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Stupidest (bleep): Austin Texas Residents and Tourists Oppose Renaming City
PJ Media ^ | 08/23/2018 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on 08/23/2018 10:05:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Edited on 08/23/2018 11:00:40 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: austin; dixie; greggcantrell; purge; slavery; texas; virtuesignaling
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1 posted on 08/23/2018 10:05:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve got the perfect solution - declare that the city is now named after Dustin Johnson’s caddie!


2 posted on 08/23/2018 10:06:27 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: LUV W

Texas Ping.


3 posted on 08/23/2018 10:07:07 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: proxy_user

Or Austin Powers, baby!


4 posted on 08/23/2018 10:07:25 AM PDT by socal_parrot (Do you like Pina Coladas?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rename it “Autism, Texas”, that way they can save money by just shuffling around most of the letters on the signs.


5 posted on 08/23/2018 10:08:12 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m all for renaming Washington to The Swamp.

Right now the City dishonors its namesake.


6 posted on 08/23/2018 10:10:26 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: SeekAndFind

If there is intellectual honesty among the radical types, they need to rename Austin because Stephen Austin owned slaves.

New Orleans deleted the name of George Washington school due to his having owned slaves.


7 posted on 08/23/2018 10:10:55 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SeekAndFind
The city of Austin’s Equity Office

I believe I have found the root of the problem, right there. The first thing to go is the "Equity Office". Would they propose all cities be named: Generic City #(insert incremental number)?

8 posted on 08/23/2018 10:11:55 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: SeekAndFind

Since it is the State capitol, I think the entire State should have a say. The rest of Texas isn’t as F’ed up as Austin.


9 posted on 08/23/2018 10:12:11 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: SeekAndFind

Austin having an identity crisis?


10 posted on 08/23/2018 10:12:44 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Still waiting for the renaming of numerous cities in California away from the evil Catholic missions.


11 posted on 08/23/2018 10:12:53 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: SeekAndFind

if you pick a name, there’s going to always be somebody who has had some type of blemishes in life

Just remove all names from all states, cities and streets and assign numbers instead.

My address would be
4415 858th St
78983, 25
70510

(the last number is a zip code)


12 posted on 08/23/2018 10:14:36 AM PDT by samtheman (LetÂ’s elect as many Republicans as possible in 2018)
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“Mike from New York, who is considering a move to Austin,...”

Another type of reason Austin is a liberal shithole.


13 posted on 08/23/2018 10:18:28 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: rjsimmon

“Mike from New York, who is considering a move to Austin,...”

Another type of reason Austin is a liberal shithole.


14 posted on 08/23/2018 10:18:28 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: samtheman
Just remove all names from all states, cities and streets and assign numbers instead.

My address would be
4415 858th St
78983, 25
70510

(the last number is a zip code)


Better yet, assign every address an IPv6 address! Much simpler!

Your address could then be:

FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329

Won't even need a zip code!


15 posted on 08/23/2018 10:26:25 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s ridiculous to complain about the name of a city because it contains the same letters in the same order as the name of a slave owner.
The purpose of this is to convince us that everything, without exception, in this country is racist, and that we can not escape the guilt that goes with that.


16 posted on 08/23/2018 10:26:26 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media deliberately and intentionally chooses to lie, with full awareness and knowledge.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rename it West Ithaca.

Or South Eugene.


17 posted on 08/23/2018 10:26:57 AM PDT by glock rocks (... so much win!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The only good thing about Austin is that it is surrounded by Texas.


18 posted on 08/23/2018 10:30:32 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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“Nope, because it’s been named Austin for more than 50 years ,so why change it? It’s been that long – they should have done it a long time ago,” he said.

Wow, 50 years, has it really been that long?

19 posted on 08/23/2018 10:37:48 AM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: proxy_user
I’ve got the perfect solution - declare that the city is now named after Dustin Johnson’s caddie!

Or how about the 6-Million Dollar Man!


20 posted on 08/23/2018 10:39:24 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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