Most everyone by now agrees the Confederate flag should not be flown on public grounds. Why then is it OK to name a public school after the turncoat general whose army carried that flag in battle?
Answer: It's not.
Pretty simple: The flag, for many, symbolizes slavery, treason and clear-cut racism. The general's Rebel troops toted the flag while killing or wounding more than 160,000 U.S. soldiers.
Neither the flag nor the famous commander should be honored on public property, especially in California, which sided with the Union in the Civil War.
But whether this rises high enough in importance to warrant enacting a law is another question.