Student Threatened with Expulsion over anti-lynching protest

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Whats wrong with that? we removed statues of saddam hussein after the Iraq war? we removed statues of hitler after WW2? Why is this any different?

This guy wasn't Hussain or Hitler.

He was an asshole of his time, nothing more.

Slavery in America was worse than anything Hitler or Saddam did you know that right?

Just glancing at his wikipedia page i can tell this guy is a piece of shit. Why not take his name off?

Tillman believed, and often stated as senator, that blacks must submit to either white domination or extermination.[141] He was reluctant to undertake the latter, fearing hundreds of whites would die accomplishing it.[142] He campaigned in the violent 1898 North Carolina elections, in which white Democrats were determined to take back control from a biracial Populist-Republican coalition elected in 1894 and 1896 on a fusion ticket. He spoke widely in North Carolina in the fall of 1898, often to crowds wearing red shirts, disheartening his Populist supporters. Terror and intimidation again won the day for the Democrats, who were elected statewide. They failed to win in the coastal city of Wilmington, but white supremacists took over by force. South Carolina saw violence as well: an effort to register black voters in Phoenix led whites to provoke a confrontation, after which a number of African Americans were murdered. Tillman warned African Americans and those who might combine with them that black political activism would provoke a murderous response from whites

Benjamin Tillman - Wikipedia

that's why asked if you were pro lynching since thats the only reason i could think of as to why you wouldn't want them to change the name or take down all his statues

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Slavery was not "worse than Hitler".

Saddam isn't in the same league as the global 1500's-1800's slave trade.

Again, yes, he was an asshole, but he's part of the State's and College's history.

Maybe slavery was worse than what Hitler did, maybe it wasn't because its scope was not extermination, but in any case the two are not comparable and should not be compared.

And I don't think Saddam Hussein's gas attacks were as bad as Hitler or slavery really.

Also, I don't see what history has to do with it. Can you imagine a "Benedict Arnold Hall" or "Charles Manson Hall" at a university somewhere?

Actually there are tributes to Arnold, although some of them don't name him. The thing is this is how they were originally placed, it wasn't revisionism at play:

From wikipedia:

There is a memorial to Benedict Arnold on the Saratoga battlefield, now preserved within Saratoga National Historical Park, that does not mention his name, donated by Civil War General John Watts DePeyster. The inscription on the Boot Monument reads: "In memory of the most brilliant soldier of the Continental army, who was desperately wounded on this spot, winning for his countrymen the decisive battle of the American Revolution, and for himself the rank of Major General."[134] The victory monument at Saratoga has four niches, three of which are occupied by statues of Generals Gates, Schuyler, and Morgan. The fourth niche is empty.[135]

There are plaques on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point commemorating all of the generals who served in the Revolution. One plaque bears only a rank and a date but no name: "major general...born 1740".[2][118]

A historical marker in Danvers, Massachusetts commemorates Benedict Arnold's 1775 expedition to Quebec.[136] There are also historical markers bearing his name in Moscow, Maine, on the western bank of Lake Champlain, New York, and two in Skowhegan, Maine.[137]

The house where Benedict Arnold lived at 62 Gloucester Place in central London bears a plaque describing Arnold as an "American Patriot."[138] He was buried at St Mary's Church, Battersea, England which has a commemorative stained glass window added between 1976 and 1982.[139] The faculty club at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton has a Benedict Arnold Room in which framed original letters written by Arnold hang on the walls.

Interesting, although I'm not surprised there are mentions in England and Canada, being on the other side.

There's also a "Stalingrad" metro station in Paris (France), a commemoration of the WWII battle.

Arnold was actually a hero before he became a villain. The story and hurt of his fall is only as great as it is because of his rise before it.

Also remember about a 1/3 of the population was loyalist, so his treason was not as great as say Julius Rosenberg.

Yeah, I don't think it's that big of a deal about Benedict Arnold, but he's pretty unpopular in the U.S.

Tillman on the other hand did some really horrible things.

 

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This guy wasn't Hussain or Hitler.

He was an asshole of his time, nothing more.

Slavery in America was worse than anything Hitler or Saddam did you know that right?

Just glancing at his wikipedia page i can tell this guy is a piece of shit. Why not take his name off?

