Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 10:21     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:The people screaming the loudest are the same white parents who throw on orange t-shirts and do whatever it takes to avoid the brown kids in south Arlington.
It all just rings hollow.
Integrate the schools, then I’ll give an F.


No, they're not.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 10:17     Subject: Re:APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why not just rename it Washington-Lincoln HS? Sounds almost identical, plus they can keep the W-L abbreviation. Easy fix


Lincoln wasn't any champion of equal rights, despite what you libs have been spoon fed. Consider his own words:

During his famous debates with Sen. Stephen Douglas, Lincoln explained to the crowd: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races … I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”


Yeah f#ck that guy, right?
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 10:13     Subject: Re:APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:Why not just rename it Washington-Lincoln HS? Sounds almost identical, plus they can keep the W-L abbreviation. Easy fix


Lincoln wasn't any champion of equal rights, despite what you libs have been spoon fed. Consider his own words:

During his famous debates with Sen. Stephen Douglas, Lincoln explained to the crowd: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races … I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 10:09     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Raise your hand if you'd change your name because someone didn't like it. If not, STFU.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 10:05     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
The people screaming the loudest are the same white parents who throw on orange t-shirts and do whatever it takes to avoid the brown kids in south Arlington.
It all just rings hollow.
Integrate the schools, then I’ll give an F.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:56     Subject: Re:APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
APS got it right in how they named Discovery. They wanted to honor a person, but rather than putting his name on it, they chose a name that's symbolic of one of his great achievements and also can be tied to an educational theme. I certainly don't expect anything new to come out about John Glenn to create a controversy, but even if it did, the name is still okay because it's tied to things that are bigger than just him rather than to him personally.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:51     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:Personally, I'd rather the School Board was focusing its energy on solving space issues than on a bunch of meaningless PC crap like cleansing our history.


They wouldn't have to spend nearly so much time on it if bigots didn't file lawsuits.

I almost (but not quite) feel sorry for those seniors being used by alums to file the lawsuit because it just makes them look so bad. Not just for the bigotry, but also for the fact that they're claiming they didn't have notice or opportunity to weigh in, despite how much attention it got in the community for months before the vote and how many opportunities they had to speak out on it. They're basically owning, right at the start of college application season, that they don't pay attention to anything that's not right under their nose.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:50     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keep pushing name changes liberals. Totally erase our forefathers. It’s this kind of crap that got us Trump.


They were awful people. Not sorry that offends you.


No they weren’t. They were people of their time. You offend me. They don’t.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:49     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:Keep pushing name changes liberals. Totally erase our forefathers. It’s this kind of crap that got us Trump.


They were awful people. Not sorry that offends you.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:37     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Keep pushing name changes liberals. Totally erase our forefathers. It’s this kind of crap that got us Trump.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:35     Subject: Re:APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why not just rename it Washington-Lincoln HS? Sounds almost identical, plus they can keep the W-L abbreviation. Easy fix


Just doesn’t virtue signal loud enough...


It's not going to be Washington-anything, especially not some other white dude.

Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:34     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Is it because Washington owned slaves? Better get thinking of a new name for DC.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:32     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
It's a pretty name and reflects the first and second most major events in the country and ties them to Virginia.
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:29     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People had pride in their school. I don’t blame them for their feelings.


They did, they had White Pride. That's the problem. Bye!


Anything to avoid talking about the segregated schools, eh?
Anonymous
Post 09/14/2018 09:28     Subject: APS: What's in a name? (Washington-Lee)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Personally, I'd rather the School Board was focusing its energy on solving space issues than on a bunch of meaningless PC crap like cleansing our history.


They can do both.


Are you sure? Its not obvious to me that they can. In fact, Eric Gustshall (Arlington County Board member) wrote an article yesterday (https://www.arlnow.com/2018/09/13/progressive-voice-arlingtons-kodak-moment/) in which he described how the county is overwhelmed from a manpower perspective by all of the big issues it faces. I think the School Board and APS face the same issue.

I think they should simply find a different Lee to slot in for Robert E. Lee, keep the W-L name, and move on.


This 100%