Students brought to tears after Robert E. Lee high school’s name change

I used to believe that fundamentalist Christians were the most f*cked-up group of Americans. You know, believing the wild stories in the Bible to be literal truths; the Great Flood, Noah’s Ark, talking animals, people living to be several hundred years old – “believable” stuff like that. 

But here come the liberals, and they’re giving the whacked-out Christians a run for their money. 

Changing the name of a school High School because it was named after Robert E. Lee. Removing statues, plaques and other landmarks from public places. Really?

You stupid morons! Why stop there, if you really have strong convictions about slave owners (racists) go all the way. George Washington was a slave owner. Let’s change the history books. Let’s strike him as the first president of the United States. And what about the Washington Monument, let’s tear it down! Then there’s Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. He fathered children from one of his slaves. Again, let’s change the history books. And what about the Jefferson Memorial, let’s tear it down too. And while we’re tearing things down, let’s tear down the White House and U.S. Capitol. After all, they were in part built with slave labor.

What about documents signed by our Founding Fathers, such as the Declaration of Independence? Let’s tear that baby up. Lastly, we must not forget the U.S. Constitution. That document must go, let’s burn that one! You liberal morons would love that, wouldn’t you? Especially since you could do away with the Second Amendment! 

Common sense in this country is just about non-existent anymore. TGO

Refer to story below. Source: Aol.

Aris Folley, AOL.com

AOL.com 

Texas students were brought to tears Monday after Robert E. Lee High School was renamed Legacy of Educational Excellence High School (LEE HS).

The decision arrived after the San Antonio high school voted to change the school’s name on Monday afternoon amid tensions around Confederate symbols following the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. in August.

The school district voted 5:2 to rename the school and, to some, seemingly kept the LEE part as a move to placate all students about the change.

But some students were still very upset with the new name, especially those seen in the video below, whose reactions have since garnered the attention of thousands on Twitter.

And the backlash was swift as ever on as Twitters users caught on to the video.

“His own descendants said they don’t want monuments or anything named after him [because] they’re embarrassed by him,” one user tweeted, while another person wrote: “You would think Robert E Lee was their great uncle or something lmao.”

Many online thought the students were overreacting to the name change, pointing out that the acronym LEE still bore some semblance to the original name.

And others wondered why any teenagers would care so much about the high school in general.

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