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1. A rock - a naturally occurring rock was
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 06:46 AM
Aug 2021

viewed as a symbol of racism?? So presumably this rock was referred to as n* rock? What's to stop a racist
from pointing to yet another natural or manmade object and referring to it in a racially derogatory way?
Will that object have to be removed as well?
The rock in the article was deposited where it was from the last ice age. IMO, moving the rock doesn't solve any problem
whatsoever - it isn't analogous to a confederate statue or a feature or object that "celebrates" or "promotes"
racism. This is wasted time, labor and cost that will be paid for by the students. Moreover, as an environmentalist,
I find this absurd exercise appalling.

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