When exactly did place names become “broadly up for grabs because of an election”?
You’re treating this madness as a normal part of a presidential election. It is not and it never has been.
You’re treating this madness as a normal part of a presidential election. It is not and it never has been.
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Gilad Edelman
I hope it's clear that I am not defending the name change. It's ridiculous! Nor do I think it's popular. My point about "values" is that once place names are broadly up for grabs depending on who wins an election, they're going to change in ways that you might not like.
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The person of the president was understood to be a custodian of the Office of the President.
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0363
Trump just decided he wanted to make the change… because Mexico is bad?
It’s not a fair argument, but that’s what they’ll say.
He was very hurt by that because he is a big fan of white supremacism and a traitor himself.
I'll honor my daughters' requests with lots of Booty Butt renames.
https://runforsomething.net/
Unless they're going to start throwing folks in jail for it (and even that may have the opposite effect they want), people will call a place what they want to call it, doesn't matter what govt says.
"From today forward, the Atlantic Ocean will be called 'The American Ocean', while the Pacific Ocean will be known as 'The Really Big American Ocean' so we don't get the two confused. Happens all the time, people get confused...but I fixed that. People say it's gonna be so great..."
Florida to Trumplandia?
The White House to Trump Tower DC?
He’s right that names aren’t up for grabs but his reading of the fight is insanely off base
Nor of course the "we're not a democracy, we're a republic" folks - at least until quite recently, apparently.
https://wchstv.com/news/local/resolution-filed-in-west-virginia-house-aims-to-rename-spruce-knob-to-trump-mountain#
"there's another election on the distant horizon so it would be wrong to re-name said place before the voters have their say"
It's the Gulf of Mexico, no matter what some thin-skinned despot says.
Every reporter should keep saying the Gulf of Mexico.
The name change isn't even through the notice and comment period.
This is exactly the fight to have, he can't control our language.
The EO does not rename the Gulf of Mexico because the US lacks authority to do so. Mexico has exclusive authority to name the Gulf of Mexico.
This EO names a region of territory bordering states INSIDE the Gulf of Mexico.
But if Lost Cause losers are going to commission new confederate statues every time they win a position, it's time to finish implementing Thaddeus Stevens' plans
And so, the Overton Window moves.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute
The EO is doing the equivalent of renaming Chesapeake Bay.
Any American can propose a name change. The USGS does not need to apply your request but we all can propose a name https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/guidance-name-proposals#4
1. Mar-a-Lago is #PutinsPlace
2. Whitehouse is #ElonsLodge
This isn’t like Obama switching Mt McKinley to its original name. It’s NEVER been the Gulf of America. TRUMP is the one trying to say names are up for grabs
Why can't AP call the damn gulf whatever it wants without fear of government retaliation?