DC's Black Lives Matter Plaza to be renamed after GOP rep introduces bill

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Anonymous wrote:what will they rename it? Musk Ave or Trump Blvd? or maybe Putin Pkwy.

It's going to be called Liberty Plaza. A bit generic, but infinitely better than BLM Plaza.

Liberty Plaza is the proposed name in the stupid bill, but as far as I've seen Bowser has been silent on whether that is the intended replacement. I am hoping for some sort of online submission process, so that we can needle Trump and the Republicans with troll-y submissions. Biden Plaza. JD Vance's Sofa Plaza.

Please. Bowser is not going to fight the name choice for this. Who can legitimately object to Liberty Plaza?

Well anyone who actually walks around downtown DC knows that BLM plaza is pretty close to Freedom Plaza. The redundancy in that proximity is pretty silly. I’d much rather pick our own milquetoast name than defer to some moron from Georgia.

Good Point. Why does it have to have a name? What's wrong with 16th Street (or whatever it is).

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Anonymous wrote:They should name it "No Lives Matter" since DC is the murder capitol.

Better yet..

“No Lives Matter Unless You’re a Billionaire.”

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I’m just reading the thread and the Liberty Plaza might be ironic if Trump shoots protestors on it. But, irony and hypocrisy is the MAGA brand.

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Protest Plaza -- in honor of the First Amendment

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Anonymous wrote:It's fine. The rants here won't change the course correction away from racial signaling in public places.

What’s wrong with “All Lives Matter Plaza” ??

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Anonymous wrote:It's long past due. What an appallingly divisive, pandering, puerile gesture that was. "Look at D.C.! We don't support law enforcement, love criminals, and see everything through a racial lens".

Thanks for sharing the racist a-hole interpretation of "BLM". You are probably anti"CRT" and anti"DEI" as well.

Both CRT and DEI are inherently racist.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not a "Black and white" issue. DEI is also:
1) Lactation rooms in workplaces
2) Maternity/paternity leave
3) Accessibility considerations for people with different abilities at events and in public spaces
4) Federal holidays centered on religious accommodation (ahem, Christianity)
5) Books available in large print and in Braille and in audiobook formats at your local library
6) Services and special considerations for veterans

Which of these things are you opposed to? Be specific.

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Anonymous wrote:It's long past due. What an appallingly divisive, pandering, puerile gesture that was. "Look at D.C.! We don't support law enforcement, love criminals, and see everything through a racial lens".

Thanks for sharing the racist a-hole interpretation of "BLM". You are probably anti"CRT" and anti"DEI" as well.

Both CRT and DEI are inherently racist.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not a "Black and white" issue. DEI is also:
1) Lactation rooms in workplaces
2) Maternity/paternity leave
3) Accessibility considerations for people with different abilities at events and in public spaces
4) Federal holidays centered on religious accommodation (ahem, Christianity)
5) Books available in large print and in Braille and in audiobook formats at your local library
6) Services and special considerations for veterans

Which of these things are you opposed to? Be specific.

Generally speaking, my observation is people don't have a problem with diversity (broadly defined, and not just limited to race and gender) or inclusion. What the have a problem with is equity, particularly they way it's defined and implemented by those in the industry, so to speak. That's where it comes off the rails, IMO.

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The city is predicting 40,000 Washingtonians are about to lose their jobs but, sure, let's focus on this.

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DC Live Plaza

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Anonymous wrote:The city is predicting 40,000 Washingtonians are about to lose their jobs but, sure, let's focus on this.

The city is actually not focusing on this; they're opting out of the fight over the name of the plaza. A bunch of people here seem to be focusing on it as proof that they were right all along that only suckers stand up for civil rights.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's long past due. What an appallingly divisive, pandering, puerile gesture that was. "Look at D.C.! We don't support law enforcement, love criminals, and see everything through a racial lens".

Thanks for sharing the racist a-hole interpretation of "BLM". You are probably anti"CRT" and anti"DEI" as well.

Both CRT and DEI are inherently racist.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not a "Black and white" issue. DEI is also:
1) Lactation rooms in workplaces
2) Maternity/paternity leave
3) Accessibility considerations for people with different abilities at events and in public spaces
4) Federal holidays centered on religious accommodation (ahem, Christianity)
5) Books available in large print and in Braille and in audiobook formats at your local library
6) Services and special considerations for veterans

Which of these things are you opposed to? Be specific.

All this was around in workplace for a while way before DEI. These were regular HR functions and labor laws. Nothing to do with DEI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:what will they rename it? Musk Ave or Trump Blvd? or maybe Putin Pkwy.

It's going to be called Liberty Plaza. A bit generic, but infinitely better than BLM Plaza.

That is definitely an improvement. Glad to see the change.

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Good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's long past due. What an appallingly divisive, pandering, puerile gesture that was. "Look at D.C.! We don't support law enforcement, love criminals, and see everything through a racial lens".

Thanks for sharing the racist a-hole interpretation of "BLM". You are probably anti"CRT" and anti"DEI" as well.

Both CRT and DEI are inherently racist.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not a "Black and white" issue. DEI is also:
1) Lactation rooms in workplaces
2) Maternity/paternity leave
3) Accessibility considerations for people with different abilities at events and in public spaces
4) Federal holidays centered on religious accommodation (ahem, Christianity)
5) Books available in large print and in Braille and in audiobook formats at your local library
6) Services and special considerations for veterans

Which of these things are you opposed to? Be specific.

All this was around in workplace for a while way before DEI. These were regular HR functions and labor laws. Nothing to do with DEI.

True!

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Trump plaza