Yes. Right out of the Stalin playbook. These little commies should be so proud of themselves.
Posted on 03/20/2022 6:32:31 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
The Space Foundation, an American non-profit organization founded in 1983, has renamed its Yuri's Night fundraiser, named in honor of the first man to travel into space, celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, "in light of current world events".
(Excerpt) Read more at sputniknews.com ...
Has Russia airbrushed Neil Armstrong yet? If not, that raises questions...
“are they not embarrassed by their behavior ?”
not as long as the ‘right’ people applaud. I’m waiting for Kraft to yank “Russian Dressing.”
Will they start erasing people from photos now? Good grief.
Virtue signaling and nothing more.
Haven’t seen anyone post this yet — here’s Sting, and his 80’s song, “Russians’... amazed it’s still on YT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq9FZ8e6d1Q
Liberals are communists prone to childish fantasies and acts. This is just another one of those childish acts.
Pettiness knows no bounds. I will continue to remember him with fondness.
Never mind the price of fuels...
Breakfast may have fuel beaten. 46.10 before tip for two for breakfast this AM at a little neighborhood diner. Pancakes bacon one egg and western with sausage. About what it cost to fill up my car not all that long ago.
Q: Who was the first man in space?
A: There never was a first man in space.
It’s stupid. Gagarin, Tchaikovsky, et al. and their achievements have nothing to do with anything going on today. What is next, burning all books by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky?
That form of virtue signaling is already happening in a way, an Italian university just removed Tolstoy & Dostoevsky from their reading list.
“Has Russia airbrushed Neil Armstrong yet? “
That was done a while back...but of course our mass media is not gonna talk about it:
https://www.aulis.com/miniatures2.htm
https://www.aulis.com/miniatures3.htm
https://www.aulis.com/investigation.htm
“Q: Who was the first man in space?
A: There never was a first man in space.”
A. Space is a white racist concept that was invented to oppress minorities.
“has renamed its Yuri’s Night fundraiser, “
Dumb.
Just the left here tearing down statues.
Ask them directly.
The explanation of the name change looks like typical corporate spokeswonk doublespeak. The design of the web page element seems deliberately intended to ensure you can’t directly link to it. Don’t see a press release.
For nearly a decade, Space Foundation has hosted a “Yuri’s Night” on the Sunday prior to its annual Space Symposium to raise funds for our education programs. Three weeks ago, when we first started posting notices on social media about our April 3rd event, then called, “Yuri’s Night,” we started to receive a number of negative posts about Russia.
Wanting to ensure the focus of the evening remained on our goals -- the kickoff of the 10th anniversary of Space Foundation Discovery Center and raising funds for our education programs -- we made the decision to change the name to “A Celebration of Space: Discover What’s Next.” This gathering will highlight Yuri’s flight, as well as the anniversary of the Space Shuttle, the new Sally Ride Quarter, the Webb Space Telescope, and other space milestones past, present and those to come.
Space Foundation respects the tradition of Yuri’s Night to celebrate one of history’s greatest achievements, but this year, we made the decision to continue our pre-Symposium gathering tradition by another name. Nothing can erase the facts and history of Yuri Gagarin’s accomplishment as the first of humanity to go to space which Space Foundation has long recognized and celebrated throughout our organization’s history. That includes a display of Yuri Gagarin in our Discovery Center, as well as 60th anniversary efforts of his flight which we publicly shared last year in international and national outlets.
As an organization, our information, education and collaboration efforts all contribute to a future where there is space for all.
Yes. Right out of the Stalin playbook. These little commies should be so proud of themselves.
That’s just stupid. Changing history is...oh, wait...
What, they couldn’t just re-write him as being a BIPOC, LGBTQ weirdo with made up pronouns?
Yuri gets canceled. “1984” was a handbook for these lunatics.
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