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Should J Edgar Hoovers Name be Removed From the FBI Building

Should J Edgar Hoovers Name be Removed From the FBI Building

  • Yes

    Votes: 11 32.4%

  • No

    Votes: 22 64.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • Total voters
    34
TheDemSocialist said:
Many people have called for Hoovers name to be removed from the FBI building because of his controversial tactics as FBI director. Politicians have called it a "stain on democracy" etc. Do you believe it should be removed?
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"Politicians" have a lot of room to talk.
 
Yes. He was a complete bastard who conducted witch hunts within the fbi itself. The fbi may wish to defend his name as part of their legacy, but this is the same excuse used by every asshole ever. Nothing is perfect, so they should accept he was a disgrace and distance themselves from that. If not, as a public agency the name should be removed forcefully.
 
Hoover was a jerk and likely a peeping Tom.
 
Yes, it should be removed. Although Hoover did some good things in his early years, he did many awful things that go against the most basic values of this nation. Blackmailing politicians and political leaders is a treasonous corruption of democracy. CointelPro was also an abomination. Considering his actions, it is quite possible he was involved with the assassination of MLK Jr, and possibly other killings.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Yea, degrees from Harvard are a dime a dozen.
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It was Yale, later Harvard for a graduate degree. He got in with the traditional form of affirmative action.
 
CRUE CAB said:
I meant Bush, not Obama. Obama went to Columbia.
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I was referring to Bush II. Traditional affirmative is the preferences in admissions for children of alumni and/or big donors.
 
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