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re: Middleton family denounces LSU library name change and calls it erasure of history

Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:35 pm to
Posted by 1BamaRTR
In Your Head Blvd
Member since Apr 2015
22556 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:35 pm to
So they really didn’t give any justification on why they were removing his name?
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
64236 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:36 pm to
Defenestration is one of my favorite words.
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
20363 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

Anybody else reconsidering whether you want your kids to go to college?
Posted by Tigris
Mexican Home
Member since Jul 2005
12372 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:43 pm to
quote:

And that, as we all know, brought us the time honored treasure, "Poncho and Lefty".



Not really, not Willie.

Townes.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98350 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:46 pm to
He approved of segregation like nearly every white person born in the 19th century, including Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
15890 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:48 pm to
I wonder if there will be a record of this in the new library?
Posted by LurkerTooLong
Lakeview, NOLA
Member since Aug 2016
1861 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:51 pm to
quote:

Has anyone informed them that they are, in fact, racists?


This guy here...
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 5:57 pm to
quote:

Has anyone informed them that they are, in fact, racists?


frick you
Posted by Miketheseventh
Member since Dec 2017
5823 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 6:16 pm to
Sorry for the down vote. My finger hit the wrong button on my phone
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:06 pm to
"Yes our relative was racist, but it's erasing history!"

Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54913 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:53 pm to
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Has anyone informed them that they are, in fact, racists?

quote:

frick you

That sarcasm font would have sure been handy.
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19351 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:54 pm to
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defenestration


I learned a new word today
Posted by FreddieMac
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
21072 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 7:56 pm to
What is going to happen when they realize who the "Fighting Tigers" were...
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
20459 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:16 pm to
Aren't they talking about tearing it down anyway?
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
4624 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:21 pm to
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We expressly and unequivocally denounce the university's dishonorable plan to remove his name and memorials from the very library the funds for which he led the university's effort to obtain from the state legislature

This is a terribly written sentence. I had to read it a few times for it to make sense.
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
36905 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:21 pm to
They should get their money back plus interest/inflation.
Posted by whoa
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
4624 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:22 pm to
What money?
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
36905 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:28 pm to
Just assumed Middleton donated money. I guess I'm wrong?
Posted by poncho villa
DALLAS
Member since Jul 2010
17735 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:31 pm to
The frick you say about me?
Posted by HollierThanThou
Member since Jan 2012
6209 posts
Posted on 6/11/20 at 8:41 pm to
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What is going to happen when they realize who the "Fighting Tigers" were...

Shut your whore mouth
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