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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Native American Headdresses, mostly not okay.

funny how no one ever comments on using native words for our apache helicopters and tomahawk cruise missiles, among others

[–] Zorque 32 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I found this after a quick-ish google. Looks like occasionally people do, but they mostly get laughed at as the native cultures seemed to find it a sign of respect. And actually felt hurt when a helicopter dropped the naming convention.

[–] Ceedoestrees 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Building an attack helicopter and naming it after a group of people who absolutely fucked your shit up seems like a sign of respect to me.

[–] Delphia 25 points 2 days ago

Like how WB quietly shelved Speedy Gonzalez and the Latin community was like "No, fuck you. He was OUR GUY, we had representation! Now his cousin, the lazy slow one... yeah that shit can go."

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