Current Events > Robert E. Lee Elementary changed to Barack Obama Elementary in Virginia.

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Paper_Okami posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

Might as well name it "Piss on the Flag Elementary" and have it accompanied by a decal of Calvin urinating on the Confederate flag. Or maybe have Barrack's head replacing Calvin's for a little added salt in the wounds.

Lmao why you so mad?

I'm not mad, just commenting on the feathers that's likely to ruffle in the local areas My comment was meant to be along the lines of "damn, trolled hard," not "damn liberruls."

I am mildly annoyed at the politics in play, but I'm not sorry to see Stewart or Lee's name removed from a school.

scorpion41 posted...

BWLurker2 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

So theyre honoring a guy who literally did nothing except get elected and fuck us over for generations to come? Ok...

I think you misread the article. The school isn't being named after Trump

No its being named after Obama, I got that.

But you were clearly talking about Trump?
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Ben Carson started out in humble beginnings and went on to have a brilliant medical career and the served our country under the Trump administration. They should have named the school after him instead of Obama.
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Why not name is after someone who was actually good like MLK or Washington Carver

Is the school symbol a picture of Obama green lighting a drone strike on a hospital?
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RE_expert44 posted...

Is the school symbol a picture of Obama green lighting a drone strike on a hospital?

Rofl rekt

RE_expert44 posted...

Is the school symbol a picture of Obama green lighting a drone strike on a hospital?

Barack "Doctors Without Borders? Fire the mortars!" Obama
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DifferentialEquation posted...

Ben Carson started out in humble beginnings and went on to have a brilliant medical career and the served our country under the Trump administration. They should have named the school after him instead of Obama.

he's one of the good ones, right?
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Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

RE_expert44 posted...

Is the school symbol a picture of Obama green lighting a drone strike on a hospital?

Rofl rekt

If it was never a picture of black people being strung up by their necks then I don't see how that can be considered a rekt.
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I'm just now realizing that Robert E. Lee and R. Lee Ermey were the same person.
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A_Good_Boy posted...

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

RE_expert44 posted...

Is the school symbol a picture of Obama green lighting a drone strike on a hospital?

Rofl rekt

If it was never a picture of black people being strung up by their necks then I don't see how that can be considered a rekt.

Because the above poster made a funny joke. I mean, its true, out of all the people in the black community that were a positive influence, they picked a person who ordered drone attacks on hospitals, donated money to ISIS in saudi Arabia and Sudan and divided the country. Mlk brought people together, he would be better

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

RE_expert44 posted...

Is the school symbol a picture of Obama green lighting a drone strike on a hospital?

Rofl rekt

If it was never a picture of black people being strung up by their necks then I don't see how that can be considered a rekt.

Because the above poster made a funny joke. I mean, its true, out of all the people in the black community that were a positive influence, they picked a person who ordered drone attacks on hospitals, donated money to ISIS in saudi Arabia and Sudan and divided the country. Mlk brought people together, he would be better

Oh OK.
A_Good_Boy posted...

If it was never a picture of black people being strung up by their necks then I don't see how that can be considered a rekt.

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Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

BWLurker2 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

So theyre honoring a guy who literally did nothing except get elected and fuck us over for generations to come? Ok...

I think you misread the article. The school isn't being named after Trump

No its being named after Obama, I got that.

But you were clearly talking about Trump?

No, the description definitely fits Obama. Why would I be talking about Trump in this topic?
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EnragedSlith posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

Ben Carson started out in humble beginnings and went on to have a brilliant medical career and the served our country under the Trump administration. They should have named the school after him instead of Obama.

he's one of the good ones, right?

I only judge people by their character. I'm just saying that if they wanted to specifically honor a black person with the renaming of this school, there's lots of good choices like Ben Carson, Oprah, Kanye or Low Tier God just to name a few. Obama was a terrible president and a terrible person.
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scorpion41 posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

BWLurker2 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

So theyre honoring a guy who literally did nothing except get elected and fuck us over for generations to come? Ok...

I think you misread the article. The school isn't being named after Trump

No its being named after Obama, I got that.

But you were clearly talking about Trump?

No, the description definitely fits Obama. Why would I be talking about Trump in this topic?

I dunno, you're a confusing individual. That description is completely wrong about Obama and perfect for Trump.
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Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

BWLurker2 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

So theyre honoring a guy who literally did nothing except get elected and fuck us over for generations to come? Ok...

I think you misread the article. The school isn't being named after Trump

No its being named after Obama, I got that.

But you were clearly talking about Trump?

No, the description definitely fits Obama. Why would I be talking about Trump in this topic?

