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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
Ok- you sound crazy. Arlington va isn’t a hotbed of confederate sympathizers. That table was staffed by bitches who don’t want to see their beloved school change. They are offended at the idea that there is anything wrong with WL. [/quote]

No, it's not. It's pretty strange how liberal Arlington is, given the echoes of the Old South everywhere. I'm glad that people want to change the names. I grew up in a place were racial tensions were much closer to the surface and we didn't have places with names like these. Every 5th boy had a Confederate general middle name instead.[/quote]

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