If there’s one thing American bigots love, it’s the Confederacy. With everything that went on last year—COVID, police brutality, lies about election fraud—nothing upset these people more than the possibility that some Confederate statues might get taken down and some places named after Confederate “heroes” might get renamed.
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And apparently, they’re still pressed about it.
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In Jacksonville, Florida, there’s been a year-long debate about whether or not Robert E. Lee High School should find a new name.
Proponents of keeping the status quo insist any change twists history and constitutes “cancel culture,” whereas those who want the name to change think it’s a bad idea to send kids to school in a building that honors a general that defended slavery in a war that split the nation.
A fifth and final meeting over the possibility was held last week, with members of the community speaking out to defend their positions.
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“Every day I see my African American friends, peers, teachers, and administrators walk the halls of a school that is named after someone who oppressed their people and led a war to continue to enslave them,” one student said.
The Root rounded up some of the most egregious comments from those who wanted to continue the legacy of honoring the failed Confederacy, and there’s one in particular that stands out.
“It says in the Bible, Jesus himself never condemned slavery,” one guy proclaimed. “In fact, he said slaves have an obligation to obey their master.”
It’s really so much easier when they just say the quiet part out loud.
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Another “concerned” citizen complained that “removing all icons” is a form of communism — nevermind what those icons are or represent, or if the only “icons” being considered for removal are ones that represent racism and celebrate a country at war with itself.
Currently, a committee is planning to come up with five possible names for the school, including its current ode to the Confederacy, at which point it will all be put to a vote.
According to News4Jax, there are eight other schools in the district that might undergo a name change as well.
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h/t The Root
*First Published: March 29, 2021, 6:38 am
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