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re: New Orleans street names
Posted on 1/27/21 at 9:50 am to SlidellCajun
Posted on 1/27/21 at 9:50 am to SlidellCajun
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Posted on 1/27/21 at 9:52 am to SlidellCajun
My grandpa is pissed about this. Not because of any kind of racism, it's just that he was born in the 1940 and has lived in New Orleans his whole life.
He knows the city like the back of his hand, and now they're changing all of these street names that have been around forever and he's gonna have to re-learn all of this crap.
He knows the city like the back of his hand, and now they're changing all of these street names that have been around forever and he's gonna have to re-learn all of this crap.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 9:54 am to SlidellCajun
We should just tear the new ones down and put up our own. 
Posted on 1/27/21 at 9:54 am to PrimeTime Money
I just hope this puts a dent in the street gang finances when they have to reprint all their letterhead.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 9:56 am to SlidellCajun
This seems like the exact type of thing Democrats would see as an great enough accomplishment for re-election.
Oweo, mmmmmcum, Spleen, what do y’all think? Best mayor of all time?
Oweo, mmmmmcum, Spleen, what do y’all think? Best mayor of all time?
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:07 am to SlidellCajun
Yeah man. Excited as hell to live onstreets with lively names like Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle St, Father Louis J. Twomey St, and Judge John Minor Wisdom Park. 
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:09 am to jlovel7
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What the frick is wrong with Patton or General Taylor?
They were both white and God forbid we honor any white WWII leaders.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:12 am to A Menace to Sobriety
The freaking federal courthouse is already named for John Minor Wisdom.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:18 am to SlidellCajun
I doubt more than 10 people know who any of those historical people are or why they would be considered racist.
Or maybe I'm just ignorant.
Or maybe I'm just ignorant.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:20 am to Neauxla
Nah, as noted people think Patton is named for General Patton. It wasn't.
Leonidas was removed from renaming because they aren't even sure for who it is named after.
Leonidas was removed from renaming because they aren't even sure for who it is named after.
This post was edited on 1/27/21 at 10:21 am
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:22 am to Areddishfish
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You forgot O'Keefe. He was a big time racist.
they will change it to Chief Keef blvd
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:26 am to noonan
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Are they going to change Tulane University to "Tootie" University too?
Funny how Tulane University changed the names of its buildings from Segregation era figures (who were otherwise significant and positive leaders like F Edward Hebert) while the university itself is named after the city's largest financial supporter of the Confederacy.
Go figure.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:30 am to SlidellCajun
Enough tickling balls. Just rename the city after Kunta Kinte and get it over with.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:32 am to noonan
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I thought racism was defeated when the statues came down?
inch = mile
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:36 am to SlidellCajun
I used to live on Calhoun. There is no way in frick I would write out "father Louis j twomey street" for my address. I'd just move.
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:38 am to jordan21210
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They couldn’t have thought of a better name for Lee Circle than Leah Chase Circle?
you know locals will call it "Leah Circle".
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:40 am to SlidellCajun
And to think the American taxpayer spent untold dollars saving this dump
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:42 am to SlidellCajun
how is Tulane Ave racist?
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:49 am to GEAUXT
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I used to live on Calhoun. There is no way in frick I would write out "father Louis j twomey street" for my address. I'd just move.
FWIW, the actual proposal has multiple names for replacement. Including James Neugass (Isidore James Newman Neugass).
Posted on 1/27/21 at 10:55 am to fightin tigers
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Because they aren’t even sure for who it is named after
Actually, after a 10 minute internet search, a citizen found a 1833 map with Leonidas on it proving it wasn’t named for the Confederacy. Fascinating that all the professors, educators, and students working on the “research” couldn’t sniff out a fact like that.
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