Hey, why is everyone talking about Caesar Chavez all of the sudden?

Oh.

Oh no.

@evacide OK. Now I'm heading over to Google.
@evacide *sigh* I hate this timeline.
@jgoodleaf I couldn't even get to the end of the article.
@evacide Yeah. Me neither. At least it's gratifying to see that people are listening, and canceling Chavez day, etc.

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And (surprise, surprise) the New York Times is right out front leading the charge to set the record straight

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So fucking pissed. Gaiman-esque timeline, motherfuckers.

@evacide I've been talking about Cesar Romero and boy do I feel silly
@mattgriffin @evacide were you joking around?
@BarrySweeney @evacide yes, this is a Simpsons thing, sorry
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Ah, The Simpson's was somewhat after my time, I only remember him from the '60s Batman series (my favourite, obvs).
S12E15 - Hungry, Hungry Homer, Cesar Chavez and Paint drinking Pete

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Thank you, every day is a school day 🙂
@evacide oh, you guys really meant it when you said ANYONE can be a predator?? 🫨
As if it wasn't clear enough that we should be ready to immediately cut ANYONE from our lives at a moment's notice... problem is, progress is so difficult to achieve without being able to rely on collaboration.
Also, that's why I'm no longer fine with honoring any specific individual - next March 31st will be cringe-inducing to say the least
The divestment has already begun - the celebration apparently can't be moved to another date this year, but it most probably should. newsbeep.com/us-tx/210238/
El Paso renames César Chávez Day as Community & Labor Heritage Day city holiday - Texas News Beep

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso will mark March 31 as an official city holiday this year under a new name, shifting the longtime César Chávez Day

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@evacide having heroes instead of honoring the ideals sets us up for this. I wish it weren't true, but the reality is that humans are complicated.

To be clear, this is not an argument that minimizes what Chavez did. It is an argument that we make a mistake by attaching lofty ideals to human beings.

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Turns out he was one of the Ides of protest marches.