A high school in San Antonio, Texas voted on Monday to change the school’s name from Robert E. Lee High School to LEE High School (despite many other great suggestions). LEE stands for Legacy of Educational Excellence. The move was intended to shed the high school of its ties to the Confederacy in the wake of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in August. The name change, which keeps the LEE part, seemed like a way to placate everyone.
But some students, who presumably haven’t read about the Civil War yet, are really upset. They’re crying about the name change.
NEISD approves Robert E Lee name change to Legacy of Educational Excellence (L.E.E. HS) Students upset and outraged. @KABBFOX29 @News4SA pic.twitter.com/hmtXLZyu5W
— Ariana Lubelli (@ArianaLubelliTV) October 10, 2017
The internet’s reactions to the students crying about a name change were spot-on.
You would think Robert E Lee was their great uncle or something lmao pic.twitter.com/tjeXacEehE
— STAR MAN (@StarMusic214) October 10, 2017
His own descendants said they don’t want monuments or anything named after him b/c they’re embarrassed by him. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
— real housewife of san antonio (@Denise4SanAnto) October 10, 2017
— Trax the Destroyer (@omgcanwenot) October 10, 2017
me hearing the whining in this video pic.twitter.com/8XOnrnTE0L
— Che 🦋 (@CheReal85) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/RenJett/status/917875163127001090
https://twitter.com/Kira_Laflare1/status/917571783510888448
How I feel about it! pic.twitter.com/2jcJiiAI1Z
— Ashonte’ Wright (@ashontewright) October 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/spookyswann/status/917567481962729472
Why would any teenagers even care this much about high school?
Imagine caring this much about high school https://t.co/ctCtEqhdEq
— Southern Homo (@SouthernHomo) October 10, 2017
And anyway, as some pointed out… the name is still LEE.
https://twitter.com/twitersgoodboy/status/918117418387562497
https://twitter.com/marshallmellow6/status/917801957993132034
Like the jersey will still say LEE and everything. How’s that for progress?
