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[–] m4m4m4m4 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I really wish we could actually "rename" places as their original indigenous names across all America(~~s~~). For example my country had an internal turmoil just to keep the original name of its capital city because we love our native people, and yet we keep the incredibly stupid name of "Land of Colon" (imho most probably the most stupid name of any country, ever) because fuck our native people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I like that we call it Denali nowadays instead of Mount McKinley. I'm all for this.

Now if I could just get South Dakota to issue me a new license plate without those faces carved into the mountain...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

At this point, I don't know if America can heal with Mt Rushmore still there. I'm not saying we would blow it up, but I do think it might be good if it was blown up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

(did you miss this one?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Damn I definitely did miss this. What the fuck is wrong with this country?

[–] t_chalco 1 points 2 days ago

At least Alaska doesn't condone such shittery? https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HJR004A

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Like, just the most recent indigenous names, or from one of them before that? It seems arbitrary to fixate on just one civilization just to avoid fixating on exactly one other.

[–] m4m4m4m4 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, not that there have been tons of successive civilizations around here, so... And yet if that was the case, you'll need to take in account that oral lore may have had a hand in the names of places, so it's mostly improbable that a place has had completely different names with each civilization.

(Edit: people downvoting/replying to this thinking I was talking just about the USA is hilarious - reddit syndrome much?)