Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:41     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
BLMtown
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:34     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
“Kujichagulia”

Taken from the 2nd Day of the ancient African holiday of Kwanza, and meaning “self-determination”.

It’s the perfect name for DC. It reflects our population, our African heritage, and celebrates our self determination. The name itself even MEANS self determination.


White people might have trouble pronouncing it, but F them.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:28     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:New Columbia

After Columbus?

Are you an idiot?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:23     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:In light of recent protests and name changes, I’ve heard someone mention today changing the name of Washington, DC, because Washington was a slaveholder. Will this get any traction? In light of the proposal to remove the Washington monument, it doesn’t seem far fetched. And we can’t call it anything to do with Columbia derived as it is from Columbus.

I would call the city (eventual state) simply Freedom.


Most people in this thread need to lay off the Freedom Weed.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:20     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Columbia is a way bigger issue than Washington
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:19     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Kumbaya

Mail code KM
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:18     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:In general I think the test should not be "was this person a slaveholder" and more "why do we remember/commemorate this person?"

In the case of confederate statues, it's almost always the case that the statues were put up decades after the war during a violent terrorist campaign to claw back the rights and freedoms that black people had gained in the war all across the South. That was the intention behind the statues and behind naming so many things after confederates.

Washington, on the other hand, is commemorated more for leading the army in the Revolution and for being the first President.

Someone like Jefferson imo is on the line because we remember him for the Declaration, etc, but his life is also the embodiment of the hypocrisy that was baked in, or at least the gap between our ideals and our reality.

I'd be open to a discussion about it and from hearing from people who think it should be changed but I do think it's important to consider each case on its merits.


Yeah, one would think that’s why countries name things and make statues....
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 21:56     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It needs to be a state, and upon statehood, we can change the name.



If we’re going to change the names, we should also make sure to eliminate any men who were wife-beaters or rapists.


Eliminate male names period. Name it after a woman or BTFO
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 21:41     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:It needs to be a state, and upon statehood, we can change the name.



If we’re going to change the names, we should also make sure to eliminate any men who were wife-beaters or rapists.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 21:36     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:New Columbia


Can’t be. Columbia is from name Columbus.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 21:36     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
It's not going to become a state, and it's name is not going to change.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 21:33     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Enough already on this lunacy.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 21:24     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
New Columbia
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 20:43     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Please tell me this is not all serious? This has gone too far if it is.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2020 20:15     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:We should change the name to "Steve"