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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here:
1) When I first moved to Arlington, I was surprised how many things were named after Confederates. As a person of color, I am not comfortable sending my kids to a school with Lee attached to the name. I welcome a name change.

2) I don't really see it as erasing history, as it's not a zero-sum game. [b]Lincoln and Congress decided not to punish Confederates as harshly as they could have so that the nation could heal.[/b] Instead, places in the South venerated those leaders and made shrines to them. Naming a high school Washington-Lee suggests that Lee should be ranked with a founding father and signals to people of color that we're not really welcome. Times have changed.

3) At the county fair, there was a table for raising money to keep the name. The looks on the women working that table when I stopped to read their signs told me all I need to know about some of the people who support keeping the name.

4) I offer up the name of Washington-Lincoln Hayes (Mod Squad). Hopefully, that will at least make some people smile. [/quote]

This was their big mistake. We're essentially still fighting the same war, just now it's a cultural war rather than an actual war. We should've brought them to their knees then, and maybe we wouldn't still be rehashing this same s*** over 150 years later. It's time. No more placating the Confederate sympathizers. [/quote]

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