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>You are reading something into this that is not there. Whatever your thoughts on this particular decision, there absolutely is a "there" there. No one actual
by dropit_sphere 10y ago
>You are reading something into this that is not there.
Whatever your thoughts on this particular decision, there absolutely is a "there" there.
No one actually cares what some sign on a building on a leafy campus says. They care a lot about which way the wind is blowing at an institution that turns out the elites of tomorrow.
The question is (in as equally-offensive terms as I can muster): will we, as a society (or our elites, from whom we'll take our cues),
- finally turn from a problematic figure of the past to one that better exemplifies our values of today,
or
- retain remembrance of what got us where we are, keeping in mind the importance of chronological charity?
If this is really not an important event, why is it posted on HN?
- rhizome 10y agoNo one actually cares what some sign on a building on a leafy campus says They do when the name is John frickin' Calhoun, increasingly. Like Nickelback, we all thought he was cool at the time, but you look back and see that if he wasn't That Guy, somebody else would have, and at any rate the ideas he's known for are played out.