Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The history behind Stuart HS is ugly. It got the name after Brown v. Board as FCPS's protest against integration. The name was meant to send a clear signal that if FCPS was going to be forcibly integrated, non-white children were not welcome. It is well past time for FCPS to put that chapter behind us.

But, here's what puzzles me. And maybe someone has an answer. I clearly get the unhappiness about Stuart. But why are people not equally unhappy about Lee and Woodson?

Although the opponents of a name change at Stuart like to claim it's all being driven by a cabal of NAACP officials, the bulk of the support for the Stuart name change comes from Stuart students, parents, alumni, and community members. Not sure anything similar is happening at Lee or Woodson (and Woodson is known as much for expanding FCPS as for his hostility to integration).

Anonymous wrote:The history behind Stuart HS is ugly. It got the name after Brown v. Board as FCPS's protest against integration. The name was meant to send a clear signal that if FCPS was going to be forcibly integrated, non-white children were not welcome. It is well past time for FCPS to put that chapter behind us.

But, here's what puzzles me. And maybe someone has an answer. I clearly get the unhappiness about Stuart. But why are people not equally unhappy about Lee and Woodson?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never, ever accuse white liberals of being "too polite", about anything. Ever.

They don't even understand the meaning of the word, except in the context of it being something they demand of other people. Not something they themselves exhibit.

Liberals are, as a group (with a few occasional exceptions) the rudest, most impolite people I've ever known.

Liberal here. I'll give you this. One of the great ironies is that Democrats on Capitol Hill by and large tend to be brusque and rude, whereas Republicans tend to be friendly and polite. I chalk this up to the urban/rural divide.

That said and personal style notwithstanding, the policies of liberals tend to be inclusive and compassionate, whereas the policies of Republicans tend to be hateful and selfish. So, frankly, I still prefer liberals. But I agree that I wish their personal styles would align better with their policy goals.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was at that meeting and there were two facilitators from FCPS who laid out a series of ground rules about being polite to one another. I think the woman in this video was reacting to that, and basically saying it's more important for white people to stand up for the civil rights of others, even when it means raising your voice.

I also heard an opponent of the name change on the Kojo Nnamdi show last week. She made a lot of blatant misrepresentations about the school community and said FCPS was "broke" and couldn't afford the costs of changing the name. And then when Kojo called her on it, and asked if she'd go along with the change if it was paid for through private contributions, she hesitated and then said "no." Because history, or something. Never mind that the history in question was upholding slavery and then honoring a Confederate right around the time Fairfax County had to start coming to terms with Brown vs. Board of Education.

I heard that show. She showed her true (white robed) colors when she admitted it wasnt about the money, after arguing precisely that for 30+ minutes.

Anonymous wrote:I was at that meeting and there were two facilitators from FCPS who laid out a series of ground rules about being polite to one another. I think the woman in this video was reacting to that, and basically saying it's more important for white people to stand up for the civil rights of others, even when it means raising your voice.

I also heard an opponent of the name change on the Kojo Nnamdi show last week. She made a lot of blatant misrepresentations about the school community and said FCPS was "broke" and couldn't afford the costs of changing the name. And then when Kojo called her on it, and asked if she'd go along with the change if it was paid for through private contributions, she hesitated and then said "no." Because history, or something. Never mind that the history in question was upholding slavery and then honoring a Confederate right around the time Fairfax County had to start coming to terms with Brown vs. Board of Education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never, ever accuse white liberals of being "too polite", about anything. Ever.

They don't even understand the meaning of the word, except in the context of it being something they demand of other people. Not something they themselves exhibit.

Liberals are, as a group (with a few occasional exceptions) the rudest, most impolite people I've ever known.

Liberal here. I'll give you this. One of the great ironies is that Democrats on Capitol Hill by and large tend to be brusque and rude, whereas Republicans tend to be friendly and polite. I chalk this up to the urban/rural divide.

That said and personal style notwithstanding, the policies of liberals tend to be inclusive and compassionate, whereas the policies of Republicans tend to be hateful and selfish. So, frankly, I still prefer liberals. But I agree that I wish their personal styles would align better with their policy goals.

You clearly haven't been on Capitol Hill in a while.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never, ever accuse white liberals of being "too polite", about anything. Ever.

They don't even understand the meaning of the word, except in the context of it being something they demand of other people. Not something they themselves exhibit.

Liberals are, as a group (with a few occasional exceptions) the rudest, most impolite people I've ever known.

Liberal here. I'll give you this. One of the great ironies is that Democrats on Capitol Hill by and large tend to be brusque and rude, whereas Republicans tend to be friendly and polite. I chalk this up to the urban/rural divide.

That said and personal style notwithstanding, the policies of liberals tend to be inclusive and compassionate, whereas the policies of Republicans tend to be hateful and selfish. So, frankly, I still prefer liberals. But I agree that I wish their personal styles would align better with their policy goals.

Anonymous wrote:I was addressing her point of "we've been too polite in tollerating your dissenting voices (people opposed to the name change) so far, and we need to get loud (and presumably impolite) now".

That seemed to be her assertion. That it was now time to get nasty. The time for civil discourse and polite disagreement was over, and now it was time to force their will on those they oppose.

Well, I'm not a southerner. I'm from Idaho originally, but grew up mostly in Canada, Alaska and now live here. I don't really care about the south one way or another.

But I dislike liberals. And this woman typifies them. There is no politeness. Just them wanting their way and forcing those they oppose to submit to them.