Right so the person who says “Hey, why are you trying to remove the name of a virulent racist from a bridge I didn’t even know about?” Then proceeds to try and defend said openly racist person... That persons not the racist bigot?

Wow, you really are defending this guy? This guy? Congrats man, you stooped a lot lower then I thought was possible. You literally named zero things he did for anyone that weren’t selfish or self serving. He convinced a bunch of poor vulnerable people that he was on their side, all the while enriching himself and…

You mean like teaching them about all the good things the person whom this bridge was named after did instead of only focusing on the bad things?

Just pointing out a pattern... sometimes looking at things from a different perspective, or asking yourself questions helps change our views.

I know right, I mean it’s not like organizing and advocating to change things and combat racism is a worthy pass time, or teaches any meaningful life skills, like respecting others, encouraging community organizing and outreach, instilling life long lessons about how systematic racism and inequality is wrong and…

Let me check my calendar....

Right, I mean fighting racism and bigotry, how is that important to anyone. Shouldn’t they be knitting? Why do they have to do things that my small brain can’t understand?

Look another false equivalency guy... how you doin’ buddy.

Right let’s not think about anyone born before 1975... that’ll fix it.

That day cometh not soon enough.

My aren’t we a snowflake troll aren’t we.

This... has nothing to do with the conversation. How’s the weather in St. Petersburg?

First... he didn’t call you a racist, fool.

Counterpoint.

How about we draw the line at people who were openly racist and who were in a position of political power in which they were supposed to be serving all the people.

Fredrick Douglas, Ohio would be a freaking great name! Look at this dudes hair!

Seconded. Naming bridges and things after people is the worst and laziest way to remember them.

Why cause all the nice stuff you have was bought and paid for by years of chatel slavery, rape, and brutal opression (of blacks, jews, hispanics, irish, italians, chinese... etc?)

We should also forget and despise all our grandparents forever

I’m in for 200 hundred. He knows nothing about the military.