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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i would hope that people who dont call it reagan arent doing it because of party cause that would be just dumb.

its fine to call it national based on habit but if you are going out of you way to avoid saying reagan because you are a dem or independent, you really need to get a life[/quote]

I don't call it Reagan, and it is 100% for political reasons.

It has nothing to do with disliking Reagan (although I do) and everything to do with the fact that I don't recognize the right of a Congress, in which I have no elected voting representative, to rename my city's airport and force my city to spend significant resources on changing metro signs etc . . .  I particularly object because there's no history of the federal government doing this in any are in which the citizens do have voting rights.  I can not imagine, for example, Congress suddenly deciding to call the Salt Lake City airport "Obama" or "Clinton" airport.  The fact that they chose a living Republican namesake in a city that is overwhelmingly Democratic, and has a history of using naming rights to honor the dead is icing on the cake.

In contrast, I have no problems with calling the Reagan Building the Reagan Building, because I recognize the federal government's rights to name their own buildings.

As to why I call it BWI and not Marshall?  Habit.

Democrat/42 year DC resident[/quote]

I think this is a good explanation. I also call the Reagan building by that name, but the airport is National. Before I moved here I accidentally called it Reagan to a friend who I went to college with who I was visiting, and he raised an eyebrow and said, "you mean Washington National?" I never called it Reagan again.

I would love to call BWI Thurgood Marshall but it's just habit to call it BWI. I've lived in the area for 11 years, and am a Democrat (a much more moderate variety one than I used to be, though).[/quote]

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