@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agoDefense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its namewww.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square14arrow-up1225cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1225external-linkDefense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its namewww.advocate.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square14cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)linkfedilink18•4 months agoI wonder if there’s other “offensive” terms we can find to highlight the absurdity and offensive nature of this action. Teddy is the name of lingerie, so Teddy Roosevelt needs to be wiped out of history. I’m sure there’s others …
minus-square@kokolores@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoI think we should nuke the planet Venus to dust just because its name is associated with pornographic images of nude women!
minus-square@Lemmist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI see Americans censor themselves for a long time already. A-word, B-word, C-word… It isn’t new.
minus-square@Zippygutterslug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•4 months agoBro ‘Enola Gay’ is someone’s name, from a time before the word ‘gay’ was even associated with homosexuality. Willfully stupid people are even worse than the bigots sometimes I swear to God
minus-square@Lemmist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoPeople who provide banal and obvious information with the look like they reveal some wisdom are even worse.
I wonder if there’s other “offensive” terms we can find to highlight the absurdity and offensive nature of this action.
Teddy is the name of lingerie, so Teddy Roosevelt needs to be wiped out of history.
I’m sure there’s others …
I think we should nuke the planet Venus to dust just because its name is associated with pornographic images of nude women!
I see Americans censor themselves for a long time already. A-word, B-word, C-word… It isn’t new.
Bro ‘Enola Gay’ is someone’s name, from a time before the word ‘gay’ was even associated with homosexuality.
Willfully stupid people are even worse than the bigots sometimes I swear to God
People who provide banal and obvious information with the look like they reveal some wisdom are even worse.
Cope, dummy