Washington-Loving

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Anonymous wrote:Shouldn’t we rename it after Justice Earl Warren? He wrote the opinion. It was the courage of the Supreme Court that made it happen.

True but if we are going to go with a courageous person not on the list, you won’t find a better name than Nat Turner.

Surely we can find another CHILD MURDERER who was actually a Arlingtonian?

Nat was a courageous freedom fighter. We don’t go calling our war veterans child murderers.
Why don’t you just chill out? Go visit a nice tropical island and relax. If I may, I’d like to recommend a beautiful place in the Indian Ocean called North Sentinal Island.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just go with Cherrydale HS and be done with it.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Loving is an acceptable alternative. I'm surprised at the people who think its funny. Who cares if your immature teen makes fun of a name? It's what they do. It's a weak reason to not use Loving as a school name.

There are several other excellent reasons already covered in this thread why many of us think that the name is not the best choice. And no, I very much prefer that my children who attend W-L not be known as the Washington-Loving Genitals, which apparently what some Yorktown students are already calling them. I'm okay if you think my children and I are immature because of that.

Most teens are immature. This is a sorry name for a school. The people who chose it are bending over backwards to be politically correct and are recommending a name that almost everyone hates just to show how progressive they are. Maybe, Washington-Lee is not a good name, but it has been the name for many, many years. If you are going to change it, please change it for a better name that will not be mocked.

I am glad you understand the immaturity of children, but it's a sorry state for adults who can't set an example and show respect for a couple that let their lives be dragged into the public for the benefit of others. You could show your children that respect and not condone their behavior, or at least not emulate it yourself. It just seems as though most of the people who use the fact that the name will be mocked really don't want their kids going to a school named for an interracial couple.

What do you base this opinion on other than your own prejudices?

DP. Would be happy if the school were named for an interracial couple known for something other than merely being an interracial couple.

[Anonymous]

Just stop naming after people. It's such a dumb idea.

Also, I hate Washington-Loving Generals.

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Anonymous wrote:Just stop naming after people. It's such a dumb idea.

Also, I hate Washington-Loving Generals.

Why? Just because it would no longer make any sense at all is hardly a good enough reason, given the decision-makers here.

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Sometimes Arlington makes me embarrassed to be a liberal.

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Sometimes?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes Arlington makes me embarrassed to be a liberal.

Yeah, well the fact is you live in a neighborhood full of the alt right and the proud boys.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes Arlington makes me embarrassed to be a liberal.

Yeah, well the fact is you live in a neighborhood full of the alt right and the proud boys.

And what neighborhood might that be? As far as I know after moving to Arlington 20 years ago from San Francisco the political climate in both places is very similar. There may be a leftover “proud boy” here or there but no neighborhood is full of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just stop naming after people. It's such a dumb idea.

Also, I hate Washington-Loving Generals.

Generals who love Washington? Ooooh, that will strike fear in the hearts of opponents.

[Anonymous]

Nat turner was a complicated figure, but it hardly seems appropriate to name a school for someone who was responsible for the deaths of 17 children aged ten and younger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nat turner was a complicated figure, but it hardly seems appropriate to name a school for someone who was responsible for the deaths of 17 children aged ten and younger.

Somebody is trying to make a really stupid point. It’s not a sincere suggestion.

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Anonymous wrote:Nat turner was a complicated figure, but it hardly seems appropriate to name a school for someone who was responsible for the deaths of 17 children aged ten and younger.

Somebody is trying to make a really stupid point. It’s not a sincere suggestion.

Nothing stupid about naming a school after Nat Turner. Turner was a courageous freedom fighter. One of those children you are speaking of owned and enslaved Turner. Turner did nothing to deserve being anyone’s slave and the people who died were casualties of war for freedom.
Harry S Truman killed over 200,000 innocent people when he bombed Hiroshima and look how schools are named after him.

Nat Turner was a great man who fought for justice. Nat Turner High School is by far the best name I’ve hear in this forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Nat turner was a complicated figure, but it hardly seems appropriate to name a school for someone who was responsible for the deaths of 17 children aged ten and younger.

Somebody is trying to make a really stupid point. It’s not a sincere suggestion.

Nothing stupid about naming a school after Nat Turner. Turner was a courageous freedom fighter. One of those children you are speaking of owned and enslaved Turner. Turner did nothing to deserve being anyone’s slave and the people who died were casualties of war for freedom.
Harry S Truman killed over 200,000 innocent people when he bombed Hiroshima and look how schools are named after him.

Nat Turner was a great man who fought for justice. Nat Turner High School is by far the best name I’ve hear in this forum.

See? Not a sincere suggestion. And undoubtedly being given by a salty white dude.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nat turner was a complicated figure, but it hardly seems appropriate to name a school for someone who was responsible for the deaths of 17 children aged ten and younger.

Somebody is trying to make a really stupid point. It’s not a sincere suggestion.

Nothing stupid about naming a school after Nat Turner. Turner was a courageous freedom fighter. One of those children you are speaking of owned and enslaved Turner. Turner did nothing to deserve being anyone’s slave and the people who died were casualties of war for freedom.
Harry S Truman killed over 200,000 innocent people when he bombed Hiroshima and look how schools are named after him.

Nat Turner was a great man who fought for justice. Nat Turner High School is by far the best name I’ve hear in this forum.

See? Not a sincere suggestion. And undoubtedly being given by a salty white dude.

Why don’t we just name it White Supremacy High. That’s all it’s going to be anyways.