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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mascot is very unlikely to change based on what I’ve heard. Washington will stay part of the name and he was a general.[/quote]

It should just be The General.

And he should have a handle bar mustache and give you a quick rate on car insurance.[/quote]

Good call. Swapping Lovings for Lee means no more GeneralS. Now there is only one General.

I just cannot imagine who would have to be on that committee to to pick Loving. It is beyond stupid. [/quote]

Progressive and open-minded.  You are an idiot.[/quote]

Because I think it is stupid to have half the name of a school named after people who aren’t prominent national figures and don’t have any connection to our community?  It is surely a bunch of progressives who want to make themselves feel all warm and snuggly for naming the school over people who fought for their right to marry and against white power trying to prevent any mixing of races. I never said I didn’t like what they stood for. They just don’t stand for something related to George Washington or Arlington county’s history. [/quote]

They are certainly an admirable couple but, unfortunately, their name is also an adjective that sounds ridiculous in combination with Washington and in the context of a high school name.  It doesn't make someone not-Progressive, not-racist to see that.

I would love to help my W-L son do a survey of the student body to find out what those beyond the student council think of the name (I do survey research for a living) but since he's a white male, I am 100% certain that he would be smeared as a racist for daring to ask for further consideration and feedback from the kids who have to live with the name.  So, not setting him up for that.  It needs to come from a Black or Latino student.[/quote]

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