See inside meeting that voted to change school name back to Confederate leader

School board members of Virginia’s Shenandoah County Public Schools voted to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two schools in the district. #CNN #News

[Charles-np]

This is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NOT the Confederate states of America. "Disgraceful "

[MrTabo]

A heritage of slavery and treason is nothing to be proud of. Get over it and honor World War II veterans who fought to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan instead.

[dookahan]

There are no Nazi monuments in Germany. 🎉

[felix-vnuk]

Imagine naming a school after hitler and saying its was a decision of the time he fought for his country

[kfrerix]

Talking about the cost of changing it back assumes that they didn't just keep everything. This was four years coming.
MAGA has taken us back fifty years.

[KaiseruSoze]

This is no different than honoring Hitler. Keep the history, but don't honor the evil.

[TOPDadAlpha]

This country honors That's disgusting

[asynchronicity]

“He fought for his country “
He fought AGAINST HIS COUNTRY 🤦‍♂️

[asynchronicity]

Have you ever seen interviews with people who can’t bring themselves to condemn slavery? Amazing🤦‍♂️

[tejanoj]

Not all Republicans are racist. But people who are racist vote Republican. And it's the main part of why they are not the majority.

[xiaoka]

They want it to be racist. It represents their heritage.

[tyrastevens]

I am a DAR, a daughter of the Republic of TX, and a daughter of the confederate. The last one I have problems with. But so did my great great grandfather and his seven brothers. They all found reasons that they had to leave and go home. They did not return to fight. I am so proud that they knew and understood the fight was wrong, that they befriended people of color and stood beside them during that time. Why would a school board not stand beside their students. Why promote hate. School boards are voted in. Change the people. Your vote, your voice counts. Vote them out. Vote blue people.

[johne]

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson owned at least 6 slaves. He fought to preserve the institution of slavery. Historically, he is an important figure that should be studied. However, honoring him is a whole different matter. It's sad how unevolved and backward our southern countrymen are.

[BRuane-pwxq]

South refuses to acknowledge they got whipped

[gretchengraef]

Imagine being a kid and going to a school named for Mussolini or Hitler. Southerners are proving that they aren't the brightest bulbs.

[jawinkhantu]

The confederate will not have my respect but l highly respect the union Army our true patriots

[colorbugoriginals]

You don't get to be proud of horrible things your ancestors did. (And still be considered a decent person.)

[ranrod]

If I'm going to change a school's name, it wouldn't be the names of a bunch dead losers who lost a war.

[Ganiscol]

Despicable people do ugly things out of spite

[alejandrogonzales]

When the great-great grandson of the person you're honoring, says you're wrong, you've got problems.