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Do I have to change my name because of 'muh racist southern monuments'?
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:12 am
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:12 am
If my name derives directly from the naming lineage of a southern general, do I have to change it so as not to offend?
Not talking about surnames or folks who are descendants of such historical figures, just those who have a naming tradition in their family that was originally inspired by those folks' names.
Any Albert Sidneys, or Robert Edwards, or Pierre Gustave Toutants, or Edmund Kirbys, or Edward Porters, or Richard Lees, or William Henrys, or the like out there that are ready to change their names?
Heck, there might even be a John Bel(l) or two floating around...
Not talking about surnames or folks who are descendants of such historical figures, just those who have a naming tradition in their family that was originally inspired by those folks' names.
Any Albert Sidneys, or Robert Edwards, or Pierre Gustave Toutants, or Edmund Kirbys, or Edward Porters, or Richard Lees, or William Henrys, or the like out there that are ready to change their names?
Heck, there might even be a John Bel(l) or two floating around...
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:12 am to Knight of Old
No one GAF about your name, clown.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:13 am to Knight of Old
Good god
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:14 am to Knight of Old
LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!!
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:21 am to TbirdSpur2010
quote:So no one gives a frick about Robert E. Lee's name?
No one GAF about your name, clown.
Give me your conclusion on this...because a name is an identifier as an image (or statue) is an identifier, is it not?
If a person's name were 'Robert E. Lee Smith', for example, what do ya figure the first thing comes to mind is, huh?
Let's hear the argument.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:21 am to Knight of Old
If your last name is Lynch, just don't donate any land/money to an organization in hopes of getting your name on the building.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:22 am to Knight of Old
quote:
If a person's name were 'Robert E. Lee Smith', for example, what do ya figure the first thing comes to mind is, huh?
That his parents gave him a stupid name.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:25 am to AnonymousTiger
quote:Specifically omitted surnames from my premise. Besides, lynch is a verb not an homage to a confederate general...
If your last name is Lynch
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:26 am to magildachunks
quote:Says you, Dick...
That his parents gave him a stupid name.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:27 am to Knight of Old
quote:
If my name derives directly from the naming lineage of a southern general, do I have to change it so as not to offend?
No. Just a Scarlett letter that you're descended from traiterous losers.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:29 am to Knight of Old
My last name was Hitler...
I had it changed
I had it changed
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:30 am to Knight of Old
This "muh" bullshite has run its course and then some.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:30 am to TbirdSpur2010
quote:
No one GAF about your name, clown.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:30 am to sugar71
Not traitorous when fighting for their own country
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:31 am to sugar71
quote:Specifically retracted from the premise those who may be descendents in my original post.
Just a Scarlett letter that you're descended from traiterous losers
That said, are you saying a 'scarlet letter' is sufficient penance for having a politically incorrect name?
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:33 am to Knight of Old
Hey look at me everybody, I think I'm making a point, but I look like a jackass.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:34 am to jptiger2009
quote:Again, my original post specifically set aside surnames and ancestry.
My last name was Hitler... I had it changed
But, OK, were you compelled to change it by political coercion?
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:35 am to TotesMcGotes
quote:Simple short hand that you got, though...
This "muh" bullshite has run its course and then some.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:35 am to Knight of Old
This is jumping too far down the slope.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:46 am to Salmon
quote:Is it really?
This is jumping too far down the slope.
Sure there's a few yuck-yucks but the question is really about whether a medium actually conveys a specific message.
Does a statue of Robert E. Lee convey a specific message (i.e., one message -specific)?
Further, is that message passed through the medium of sculpture representative of a particular person's identity, thus linking that particular person to the specific message?
And is not a name (through the media of language and writing) representative of a particular person (their identity)?
Tearing down a statue is tantamount to tearing down a name so why wouldn't or couldn't someone be 'torn down' on the basis of their name and a specific message associated with it or foisted upon it?
This post was edited on 8/15/17 at 11:47 am
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