Posted on 12/09/2022 8:24:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The oft-misquoted and misattributed 20th-century American philosopher and writer George Santayana once warned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” And while Santayana had the follies of war in mind when he said it, the phrase could just as easily apply today to the Left’s destruction of American history in the name of “diversity” and “inclusion.”
As I wrote last week here at PJ Media, our woke U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, is hellbent on expunging hundreds of existing “offensive” and “derogatory” geographic names on federal locations that aren’t deemed “diverse” enough — an expungement that frankly seems less like “inclusivity” and more like retribution. As a “proud member [of the] Pueblo of Laguna,” complete with “she/her” virtue-signaling pronouns in her bio, Haaland “is the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.”
“Together, we’re showing why representation matters and charting a path for an inclusive America,” Haaland said in a statement. “The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) took an important step today to replace racist and derogatory names that have graced federal locations for far too long.”
The BGN is a Federal body created way back in 1890. Since 1947, it’s been in its present form “to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government” and is “concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands” name standardization. Granted — like most leftist government entities — the BGN was put in place for one reason and has morphed into something else altogether. Today, with the advent of “geographic information systems, the Internet, and homeland defense,” not to mention a stifling atmosphere of political correctness, geographic names are not only important but problematic as well.
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All I can do is watch this nation be torn apart by the left, piece by piece, while my neighbors and relatives cheer.
This administration is such a laughingstock.
I’d rather remove the derogatory government off of federal lands
No problem, the next administration will change them back on day 1.
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The Left's definition of 'inclusive' means they are in control and they set the agenda. Those with traditional views will be marginalized and then pushed out. Inclusive to them really means being exclusive.
The list of names being replaced and location...
"The origin of the word "squaw" has been traced to the Algonquian language, in which it meant simply "woman." But its meaning was skewed by centuries of use by white people, including colonists in the 1600s."
The Dutch ruined their country, S.Africa,when they gave it away and now we’re doing the same thing. Thank you Ted Kennedy, may he rot in hell.
I understand the Ronald Reagan Memorial Library
is now going to be changed to
the Britany Griner Federal Basket ball Repository.
Yes, with the help of Rinos who love to help them achieve their goal of tearing down America. Terribly sad, isn’t it.
All I can do is watch this nation be torn apart by the left, piece by piece, while my neighbors and relatives cheer.
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Your neighbors and relatives have very short memories. Like Leftists everywhere, they never consider the destructive consequences of their actions. This willful ignorance, of course, makes them a particularly dangerous lot.
Does anyone know if squaw is a name created by Americans or Natives?
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“No problem, the next administration will change them back on day 1.”
Want to bet? The pubbies, for the most part, are nothing but a bunch of gutless pussies.
And while Santayana had the follies of war in mind when he said it, the phrase could just as easily apply today to the Left’s destruction of American history in the name of “diversity” and “inclusion.” …And this is not a folly of war?
More federal funds that could be spent on The Wall, or repairing pot holes.
“Together, we’re showing why representation matters and charting a path for an inclusive America,”
So doing away with Indian names for places is more inclusive.
At this rate, and without the ever present reminders, we may one day forget the sins of the past and do it all over again.
An old drunk and doper. Elected because she is a leftist Indian. Then appointed to office to make room for a DC resident who carpetbagged into a New Mexico seat.
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