ABC News has apparently saved the nine Democratic presidential candidates from the embarrassment of holding their South Carolina debate in a theater named after a staunch defender of slavery.
A tried and true game. The Reps try to lambast the Dems for scheduling a debate in a theater named after a civil war figure while they continue to do their wink and a nod to racism. (Is this comment too heated for this forum, Bill?) If there were ever a fight about nothing, this one is. If you wish to do anything in the south, have debates, give speeches, whatever, without running into the fact that much of it is named after southern civil war figures. Who cares if debates are held in such places.
Anyone who has ever hung out on US college campuses for any length of time knows that dorms, classroom buildings, lecture halls are sometimes named after racist bigots, zenophobes, and misogynists. Some of them had the money. Some of them are/were folk of the elite. It's always a great pleasure to have a dramatically feminist meeting in a hall named after some of the worst of these.
So, my recommendation to the Dems. Have the debate in the Longstreet Hall. But make certain to offer seriously critical thoughts about Longstreet and, more importantly, his heritage. |
