(06-20-2020 11:24 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  

(06-20-2020 10:51 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(06-20-2020 10:37 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  

(06-20-2020 05:10 PM)Owl1998 Wrote:  Since Jesse Kelly helped turn the tables on the woke crowd with his #CancelYale campaign, some have suggested a #CancelRice campaign. What do you think? It’s the new rules right? Eliminate anything related to historical racism. Can’t wait to hear some of our “progressive” members views on this topic.

#CancelRice!

Why is "progressive" in scare quotes?
Why is the word "progressive" included in your OP at all? Are you under the impression that progressive policy positions and taking down statues have something in common?
Are you aware that most (i'm guessing VAST majority) who identify as progressive are not in favor, or at least don't have a strong opinion, on statues?
Are you aware that we have The Quad for topics such as this?

That has to be a joke right? You can just look at any news source and see thats not true.

"Any news source" != majority of progressive public opinion.
Please show me polling on progressives' support for removal of ... of what? All statues? Some statues (which ones)? If you can find polling that shows a majority of progressives supporting removing majority of historical-figure statues, I'll be surprised and gladly shut up. If the claim is that majority of progressives support removing the handful of most egregious statues, then that *may* be true, sure, (though I'd like to see polling still), but then we're outside the scope of the OP, which was Rice-specific

https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-det...aseID=3663

Contrary to what you see on the news.. the majority of Americans (77%) approve of the policing in their community. The majority of Americans do not support defunding police. 81% oppose eliminating the police.

85% of Dems (what do progressives identify as?) think confederate statues should be removed (just hit 52% overall). 81% of Dems think army bases shouldn’t be named after confederate figures.

Progressives in San Fran tore down statues of Grant and Francis Scott Key.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...onal%3famp

A more complete list including Washington and Columbus.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com...ests%3famp