return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDefense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its namewww.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down14cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
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minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoI wonder if there’s other “offensive” terms we can find to highlight the absurdity and offensive nature of this action. Teddy is the name of lingerie, so Teddy Roosevelt needs to be wiped out of history. I’m sure there’s others …
minus-squareghostrider2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoAnyone remember what Dan Savage did to Rick Santorum back in the day? We could bring something like that back to make new words for them to go after https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_the_neologism_"santorum"
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minus-squareZippygutterslug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoBro ‘Enola Gay’ is someone’s name, from a time before the word ‘gay’ was even associated with homosexuality. Willfully stupid people are even worse than the bigots sometimes I swear to God
minus-squareLemmist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down10·edit-21 month agodeleted by creator
I wonder if there’s other “offensive” terms we can find to highlight the absurdity and offensive nature of this action.
Teddy is the name of lingerie, so Teddy Roosevelt needs to be wiped out of history.
I’m sure there’s others …
Anyone remember what Dan Savage did to Rick Santorum back in the day? We could bring something like that back to make new words for them to go after https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_the_neologism_"santorum"
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Bro ‘Enola Gay’ is someone’s name, from a time before the word ‘gay’ was even associated with homosexuality.
Willfully stupid people are even worse than the bigots sometimes I swear to God
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Cope, dummy