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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people are still missing the point, and going all over the map on this one simple issue. Many local people are not upset about getting rid of the name J.E.B. Stuart, they are mainly upset about 4 things:

a.	The NAACP stuck their nose in a “local” issue, with less than a 10% African American student body.

b.	They coerced and corrupted the School Board to put forth their own agenda, to change the name of a school from a white person to a black person.

c.	If the name has to be changed, why does it have to be changed to a black person?

d.	If they name were changed to something less controversial, nobody would care and there would be no issue at all (except for the NAACP of course).

This is happening all across America, it is costing taxpayers billions of dollars and people are now dying as a result of this misplaced agenda.

And once again, the NAACP has divided a once peaceful and serene community to put forth their own agenda.

It is time to stop dividing America with this nonsense about names and focus on more important things.

That other person was right, look to the future, not the past...

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Based on your way of thinking, with only 24 percent of the student body being white, why should white voters decide what the name is.  I think most of the kids are Hispanic, and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the changers who voted for Marshall or Johns would be perfectly fine with naming it after someone Hispanic.  Also, you keep saying you're mad about the NAACP sticking its nose in local business.  If locals weren't open to what they heard, this would have been shutdown a long time ago and the vote would not have been 80% for changing last Saturday.  Are you mad that you live near people who might think something the NAACP advocates resonates with them?  The NAACP can't force anything on us.  We are able to think independently and come to our own conclusions, and it seems like most of the insiders voted no to Stuart last week.  Also, how is our community no longer peaceful because of the name change debate.  Are you driven to violence by this debate, because if you are, you should seek help.  I assure you, while I voted for a change, I will be just as pleasant to my neighbors who very openly advocated to keep the name, if the name selected by the board is Stuart.  There was debate, there were votes, and the board will decide.  If after very vigorous debate Stuart is the name, I'll be disappointed, but I'll move on and I certainly have no intent to feel animosity toward anyone in our community.  One of the many things I love about our country is our ability to have opposing viewpoints and vigorous debate without resorting to violence.  If people are dying because of the name change debates throughout the country, you should take issue with those perpetrating the violence, not those trying to make change through peaceful advocacy.  Also, you seem to think that because only 10 percent of the Stuart population is black, the school should not be named after a black person.  Many of those advocating for both Marshall and Johns as new names are white and their vote counts just as much as yours.  [/quote]

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