I dunno, you're a confusing individual. That description is completely wrong about Obama and perfect for Trump.

Trump fixed our economy, obama hurt it. Trump ended isis, obama called them a JV team.
Trump ended the korean war, obama golfed.

Hmmmm

VanDam posted...

I won't care about a schools name until one is named after me.

I could get behind a "The Whole F'N Elementary School"
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Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

BWLurker2 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

So theyre honoring a guy who literally did nothing except get elected and fuck us over for generations to come? Ok...

I think you misread the article. The school isn't being named after Trump

No its being named after Obama, I got that.

But you were clearly talking about Trump?

No, the description definitely fits Obama. Why would I be talking about Trump in this topic?

I dunno, you're a confusing individual. That description is completely wrong about Obama and perfect for Trump.

Only if you lived under a rock before 2016 I guess.
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This is so stupid
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scorpion41 posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

BWLurker2 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

So theyre honoring a guy who literally did nothing except get elected and fuck us over for generations to come? Ok...

I think you misread the article. The school isn't being named after Trump

No its being named after Obama, I got that.

But you were clearly talking about Trump?

No, the description definitely fits Obama. Why would I be talking about Trump in this topic?

I dunno, you're a confusing individual. That description is completely wrong about Obama and perfect for Trump.

I lived under a rock before 2016.

FTFY

Now it makes more sense.
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I dont see a problem with this if that is what that community wants.
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Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

Trump fixed our economy, obama hurt it. Trump ended isis, obama called them a JV team.
Trump ended the korean war, obama golfed.

Hmmmm

Obama fixed the economy actually. Obama walked into office with a recession going on. Trump took over an economy that had already been turned around.



The recession started in late 2008, and clearly ended during Obama's presidency a few years later. Also, Trump is golfing a shitload more than Obama ever did.

jumi posted...

J.E.B.

Dammit Jeb, he can't get a damn break! When's the guac surge?!
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PepperidgeFarm posted...

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

Trump fixed our economy, obama hurt it. Trump ended isis, obama called them a JV team.
Trump ended the korean war, obama golfed.

Hmmmm

Obama fixed the economy actually. Obama walked into office with a recession going on. Trump took over an economy that had already been turned around.



The recession started in late 2008, and clearly ended during Obama's presidency a few years later. Also, Trump is golfing a shitload more than Obama ever did.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/05/news/economy/us-recovery-slowest-since-wwii/index.html

History disagrees

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

History disagrees

Nothing in there contradicts what he posted.

You posted this in the other topic and it didn't work there either.

Good try tho
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Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/05/news/economy/us-recovery-slowest-since-wwii/index.html

History disagrees

So you agree that a recovery means the economy is no longer receding, right? Because that's what happens during a recession. The economy recedes. Yes, the recovery was slow, but it was a recovery nonetheless.

Obama had slowest recovery since WW2, Trumps economy boomed. What a coincidence it happened once the old guy left office, right?

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

Obama had slowest recovery since WW2, Trumps economy boomed. What a coincidence it happened once the old guy left office, right?

Obama walked into office with the biggest recession since the great depression going on. He handed off a recovered economy to Trump.

Pretty dumb overall to make a stink about it after nearly 100 years. They can name the school whatever they want, but the only reason I'm sure it's happening is that a few crybabies won't shut up about it. The only time that should happen due to social outrage is if it turns out the person was known to have brutally killed or raped slaves. People owned slaves back then. The fought to own slaves. That is wrong, but that how the climate of society was back then.

nemu posted...

The only time that should happen due to social outrage is if it turns out the person was known to have brutally killed or raped slaves.

Why? What Robert E. Lee did is terrible too.
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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

I wish schools would honor scientists instead. Its only a matter of time before another group of citizens changes this Obama-named school to some other politician anyway.

The elementary school I went to for 5th grade was Thomas Edison Elementary..haha
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Steelix500 posted...

jumi posted...

Edit: Misread, it's being changed from J.E.B. Stewart Elementary to Barack Obama Elementary.

Please clap

lmao
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Webmaster4531 posted...

nemu posted...

The only time that should happen due to social outrage is if it turns out the person was known to have brutally killed or raped slaves.

Why? What Robert E. Lee did is terrible too.

I have no particular idea what he did in general, seeing as the topic isn't actually about him. But my main sentiment is that we don't need to erase people simply for having owned slaves or fought for the south. They should not be venerated for being involved in slavery, but they should also not be demonized just for the act of slavery. It should only be if they were also a disgusting person on top of that.

