining everything, I went to the Police/GSP Academy on Confederate Ave near Grant Park in 73, heard they already changed the road name there because it was CONFEDERATE ave. Damnit, where will this **** end, my ancestors rolling in their graves.

Your ancestors lost and these are just their participation trophies.

 

[RiverBend]

Your ancestors lost and these are just their participation trophies.

what do I get?

 

[Fatal_Bert]

what do I get?

What did you fight to keep?

 

[mcdougmd]

A lot of what were called plantations have dropped plantation from their name.

realtors have changed master bedroom to main.

where will the stupidity end?

 

[RiverBend]

What did you fight to keep?

can't say, have to plead 5th

 

[Talos]

The earth belongs to the living.

But the past shouldn't be erased else history repeats.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

But the past shouldn't be erased else history repeats.

It's a road name, not history, they change all the time.

There's tons of Confederate named stuff in the south because after the war, the living here wanted to honor their efforts, and that was fine. But the living here now get to choose the names of roads and buildings. It has no effect on me whatsoever.

And to those who feel a deep connection to their historical confederate ancestors just know that your connection can not possibly be stronger to your confederate roots than a black man's connection to his slave roots.

So if to the ones who think we need to get the **** over slavery (I completely agree), but it goes both ways, we can get the **** over the confederacy and all their lame participation trophies all over the state.

 

[Talos]

It's a road name, not history, they change all the time.

There's tons of Confederate named stuff in the south because after the war, the living here wanted to honor their efforts, and that was fine. But the living here now get to choose the names of roads and buildings. It has no effect on me whatsoever.

And to those who feel a deep connection to their historical confederate ancestors just know that your connection can not possibly be stronger to your confederate roots than a black man's connection to his slave roots.

So if to the ones who think we need to get the **** over slavery (I completely agree), but it goes both ways, we can get the **** over the confederacy and all their lame participation trophies all over the state.

I have no ancestral connection, but I appreciate the history. Road names are a way to remember history though. Someone sees the name Longstreet and wonders who that is and looks up the history, at least I do anyway.

 

[Tony2X]

The earth belongs to the living.

This is not your planet you silly monkey.

 

[Fish Fry]

So this road was named for a respectable, real person, Jim Crow, hower, the wokeass, guilty white folks had to signal.

Flowery Branch renames its portion of Jim Crow Road

The portion of Jim Crow Road within the Flowery Branch city limits will be renamed G.C. Crow Road, a move city officials and residents said Thursday would clarify its lack of connection to segregationist laws and send a more positive message.

www.gainesvilletimes.com

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