George Washington owned slaves Washington State and DC are going to be renamed

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  1. ryobi

    ryobi Well-Known Member

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    Also white sandy beaches, snow, and ghosts are going to be banned because they're white
     
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    I've given some thought to that. Washington DC of course is problematic, since it's named from a notorious slave owner who also murdered peaceful indigenous people, so that will have to be renamed, but there is another issue: The District of Colombia is named for, you guessed it, Christopher Colombus, notorious genocidal monster. What's the point of renaming Washington unless you also rename, "DC?" Here is my suggestion: Rename the city King City, for MLK, and rename the District as the District of Black Lives Matter. Then it will be King City DBLM.

    Thoughts?
     
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    I like it!
     
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    sauce?
     
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    Of course! mayonnaise is going to be banned...
     
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    and alfredo sauce
     
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    and Ranch
     
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    I am neither African American nor European American -- I do not know what to make of this -- it is obviously a joke.

    In Russia, peasants were not a Minority but the Majority. In Russia, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad after the 1917 Revolution. Cities named for tsars were renamed.

    After 1991, old names came back.
     
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    I am very serious.

    I think Washington State and Washington DC should be renamed.

    White sandy beaches, snow, and ghosts being banned because they are white is a joke, though.
     
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    I don't know why you keep insisting that you're not European American. We've been over this in another thread and it's pretty clear you're wrong when you say that. And oddly enough, it has nothing to do with your argument.
     
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    White Nationalism was a severe problem for many centuries. Now it is not open as it was before.

    Jews suffered the greatest atrocities from White Nationalists.
     
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    That has nothing to do with anything in this thread.
     
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    ....I like everyone,but everyone doesn't like me....I'm gonna eat some worms...can some one tell me a country has the fewest Africans?....
     
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    Erasing history will have no effect on the culturally propagated prejudices ingrained in the minds people. I doubt that few people think about the modern interpretations and the character judgement leveled against the individuals for which from whose names were given to particular places. Nor, do I suspect, do people see any particular historic monument as some celebration or unifying call to endorse the lost causes of the past other than to note they were lost causes.
    I am waiting for the call to directly punish those responsible for the injustices of the past, and advocate the digging up and burning of dead slave holder’s bodies... that should teach people that if you do bad things, punishment will pursue you on earth as well as by your divine judgement for your sins.
    As for renaming Washington DC, I suggest the name, The Twilight Zone.
     
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    I support this. Lets rename Washington state to Martin Luther State. We should rename Washington D.C. to Lincoln City.
     
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    Let's leave the names as they are.
     
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    I hear Iceland is all White.
     
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    Iceland has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world. I don't know why that is but he could definitely pick worse places to live.
     
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    antarctica has a low crime rate too
     
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    There are many minorities -- all have suffered due to White Nationalism.

    Every minority has their own history.

    African Americans suffered and suffer from Racism.
     
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    I live in WA. Here's hoping western WA renames itself and we secede and remain WA. We don't own slaves.
     
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    Democrats hate this country. Without Washington we would not have a country
     
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    I’m thinking King George and Parliament probably thought it was a mistake to let things get out of hand, not unlike King Charles I was likely thinking as the ax was falling.
    In England’s case, they continued to try to mitigate their loss, through to the end of 1812. Oops.
     
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