Tillman believed, and often stated as senator, that blacks must submit to either white domination or extermination.[141] He was reluctant to undertake the latter, fearing hundreds of whites would die accomplishing it.[142] He campaigned in the violent 1898 North Carolina elections, in which white Democrats were determined to take back control from a biracial Populist-Republican coalition elected in 1894 and 1896 on a fusion ticket. He spoke widely in North Carolina in the fall of 1898, often to crowds wearing red shirts, disheartening his Populist supporters. Terror and intimidation again won the day for the Democrats, who were elected statewide. They failed to win in the coastal city of Wilmington, but white supremacists took over by force. South Carolina saw violence as well: an effort to register black voters in Phoenix led whites to provoke a confrontation, after which a number of African Americans were murdered. Tillman warned African Americans and those who might combine with them that black political activism would provoke a murderous response from whites

Benjamin Tillman - Wikipedia

that's why asked if you were pro lynching since thats the only reason i could think of as to why you wouldn't want them to change the name or take down all his statues

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Slavery was not "worse than Hitler".

Saddam isn't in the same league as the global 1500's-1800's slave trade.

Again, yes, he was an asshole, but he's part of the State's and College's history.

Maybe slavery was worse than what Hitler did, maybe it wasn't because its scope was not extermination, but in any case the two are not comparable and should not be compared.

And I don't think Saddam Hussein's gas attacks were as bad as Hitler or slavery really.

Also, I don't see what history has to do with it. Can you imagine a "Benedict Arnold Hall" or "Charles Manson Hall" at a university somewhere?

Actually there are tributes to Arnold, although some of them don't name him. The thing is this is how they were originally placed, it wasn't revisionism at play:

From wikipedia:

There is a memorial to Benedict Arnold on the Saratoga battlefield, now preserved within Saratoga National Historical Park, that does not mention his name, donated by Civil War General John Watts DePeyster. The inscription on the Boot Monument reads: "In memory of the most brilliant soldier of the Continental army, who was desperately wounded on this spot, winning for his countrymen the decisive battle of the American Revolution, and for himself the rank of Major General."[134] The victory monument at Saratoga has four niches, three of which are occupied by statues of Generals Gates, Schuyler, and Morgan. The fourth niche is empty.[135]

There are plaques on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point commemorating all of the generals who served in the Revolution. One plaque bears only a rank and a date but no name: "major general...born 1740".[2][118]

A historical marker in Danvers, Massachusetts commemorates Benedict Arnold's 1775 expedition to Quebec.[136] There are also historical markers bearing his name in Moscow, Maine, on the western bank of Lake Champlain, New York, and two in Skowhegan, Maine.[137]

The house where Benedict Arnold lived at 62 Gloucester Place in central London bears a plaque describing Arnold as an "American Patriot."[138] He was buried at St Mary's Church, Battersea, England which has a commemorative stained glass window added between 1976 and 1982.[139] The faculty club at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton has a Benedict Arnold Room in which framed original letters written by Arnold hang on the walls.

Interesting, although I'm not surprised there are mentions in England and Canada, being on the other side.

There's also a "Stalingrad" metro station in Paris (France), a commemoration of the WWII battle.

Arnold was actually a hero before he became a villain. The story and hurt of his fall is only as great as it is because of his rise before it.

Also remember about a 1/3 of the population was loyalist, so his treason was not as great as say Julius Rosenberg.

Yeah, I don't think it's that big of a deal about Benedict Arnold, but he's pretty unpopular in the U.S.

Tillman on the other hand did some really horrible things.

He also did this, something most progressives would love him for.

Tillman Act of 1907 - Wikipedia

The Tillman Act of 1907 (34 Stat. 864) (January 26, 1907) was the first legislation in the United States prohibiting monetary contribution to national political campaigns by corporations.

 

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Well if you've never heard of the Red Shirts...

 

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Well if you've never heard of the Red Shirts...

i read the article. Yes, he was part of the Reedemer wave that spread through the south, but so were countless others. I just don't see why changing the name of the hall is such a big deal.

 

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During the weekend of November 12, Winthrop student Samantha Valdez allegedly participated in preparing an art installation featuring figures in the trees outside Winthrop’s Tillman Hall alongside a sign reading “Tillman’s Legacy.” Tillman Hall is named after Benjamin Tillman, a governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894 whose time in office saw an increase in the number of lynchings of African-Americans.

In response to the “Tillman’s Legacy” art installation, Winthrop University President Daniel F. Mahony sent an email to the campus community on November 14 expressing his intention to punish those responsible for the display. He wrote, “While we do not know the intent of this display, these images are clearly hurtful and threatening and are contrary to the values of Winthrop University.”

I got my MBA from Winthrop.

I don't remember this happening, though.