Results: Should public areas holding a person's name be renamed if their namesake does something offensive?
Proposals have been made to rename San Francisco's Lech Walesa Street in light of Walesa's recent homophobic and trans-phobic remarks.
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Should public areas holding a person's name be renamed if their namesake does something offensive? Yes, they should be stripped of the honor.
25%
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320 votes
Only if the citizens of that area vote in favor of a change
23%
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295 votes
No because different people have different ideas of what is offensive
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167 votes
No because it creates extra expenses
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43 votes
No because it creates confusion for people familiar with a certain name/unaware of a change
6%
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83 votes
Neutral
28%
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357 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
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21 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.31% | 4 | |
| n/a | 0.16% | 2 |
| no | 0.08% | 1 |
| they should only name things after dead people | 0.08% | 1 |
| situational. | 0.08% | 1 |
| would depend upon the severity of the offense | 0.08% | 1 |
| in our area only deceased people's names are used so a moot point here. | 0.08% | 1 |
| no homos and trannys are not normal and never shouls be | 0.08% | 1 |
| na | 0.08% | 1 |
| stop naming things after people and you won't have this problem | 0.08% | 1 |
| undecided depends on the circumstance | 0.08% | 1 |
| oh for crying out loud! nothing should be named after someone who is still alive anyway | 0.08% | 1 |
| just a thought....maybe those people who demand that everyone be tolerant, try actually being tolerant? so the guy has an opinion....so does everyone. | 0.08% | 1 |
| i think naming streets, hwy's, bridges etc after people is stupid anyway | 0.08% | 1 |
| how does something done by a namesake involve the actual personality? | 0.08% | 1 |
| no,their namesake is the one who did wrong,not the person it is names for | 0.08% | 1 |
| i don't think places should be named after anyone period. then we don't have to worry about this kind of thing. | 0.08% | 1 |
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