Burke, Virginia, is named after an enslaver. A journalist wants to change that

[2aguy]

Burke, Virginia, is named after an enslaver. A journalist wants to change that

David Martosko discovered Silas Burke enslaved a six-year-old named Fenton and suggests name change to honor him instead

www.theguardian.com

A former reporter has launched a campaign to rename his Virginia hometown, Burke, to stop the commemoration of an enslaver and instead honor a child he enslaved, a six-year-old boy named Fenton.


This seems to be a noble aim. We should not be celebrating the lives of awful people. At the very least the residents should have a vote to decide what they want.
Many countries have shaken off a dark past. Bombay is now Mumbai and Delhi is now Channai. Maybe Burke would be better as Fenton ? Or any other non slavery name.

Hmmmmm.....now.....since you are British....and the AMerican slaves were brought here in large part on British ships, and the British slave traders were a large part of the slavery issue.....

We also have to talk about reparations from Britain and renaming Britain......since, it was a slave trading nation.....

 

[2aguy]

Hundreds of thousands died trying to keep slavery. Their descendants are now the alt and MAGA right.

Nope.....those who died to keep slavery were all democrats.....and those democrats stayed in the democrat party, in particular, the party leadership.......

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Hmmmm....good point. The Democrat Party was created by two slave owners, fought to expand slavery into new states, started the Civil War to keep blacks as their slaves, when the Republican party beat them and freed the slaves, the democrat party enacted jim crow laws, lynchings, and the ku klux klan as well as fighting against all of the Civil Rights acts up to the last two, only voting for the last two in order to hide their racism going forward.


So...if we are going to change the name of a town because the dude was a slave owner....

What do you want to do with a political party founded by two slave owners that has been and continues to commit atrocities against blacks in this country?

Those people moved over to the GOP so your point is remedial.

 

[2aguy]

Those people moved over to the GOP so your point is remedial.

No, actually, they didn't....the racists stayed in the democrat party, in particular the leadership of the democrat party...you know, like Al Gore's dad.....and bill clinton's political friends and mentors.......

The democrat party was the party of slavery and today is the party of racism.....we need to not only disband it, we need to liquidate their assets and give them to the ancestors of black slaves.....dittos the British crown jewels...

 

[boevans]

Hmmmm....<SNIP>

Hundreds of thousands of northern democrats for the Union.

160 years ago, however, do not count.

Now what counts is that Democrats are for civil liberties and democracy, while the GOP and MAGA and the alt right try to suppress women, youth, LGBTR, and people of color.

 

[2aguy]

Hundreds of thousands of northern democrats for the Union.

160 years ago, however, do not count.

Now what counts is that Democrats are for civil liberties and democracy, while the GOP and MAGA and the alt right try to suppress women, youth, LGBTR, and people of color.

The democrats are not for Civil Liberties or Democracy as they violate them and kick candidates off of ballots and use Legal Warfare to attack American citizens and groups.

 

[LeftofLeft]

So you want to celebrate slavery ?

As I’ve pointed out many times on this board , the only people who practiced Slavery THEN AND NOW are NON-WHITE Nations. I celebrate that Western White Nations evolved by abolishing Slavery.

Why do you ignore nations practice slavery today in Africa, Asia, and Latin America? You are more concerned with a dead guy who owned slaves 150 years ago in a Land that evolved by abolishing slavery?

I am more concerned about the awful people in this world today that perpetuate slavery.

 

[marvin martian]

Because I care more about policy than I do about costumes and things said last century. A cosplayer like you wouldn't understand that.

No you don't. Biden's policies are racist af, which is why you love him so much.

He treats you like the conquered boy you are.

 

[Curried Goats]

No you don't. Biden's policies are racist af, which is why you love him so much.

That makes total sense Marvin, as cosplay. You know in reality Biden is weak.

He treats you like the conquered boy you are.

By hastening your demographic displacement?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

He enslaved a six year old boy? Just one. Perhaps Burke should have just abandoned the kid in the forest.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

That makes total sense Marvin, as cosplay. You know in reality Biden is weak.

By hastening your demographic displacement?

Or yours

 

[bdtex]

Burke, Virginia, is named after an enslaver. A journalist wants to change that

David Martosko discovered Silas Burke enslaved a six-year-old named Fenton and suggests name change to honor him instead

www.theguardian.com

A former reporter has launched a campaign to rename his Virginia hometown, Burke, to stop the commemoration of an enslaver and instead honor a child he enslaved, a six-year-old boy named Fenton.


This seems to be a noble aim. We should not be celebrating the lives of awful people. At the very least the residents should have a vote to decide what they want.
Many countries have shaken off a dark past. Bombay is now Mumbai and Delhi is now Channai. Maybe Burke would be better as Fenton ? Or any other non slavery name.

Imagine all the mail that's gonna be returned "Undeliverable as addressed".

 

[justoffal]

Burke, Virginia, is named after an enslaver. A journalist wants to change that

David Martosko discovered Silas Burke enslaved a six-year-old named Fenton and suggests name change to honor him instead

www.theguardian.com

A former reporter has launched a campaign to rename his Virginia hometown, Burke, to stop the commemoration of an enslaver and instead honor a child he enslaved, a six-year-old boy named Fenton.


This seems to be a noble aim. We should not be celebrating the lives of awful people. At the very least the residents should have a vote to decide what they want.
Many countries have shaken off a dark past. Bombay is now Mumbai and Delhi is now Channai. Maybe Burke would be better as Fenton ? Or any other non slavery name.

Oh Geezus fuck off snowflakes.
There is no commoration of slavery. The name Burke is a thousand years old for crissakes. Uneducated morons.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

No, actually, they didn't....the racists stayed in the democrat party, in particular the leadership of the democrat party...you know, like Al Gore's dad.....and bill clinton's political friends and mentors.......

The democrat party was the party of slavery and today is the party of racism.....we need to not only disband it, we need to liquidate their assets and give them to the ancestors of black slaves.....dittos the British crown jewels...

And yet its racist gop shits gettiing upset over racist statues. Go and fuck yourself nazi boy.

 

[blackhawk]

How about this person get a fucking life.

 

[2aguy]

And yet its racist gop shits gettiing upset over racist statues. Go and fuck yourself nazi boy.

No....the democrats are teying to erase their rqcistnhistory by oushingnto get democrat party statues of men who fought for slavery...Eepublicans simply want to preserve history so we dont forgt it and the vile War started
by the democrats

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

I'm not mad at anyone who's been dead centuries by now, bozo. Emotionality is your domain. I'm making an intellectual argument which is why I brought facts. It's a fact that slavery = tyranny. It's a fact that the Founders were slavers. And it's a fact that America was one of the last developed countries to give up the practice of slavery. Those are all facts. When they stop making you cry maybe you can address them.

Obviously you are, you fucking clown...lol

 

[Tommy Tainant]

No....the democrats are teying to erase their rqcistnhistory by oushingnto get democrat party statues of men who fought for slavery...Eepublicans simply want to preserve history so we dont forgt it and the vile War started
by the democrats

Clown.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Hundreds of thousands died trying to keep slavery. Their descendants are now the alt and MAGA right.

And the social war on academia continues...which begs the question, is "Horses" a euphemism for "mind(s)"?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

You are well named.