August 13Aug 13 23 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said: As far as Midland goes, I always found it odd that a school located in a place that was not even remotely settled by Americans during the time of the Civil War would name a school after any U.S. figure of that time period. A Comanche name would be much more appropriate.
August 13Aug 13 1 minute ago, Beau Vine said: This one may have an ounce of credibility as union soldiers were along the frontier a bit prior to the civil war, and Robert Lee is in an area that was the outer edge at the time, but they weren't anywhere near what would become Midland, which was deep in Indian Territory. It still has dick-all to do with the Civil War other than the two founders of the community were confederate vets. 956 already highlighted the reasoning for these naming conventions, I was merely commenting on how extra stupid it becomes when used in a location with zero connection to the confederacy at all, like Midland.
August 13Aug 13 LBJ owned Yarborough. No way was he going to vote against LBJ. https://discoverlbj.org/item/tel-01883 Edited August 13Aug 13 by safe sex clarity
August 13Aug 13 3 hours ago, ImNotMarkinson said: well, almost correct. 3 hours ago, mchookem said: SEC! SEC! SEC! Can't spell incest without SEC.
August 14Aug 14 Author 8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: At least Midland and Tyler are very publicly telling everybody how racist they are. Did Tyler change the name of its high schools back? I'm pretty sure it didn't since my younger son is a junior at Legacy. I think I might have heard something? I mean, when I started this thread about Tyler actually doing something good for once, how was I to predict that Midland's problems would be dumped into the thread and people would just assume the two towns were acting in concert given their proximity (that's a joke). It's okay. There's plenty to hate about the racist assholes in Tyler. There are plenty. But my guess is that the school board and its newly-elected, Latino president, want to not go through that again in reverse. I hope I'm right. Edited August 14Aug 14 by dcbc
August 14Aug 14 5 minutes ago, dcbc said: Did Tyler change the name of its high school back? I'm pretty sure it didn't since my younger son is a junior there. I think I might have heard something? I mean, when I started this thread about Tyler actually doing something good for once, how was I to predict that Midland's problems would be dumped into the thread and people would just assume the two towns were acting in concert given their proximity (that's a joke). It's okay. There's plenty to hate about the racist assholes in Tyler. There are plenty. But my guess is that the school board and its newly-elected, Latino president, want to not go through that again in reverse. I hope I'm right. You are absolutely correct and I apologize, I should not lump Tyler in with Midland, because while the racists in Tyler fought for it, much like the Confederacy, they were a lost cause.
August 14Aug 14 Author 20 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: You are absolutely correct and I apologize, I should not lump Tyler in with Midland, because while the racists in Tyler fought for it, much like the Confederacy, they were a lost cause. Well, they fought against the name change and lost, but your point is correct and the historical analogy is delicious. Also, I should correct my statement above that the School Board president is Latino. Licea defeated the previous school board president, who had been on the board for the past ten years in a contested election. Another board member, the only one who voted against the name change originally, was defeated in a contested election as well. She had been on the board for eleven years. Edited August 14Aug 14 by dcbc
August 14Aug 14 On 8/13/2025 at 12:30 PM, bolverk said: Right now, they can pretend the name doesn’t include the “Robert E.” so it’s just any old generic Lee you can think of. I'm thinking of prime Hyapatia Lee.
August 14Aug 14 Author I keep thinking we're not far off from one of these towns (glass houses) renaming a school FJB and citing the L.E.E. example as its explanation. Fingers crossed I didn't will that into existence against my will.
August 15Aug 15 I was part of an unsuccessful grassroots movement to rename Baytown Lee a few years ago. I am sure my former townspeople are sad at losing their bragging rights to being the only remaining REL high school in the county.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.