Posted on 11/29/2023 6:54:05 PM PST by Levy78
I think at some point, all of us started referring to [Barton] spring as ‘The Spring,’” said Pedro Villalobos, Chair of the Parks and Recreation Board. “That’s because of the baggage that it carries with it.”
We are recommending based off of William Barton’s known ownership of enslaved people – and given the Confederate Monument Resolution passed by City Council – we are recommending that there be an effort to rename Barton Springs,” Villalobos, who served on the working group, continued.
William Barton was known as someone who wanted to participate in the extinction of Native Americans,” Marshall said in May. “And the fact that he enslaved people, we just want to make sure that that’s known as well,” she said.
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Peter Wolf Village?
Don’t wolves catcall and whistle at women in the village? He must be a real filthy sexist and misogynist denigrating women like that.
Barton Springs is in the city of Austin named after Stephen Austin, a slave owner.
As a resident of Austin, I can say that we have a high idiot quotient.
At least until we find out how many slaves Annie Green owned.
Or Clara Barton.
So....when do the statues of Sherman and things named after him come down? He was genocidal toward the Plains Indians and made several statements to that effect.
Oh, and he also hated Blacks and Mexicans and Jews. Indeed he was a big influence behind Grants infamous General order #11 which called for Jews to be ethnically cleansed from 3 states.
Oh wait! I forgot. The Left is entirely selective in its “outrage”.
What about George Washington?
Change the name of DC to?
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. George Orwell
The Lakota…. You mean the people with 85% unemployment, 40% alcoholism, 85% rate of adult obesity and ~10% lifetime suicide rate? Those Lakota? Naming a lake in their name will cure all of that. Best thing that could happen is disband the miserable Rez and its culture. They got a raw deal for sure, but they’re a conquered people.
ELIMINATING ALL THESE IDIOTS would be much cheaper.
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