Va. school board to vote on whether to restore Confederate names.

Shenandoah County school officials are going to determine if they should restore Confederate names to two schools.

[FirstNameLastName-miuz]

Youtube removing so many comments here

[Skunk]

Soneone please name one other country in the world that names or even debates putting the names of their rebellious leaders on their public intitutions.
The Southern states have produced so many people worth naming buildings over, honor them, not the ones who fought to preserve slavery.

[KittyKeypurr]

There's a big difference between remembering and celebrating.

[HistoricLife]

The one guy said it all. They made the names civil war generals in 1959 during the debate about equality. They did it as a racist act in the first place, do not do it again.

[Goldenfightinglink]

You see a lot of these false, self righteous people trying to be useful. But generally end up as bad guys

[mmmmcheese]

You cannot restore history as an abstract. Get over it.

[libertycoffeehouse]

This over simplifying history to the "south were the bad guys and the north were the good guys" shows how little people know about history. Stonewall Jacks traveled a hundred miles to buy a slave who had relations with one of his slaves. This guy was one of the bravest men and had tremendous honor. Slavery was foisted on America by Charles II who authorized and gave an exclusive monopoly to his brother who was the Duke of York, James II. They named New York in honor of James II. Why not change the name of New York? Why just the south? The north participated in the Atlantic trade. Northern states were involved in financing slaves. Northern factories were using slave cotton on their mills. The modern American thinks you can just release 3.5 million slaves overnight. It is all so simple says the modern student. Well, if it is so easy why are we using slave labor to make the clothes everone is wearing and all the products made in these box stores. The north tried to make slavery permanent with the Corwin Amendment. Stop over simplifying history. Yes, lets restore the names and lets learn real history. The north killed about 260, 000 slaves from Lincoln's war on civilians. Lincoln stood for an all powerful central government. We are experiencing this problem today. Lets look at how Lincoln's centralization of power has reduced or freedom and dear say put us all in danger of slavery.

[wearabo]

Southern heritage can be summed up in two words: "YOU LOST."

[peg]

Uh, NO. oh I meant NO. Just stirring the already well stirred up pot full of angry fighting ppl. You guys have too much time on your hands. This is nonsense. They changed them before because these guys were considered traitors. Leave the school names alone unless you want more fighting. And yes, it’s history and definitely some of our worst history. But you know where history belongs? And n history books libraries and museums

[xfer]

Why honor traitors and racists? I will never understand that.

[triiplesixx]

I have t-shirts that have lasted longer than the confederacy

[SC-iebm]

Imagine Germany renamed Munich to Hitlerville (or the German equivalent), Berlin is renamed Goeringtown, and the biggest hospital is renamed Mengele Hospital. I suggest we rename Richmond, VA “Traitorville” in honor of the Confederacy and southern pride.

[michaelshawn]

Isn't there anything else you could be spending your time fixing other then renaming a school $$ sings cost money so take that money and put the money into the children.. Children first remember. . not your Boomer feelings....

[solomoon]

You would NEVER see Germans doing something like this. Never. This is such an embarrassment…..

[noneyabizz]

Those opposed need to look up what Lincoln said about the south after the war.

[CarterM]

General Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest men that the country has ever produced!

[SpringRain]

Why dont they just give the school a #... ? Why so much effort into this?

[jtpalooki]

As if no other Virginians since the civil war are worthy of being honored?.. WTF!

[MakeItWayne]

Let's compromise. Go ahead and bring the names back, but add "Civil War Loser High School".

[TallulahSoie]

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Not everything about the "south" was evil, smfh.