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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am surprised people are so passionate about this issue. I am glad the school is being renamed because I don't think Lee should be honored. But after that, I do not care.

Folks will survive HS if it is named Washington-Loving and it will be offensive to no one. [b]I don't think the students of Loving HS of Loving, NM are constantly mocked.[/b] [/quote]

Really?  Really??? This is why you think students here won't be mocked if the name is changed to Washington-Loving?  Of course the name Loving HS in Loving, MN makes sense.  That's like having Arlington HS, in Arlington, VA. The Lovings have nothing to do with Arlington.[/quote]

I guess I really do not care if kids mock a HS name? Like I Honestly can't believe this is something that people are worried about. Folks are worried that another school will mock them during a football game? Like this is a legit concern of people? I thought mocking other schools during football games was par for the course?[/quote]

I don't really care why the kids don't like it.  They are the ones who have to live with it and should have some say, beyond a small group of students who were on the selection committee.

Put it to a vote of the student body with the top 2 choices --  Washington-Loving or Washington-Liberty.[/quote]

I mean they don't like it now. In a few years they won't be at the school. In a few more the name will be normal and not new and strange and no one will care. And in a few more [b]they will realize how meaningless HS (and what it is named) is[/b]. [/quote]

That proves too much.  If the name is meaningless, why change it, much less to a new one that everyone knows will invite ridicule for at least the next several years. [/quote]

I didn't say a name wasn't important. I said HS isn't and in a few years the name will just be the norm. VA is for lovers anyway.

So to be clear. Who we chose to honor with schools or buildings is important and says a lot about our character as a community but I am not going to worry about kids mocking other kids because the people their school is named after have the laat name Loving instead of Smith. [/quote]

Uh, yes, you did.  If you want to walk it back now, that's a different issue.

But I do agree it says a lot about our character as a community if a small group of hand-picked advocates can ram a name that many find less than optimal down everyone else's throats. [/quote]

Ha, no you are right. But I meant it in a different context, but yes I did say that. I apologize for misspeaking. [/quote]

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