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[–] rhadamanth_nemes@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The Confederacy seceded to protect their right to own slaves, and soldiers on the side of the Confederacy killed and died to protect their right to own slaves.

Not the kind of people we should be honoring by building statues and naming schools for them.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

So, changing it to Adolf Hitler School for Friendship and Tolerance would be about the same