This y2j fella getting destroyed in yet another topic. The L's just don't stop coming
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Military bases should be what we're really going after. The fact that several bases are named after people that fought against our country (several of whom had previously sworn oaths to protect and serve the country) is phenomenally stupid.
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K181 posted...

Military bases should be what we're really going after. The fact that several bases are named after people that fought against our country (several of whom had previously sworn oaths to protect and serve the country) is phenomenally stupid.

Maybe it's because the US military learned a lot from the Civil War. The Confederates seemed to be the smarter side when it came to new tactics from the little history I know.
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nemu posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

nemu posted...

The only time that should happen due to social outrage is if it turns out the person was known to have brutally killed or raped slaves.

Why? What Robert E. Lee did is terrible too.

I have no particular idea what he did in general, seeing as the topic isn't actually about him. But my main sentiment is that we don't need to erase people simply for having owned slaves or fought for the south. They should not be venerated for being involved in slavery, but they should also not be demonized just for the act of slavery. It should only be if they were also a disgusting person on top of that.

I disagree. J.E.B. Stewart fought for the Confederate Army, that enough reason for a school to change their name.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Military bases should be what we're really going after. The fact that several bases are named after people that fought against our country (several of whom had previously sworn oaths to protect and serve the country) is phenomenally stupid.

Maybe it's because the US military learned a lot from the Civil War. The Confederates seemed to be the smarter side when it came to new tactics from the little history I know.

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for a Camp Guderian or a Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.
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K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.
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PepperidgeFarm posted...

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/05/news/economy/us-recovery-slowest-since-wwii/index.html

History disagrees

So you agree that a recovery means the economy is no longer receding, right? Because that's what happens during a recession. The economy recedes. Yes, the recovery was slow, but it was a recovery nonetheless.

A recovery is always a good thing. Here's the funny thing: the economy probably would have done better if obama did nothing and it just ran its own course. It slowly recovered DESPITE obama(thankfully). Trump merely put it into overdrive. It took almost twenty years but this economic turmoil Bill Clinton left us with is almost finally resolved. (Thanks Trump).

Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.

Literal traitors.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.

More like a significant segment of the population never got over the fact that their ancestors lost fighting for a shitty cause and naming bases after Confederates was a popular political move back when it happened. And it's not like adversaries in other conflicts had sworn oaths of allegiance to the United States as was the case for plenty of honored Confederate generals.
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Webmaster4531 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.

Literal traitors.

"The war is over the rebels are our countrymen again." - Ulysses S. Grant, 1865
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Sativa_Rose posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.

Literal traitors.

"The war is over the rebels are our countrymen again." - Ulysses S. Grant, 1865

I don't believe he continued on to suggest that we should honor them or their cause, though.
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K181 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.

Literal traitors.

"The war is over the rebels are our countrymen again." - Ulysses S. Grant, 1865

I don't believe he continued on to suggest that we should honor them or their cause, though.

He and others laid the groundwork by deciding not to be arrogant asshats, as that would not help the country heal from its wounds.
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Webmaster4531 posted...

nemu posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

nemu posted...

The only time that should happen due to social outrage is if it turns out the person was known to have brutally killed or raped slaves.

Why? What Robert E. Lee did is terrible too.

I have no particular idea what he did in general, seeing as the topic isn't actually about him. But my main sentiment is that we don't need to erase people simply for having owned slaves or fought for the south. They should not be venerated for being involved in slavery, but they should also not be demonized just for the act of slavery. It should only be if they were also a disgusting person on top of that.

I disagree. J.E.B. Stewart fought for the Confederate Army, that enough reason for a school to change their name.

Why? He's long dead. The war is long over. It's literal history. As I said, the school can change its name for whatever reason. I just find this whole false outrage of "oh yeah, we still have a lot of southern civil war stuff around, let's purge it!" idea sort of silly. Something being named after them is not inherently an endorsement of what they stood for or did, and I find it unlikely literally everyone who fought during the war had an opinion either way about slavery. Many were probably fighting simply because they lived in the south, and the south was fighting. I'm not sure about this person in particular though.

Sativa_Rose posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

K181 posted...

Sure, but it's not like there's a push for Camp Guderian or Camp Giap after lessons learned from our adversaries in WWII or Vietnam.

I think we were more forgiving of fellow Americans.

Literal traitors.

"The war is over the rebels are our countrymen again." - Ulysses S. Grant, 1865

Traitor
noun

1. a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc.
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Missed opportunity to rename R. Lee Ermey Elementary School smh
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Skye Reynolds posted...

Come to think of it, there should be a law enacted making it illegal to name a school after a politician who has been active within the past 25 years.

Or just do like money, and forbid naming a school after someone who's still alive.