Submitted by [deleted] t3_y1gr84 in WorcesterMA
-Horatio_Alger_Jr- t1_is03lm8 wrote
Reply to comment by Kirbyoto in What's your opinion on renaming Plantation Street because it's racist? by [deleted]
>Yes it's almost like Quinsigamond Plantation isn't tremendously important to history and the people furiously defending its namesake are just looking for things to be upset about. Again, did you know a single thing about it before today?
It is very important to the history of the area and country.
>Name one thing about it without Googling right now.
The Johnson massacre.
>And I answered about slaves. I told you about slavery, and genocide to boot. So it sounds like you're just looking for a distraction.
A distraction?
>Are you? Do you make sure all the products you use are made without slave labor? Or are you "virtue signalling" right now?
I do. I use sites like still made in the US and others before I purchase most things. It really does not matter to the conversation though, as I am not trying to change the name of anything.
>Pushing against it for effectively no reason is shallower.
No reason? Why do you say that?
Kirbyoto t1_is1x4fa wrote
>It is very important to the history of the area and country.
Literally everything that happens is technically important to history. But "it's important to history" and "people in the area know and/or care about it" are two different statements.
>The Johnson massacre.
Ah, so the one thing you knew is "well the natives killed some people too". Convenient.
>A distraction?
Yes, a way for you to avoid the actual point, which is that the Quinsigamond Plantation does have a history with slavery and genocide. Your little "oh who said anything about AFRICAN slavery" schtick was just stalling for time.
>I use sites like still made in the US and others before I purchase most things.
And where do those companies get their materials from? Do you think you can circumvent international capitalism with smart choices from a website?
>It really does not matter to the conversation though, as I am not trying to change the name of anything.
You are trying to preserve the name of something that you have no genuine reason to care about. Also, it does matter to the conversation, since your main reason that UMASS shouldn't advocate for the name being changed is that you personally believe they aren't morally pure enough to "deserve" it.
>No reason? Why do you say that?
I mean you don't really care. Nobody in this thread does. Pretending that a street name being changed is somehow offensive or disgusting to you is obviously fake shit. What you actually care about is the idea of things becoming "more PC", hence why a street name has become the flashpoint for all of Worcester's dingy little conservatives to crawl out of the darkness and pretend they have something important to say.
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