Regarding "Why Lanier Middle School should lose that Confederate name now" (Tuesday Gray Matters), the title of the opinion piece succinctly explains why blogger Andrea Greer feels the name of the school should change: the simple fact of Sidney Lanier being a southern white man during the civil war is sufficient reason to ban his name from polite society.
That simplistic approach stands in marked contrast to the man himself, not that Greer appears to know anything about him. In addition to being a Poet/Author/Musician, Lanier was also an English teacher, and Andrea Greer is sorely in need of the services of one. Her piece is an exercise in bad grammar and composition, both tortuous and torturous. That alone reasonably ought to disqualify her from having an opinion on Lanier's qualifications.
Pete Smith
Cypress, TX
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