RegularJoe@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoTrump announces he is restoring names of Confederate leaders to military baseswww.wsaw.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down17cross-posted to: aiop@lemmy.world
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minus-squareIronfist79@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 days agoWhy do we want to keep them named after people who literally fought against the US?
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoBut don’t call them racists? Or so all the “moderate” Tone Police keep telling me, along with the racist cons themselves…calling them what they are is so mean.
Why do we want to keep them named after people who literally fought against the US?
Racist dogwhistling
But don’t call them racists? Or so all the “moderate” Tone Police keep telling me, along with the racist cons themselves…calling them what they are is so mean.