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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a whole lot of hoopla about nothing.  Certainly there are more issues in FCPS than high school names that celebrate a couple of gentlemen who fought in the Civil War.   The Union Army respected these guys as well -- they just happened to be on the wrong side.   Let's not get all caught up in papering over history.  It happened, it's over, move on.  [/quote]

On your theory we should be okay with Hitler too.  He was respected in Europe at one point.  There is no papering over history going on.  So the Union Army respected them, that doesn't mean we should celebrate them by keeping their names on the schools.  Papering over history would be trying to not teach about them in school.  I'm all for teaching about them in school because as humans, we learn from past mistakes.  Not continuing to name schools after them, however, is saying we no longer think they should be held in high esteem.  That is showing that we have changed over time, which is also a part of our history.[/quote]

[b]Exactly.  The dirty secret is that many people who claim we should not "erase" or "paper over" history actually celebrate the values of the Confederacy.  Our schools should have names that are welcoming to all students.  No more excuses.[/quote][/b]

I'm from the Midwest and find assertions that the Civil War was about states rights, not about protecting slavery quite ignorant.   But like PP, I think comparing Lee to Hitler is equally stupid.  I'll not bow down to the PC over-reaction police on this one. Confederate flags flying over a state house are one thing, renaming a school because we don't approve of someone's politics is another.  Should we rename every street, park, etc. in the South?  [/quote]

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