Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 08:06     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:The city should be named after the original occupants of this land who were decimated and displaced by European settlers. What did the local native peoples call it?


Potomac.
Not to be confused with "East Gaithersburg" or "North Bethesda"
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 08:05     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
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


Yeah so Steve is right out because he's a dick boss.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:47     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
The city should be named after the original occupants of this land who were decimated and displaced by European settlers. What did the local native peoples call it?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:43     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The most recent statehood proposal has the name becoming Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.


Just Douglass is fine. Douglass State.


Needs to be Douglass Commonwealth so that we still have DC, DCUM, DMV. Truly hallowed traditions.


That’s a good idea. And what should we do with the Washington monument? Why not dedicate it to Harriet Tubman?


Washington Monument? Paint it black.


Oh wow, that would look sick.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:43     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Than for being a slaveholder? Yes, hmmm, I think that's probably true...


I am solidly on the side of BLM. I think the confederate flag should not fly, and statues of confederate heroes should be removed. But this erasing of every historical figure this country has is getting INSANE and is not going to uplift people of color, nor the cause of BLM in the long run. It simply add fuel and ammunition to the crazy far right Fox News loving racists and further entrenches their beliefs and rhetoric. You seriously want to undermine George Washington? Sure, add to the narrative that he held slave. It was wrong and should be acknowledged. It does not ERASE the fact that he was a founding father of this country and NONE of us would be American's without him.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:40     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:New Columbia

After Columbus?

Are you an idiot?


No ignorant person who doesn't live in DC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Columbia_(disambiguation).
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:36     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:It needs to be a state, and upon statehood, we can change the name.




+ a billion.

Its ridiculous that its not a state.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:35     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.


Than for being a slaveholder? Yes, hmmm, I think that's probably true...
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 07:21     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Lmao. The brainwashing and groupthink is incredible.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 06:46     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The most recent statehood proposal has the name becoming Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.


Just Douglass is fine. Douglass State.


Needs to be Douglass Commonwealth so that we still have DC, DCUM, DMV. Truly hallowed traditions.


That’s a good idea. And what should we do with the Washington monument? Why not dedicate it to Harriet Tubman?


Washington Monument? Paint it black.


Oh, just tear it down like all those other monuments. Those who don't know history ... are too woke and angry to care.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 06:41     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
A Senator referred to the Washington Monument as the Obelesk to Wokeness.

I can be down with that, actually.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 03:53     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The most recent statehood proposal has the name becoming Washington, Douglass Commonwealth.


Just Douglass is fine. Douglass State.


Needs to be Douglass Commonwealth so that we still have DC, DCUM, DMV. Truly hallowed traditions.


That’s a good idea. And what should we do with the Washington monument? Why not dedicate it to Harriet Tubman?


Washington Monument? Paint it black.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:48     Subject: Re:Change Name of Wash DC
Politicopolis?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:47     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Democratic People’s Republic of The District

Unified Supreme State Republic

The People’s Republic

Anonymous
Post 06/12/2020 00:46     Subject: Change Name of Wash DC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:New Columbia

After Columbus?

Are you an idiot?


PP.. you did not get it?