Posted on 08/31/2020 3:25:21 PM PDT by Twotone
The residents of a Whitefish neighborhood surrounding a pleasant lake with a racist name filed documents in Flathead County District Court earlier this month to officially rename it Lost Loon Lake.
The petition, submitted by the City of Whitefish on behalf of 12 of the 21 lakeshore property owners, is the latest development in a years-long effort to change the name of Lost Coon Lake, citing coon’s use as an offensive slur for African-Americans. And that name, according to court filings, was a “compromise” solution after an initiative began in the 1980s to rename what was then (N-Word) Lake.
“Locals and visitors alike consider the name Lost Coon Lake extremely offensive, as its history and meaning are easily discovered,” the city wrote in the court filing.
Court documents cite Wikipedia and the book “Stump Town to Ski Town” that note the lake’s original name.
The 61-acre lake is adjacent to Whitefish Lake Golf Club and has no public access. The golf course has already been referring to it as Lost Loon Lake on its course map and other signage, according to the filing. WLGC also installed a nesting platform for loons, an aquatic bird found in Northwest Montana, to create a welcoming habitat. Loons had previously been using the lake as a feeding area.
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Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Ummmmm.....
Whitefish is, well, a white fish in Montana.
I have no idea if this is satire. It could easily be from Babylon Bee.
I first thought they were changing the name “Whitefish.” Isn’t that just as racist?
It wasn’t names after Gov. Ralph “Coonman” Northam?
And don’t forget Coon dogs
Just name it White Coon Lake.
That’s what I always thought.
More bull crap from leftists
“coons? My momma would just shoo’em off the porch with a broom...”
“Not racoons you idiot...”
Whitefish are tasty and good for you
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_(fisheries_term)
What a bunch of moroons????
I find the name “Whitefish” to be objectionable and racist.
Uh . . . Whitefish is a type of fish.
The coonhound, colloquially the coon dog, is a type of scent hound, a member of the hound group. They are an American type of hunting dog developed for the hunting of raccoons, as well as feral pigs, boars, bears and mountain lions.
Due to racial insensitivity, the coonhound will now be called the Crackerhound and go through a makeover.
Next they will be going after, Whitehorse, in the Canadian Yukon, eh!
Flathead County, eh? Almost perfect. Virtue-Signaling Moron county would be perfect.
I recall seeing the Andy Williams Show on CBS.
He used to sing “Coon River!”//
He is now known as Senator Chris Spearchucker.
Flathead County
Clearly this was the property of some Indians and was stolen from them.
No doubt about it.
Give it back.
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