Further calls for removal of Thomas Nast from N.J. Hall of Fame

odonnell- there you go with a broad supposition,I watch Fox,MSNBC,CBS and all others .I have no bigotry and will fight it till i die.I live next to and across from Afro-Americans by choice.The New Years Eve party I go to tonight is hosted by a liberal bigot and I remind him of that fact periodically.When you paint with a broadstroke you miss the true point.

If you understand that the people who watch(and unfortunately beleive) Fox News are the same type of people who read (and unfortunately agreed with) the bigotry and fear that Thomas Nast, you'll understand why he was so popular in his time, and still has apologists today.

Why don't the atherts of the world get it? A racist is a racist ,a bigot is a bigot and if we honor these people what does it say about us?

atherts, if i may, i would take exception to your premise. the issue here, in my opinion, is not history, but honoring a racist. much the same as we would reject honoring one who drew anti-Jewish cartoons, or anti-Black cartoons, we should also reject those who drew anti-Irish cartoons. i am all for "letting it go" as Shrck55 says, i just don't believe nast should be honored for being a racist. using the "times" is a very slippery slope that could be used to justify the jewish holocaust, an gorta mor, the middle passage and the armenian holocaust.

This "let's not hurt anyone's feelings" attitude is why we can't have prayer in school and why we have to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". It works both ways. Nast's abominable cartoons were penned many years ago. How about we let it go and be bigger than he was?

So we're supposed to ignore or rewrite history because we don't like something someone said? There are lots of instances of uncomfortable history in books and other media. Nash was representing much of the thought at the time both good and bad. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.