Washington-Loving

[Anonymous]

How about Denzel Washington-Loving HS.

[Anonymous]

How about Denzel Washington-Loving HS.

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Anonymous wrote:How about Denzel Washington-Loving HS.

I like that name. I love Denzel Washington

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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?

+1 I'm in an interracial marriage with biracial kids. I think it's a terrible name.

I think any name is better than Lee. When I moved here, I couldn't believe how many schools were named for Confederates. I even debated avoiding the school zone altogether, until someone explained that it didn't mean all the people who lived there were racist. People are welcome to think it's a terrible name, but the reasons are stupid. People in history generally don't get to choose their names. I don't think it plays out like this:

"Sorry person who sacrificed and made our lives better, we would name the school after you, but we're concerned that teenagers years from now will think it's funny."

It's just weird to me how much everyone complains about everything. It's probably because this is an anonymous board, but FFS.

Perhaps it has something to do with the “sacrifice” being the vindication of an otherwise unremarkable couple’s desire to have sex with each other.

It’s a stupid, beyond-the-normal-PC choice and deserves every bit of ridicule that it is guaranteed to receive, if selected.

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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?

+1 I'm in an interracial marriage with biracial kids. I think it's a terrible name.

I think any name is better than Lee. When I moved here, I couldn't believe how many schools were named for Confederates. I even debated avoiding the school zone altogether, until someone explained that it didn't mean all the people who lived there were racist. People are welcome to think it's a terrible name, but the reasons are stupid. People in history generally don't get to choose their names. I don't think it plays out like this:

"Sorry person who sacrificed and made our lives better, we would name the school after you, but we're concerned that teenagers years from now will think it's funny."

It's just weird to me how much everyone complains about everything. It's probably because this is an anonymous board, but FFS.

Perhaps it has something to do with the “sacrifice” being the vindication of an otherwise unremarkable couple’s desire to have sex with each other.

It’s a stupid, beyond-the-normal-PC choice and deserves every bit of ridicule that it is guaranteed to receive, if selected.

That is an overly simplistic view of the Lovings and the Supreme Court case but I agree with the rest of what you said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about Denzel Washington-Loving HS.

I like that name. I love Denzel Washington

+1

Winner!

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Anonymous wrote:Will they still be the Generals?

I get the meaning but Washington and the Lovings has nothing to do with each other.

it's virginia history.

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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?

+1 I'm in an interracial marriage with biracial kids. I think it's a terrible name.

I think any name is better than Lee. When I moved here, I couldn't believe how many schools were named for Confederates. I even debated avoiding the school zone altogether, until someone explained that it didn't mean all the people who lived there were racist. People are welcome to think it's a terrible name, but the reasons are stupid. People in history generally don't get to choose their names. I don't think it plays out like this:

"Sorry person who sacrificed and made our lives better, we would name the school after you, but we're concerned that teenagers years from now will think it's funny."

It's just weird to me how much everyone complains about everything. It's probably because this is an anonymous board, but FFS.

Perhaps it has something to do with the “sacrifice” being the vindication of an otherwise unremarkable couple’s desire to have sex with each other.

It’s a stupid, beyond-the-normal-PC choice and deserves every bit of ridicule that it is guaranteed to receive, if selected.

That is an overly simplistic view of the Lovings and the Supreme Court case but I agree with the rest of what you said.

Transgression. Miscegenation. The idea that you would be jailed for loving someone. I would think it would resonate more today, given the focus on the rights of people to marry who they love. Yes, the Lovings were otherwise "unremarkable" - they were normal people. That was the point. That people of color are normal people who love, who might want to love white people, and want to do that legally. It's part of US history that happened in Virginia. What makes it beyond the normal PC? There are plenty of schools named for people who made less of a difference in history.

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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?

+1 I'm in an interracial marriage with biracial kids. I think it's a terrible name.

I think any name is better than Lee. When I moved here, I couldn't believe how many schools were named for Confederates. I even debated avoiding the school zone altogether, until someone explained that it didn't mean all the people who lived there were racist. People are welcome to think it's a terrible name, but the reasons are stupid. People in history generally don't get to choose their names. I don't think it plays out like this:

"Sorry person who sacrificed and made our lives better, we would name the school after you, but we're concerned that teenagers years from now will think it's funny."

It's just weird to me how much everyone complains about everything. It's probably because this is an anonymous board, but FFS.

Perhaps it has something to do with the “sacrifice” being the vindication of an otherwise unremarkable couple’s desire to have sex with each other.

It’s a stupid, beyond-the-normal-PC choice and deserves every bit of ridicule that it is guaranteed to receive, if selected.

That is an overly simplistic view of the Lovings and the Supreme Court case but I agree with the rest of what you said.

Transgression. Miscegenation. The idea that you would be jailed for loving someone. I would think it would resonate more today, given the focus on the rights of people to marry who they love. Yes, the Lovings were otherwise "unremarkable" - they were normal people. That was the point. That people of color are normal people who love, who might want to love white people, and want to do that legally. It's part of US history that happened in Virginia. What makes it beyond the normal PC? There are plenty of schools named for people who made less of a difference in history.

Debatable. And even then it would make more sense to name the school after the architects of the legal strategy.

They should engage in far more community outreach before they rename that school Washington-Loving.

[Anonymous]

Is there any hope that all the kerfluffle over the SArl school boundaries might prompt the School Board to avoid another controversial decision so soon thereafter? Or will they feel the need to double down and piss off even more people in short order?

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any hope that all the kerfluffle over the SArl school boundaries might prompt the School Board to avoid another controversial decision so soon thereafter? Or will they feel the need to double down and piss off even more people in short order?

Radical progressives don't care what people think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any hope that all the kerfluffle over the SArl school boundaries might prompt the School Board to avoid another controversial decision so soon thereafter? Or will they feel the need to double down and piss off even more people in short order?

Are you kidding?
This renaming is the ultimate smoke screen. A fantastic distraction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any hope that all the kerfluffle over the SArl school boundaries might prompt the School Board to avoid another controversial decision so soon thereafter? Or will they feel the need to double down and piss off even more people in short order?

May as well go for broke.

[Anonymous]

I am delighted that we are moving forward on this. The old name was a backwards embarrassment, the sort of poison that brought us the Charlottesville tragedy.

Let’s go all the way and call it Loving High School. Children might snicker at first, but that’s why we call them children. It’s also the most beautiful word in the English language.

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Anonymous wrote:I am delighted that we are moving forward on this. The old name was a backwards embarrassment, the sort of poison that brought us the Charlottesville tragedy.

Let’s go all the way and call it Loving High School. Children might snicker at first, but that’s why we call them children. It’s also the most beautiful word in the English language.

Make sure you tell the SB you would like integrated schools to go along with it.