we also have people who seem to be going out of their way to be offended by anything that could be turned into a cause for activists who are bored or looking to stir the pot. Or maybe in some cases they really are that overly sensitive, unintelligent, etc. and they think they are helping make things better. Regardless, in cases like this, they make things worse by demanding any potential offense be erased, including using the last name of a humble couple that donated a large portion of their fortune to the city, including projects that benefit diverse neighborhoods, showing they were upstanding citizens. Now they get their name and legacy dragged through the mud by the rent-a-mob race baiters.
https://www.opb.org/news/article/lyn...ington-debate/
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At the heart of the issue is a 9.5-acre plot of land in Northwest Vancouver that sits adjacent to the property of Ed and Dollie Lynch, local philanthropists who donated the land more than a decade ago. At the time, city councilors planned to thank the family by naming the park in their honor: Lynch Park.
But residents are pushing back on that idea. They say the word “lynch,” even if it’s someone’s name, triggers painful associations, especially for communities of color.
“It is personal. I actually feel that word,” said Cecelia Towner, the founder of Black Lives Matter Vancouver.
The city has proposed the name Ed and Dollie Lynch Park to alleviate issues, but its not good enough for the hypersensitive members of society who demand to be offended and make everyone else do something to make them happy.
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It won’t be today, it won’t be tomorrow — it may not even be 10 years from now, but the community is going to change, and it will not be simply Ed and Dollie Lynch Park,” said Christina Smith, an English professor at Clark College. “It will be Lynch Park, whether we mean for it to be or not. You cannot sit there and tell me that that is not a problem for certain members of our community. That that is not exclusionary, offensive and downright frightening for members of our community.”
If we can't educate people on the difference between a horrific racist act and the last name of 2 philanthropists that donated millions to the city including millions to Boys and Girls Clubs that are in racially diverse communities, we've given up on knowledge and decided that teaching people to be offended every chance possible is better than learning facts.
I wonder how many people of color were offended when Marshawn Lynch scored touchdowns for the Seahawks. I guess if George Burns had a park named after him, that could be offensive because people might associate it with burning crosses of the 1960's