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the dumbest part of it, is that the names will not change internationally, because fucking obviously they won't

so you're going to have kids growing up thinking that those are just their names, and then when someone does bring up the gulf of mexico they will not have any idea
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Well I just learned today that the whole area including the Caribbean is sometimes called the American Mediterranean Sea

Either way people need to pick up a book on their own outside of school. Or just read wikipedia
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The whole thing is an incredible waste of time. Im bracing for a whole lot more of that over the next four years.
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I mean it's not wrong it is the gulf of the americas
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Given that with this, either name is a political statement and I don't do those, I'll just refer to it as the Gulf now.
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Ignac5000 posted...
The whole thing is an incredible waste of time. Im bracing for a whole lot more of that over the next four years.

I'm wondering just how deep it's going to go. Do current policy documents referencing the Gulf of Mexico need to be reprinted with the new name? Will schools be getting new textbooks with the new name (pretending for a moment that a Republican government would ever spend more money on schools)? How many signs are going to need to be replaced?

At face value, it's just a silly little bit of populist posturing from a narcissist addicted to the attention her gets when he panders to nationalists, but changing the names of major geographical features is not a trivial ask if you want to do more than just make a tongue-in-cheek joke about it.
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I'm sure there's even dumber timelines we could be living in...
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Is it PC to say Gulf of Mexico or PC to say Gulf of America
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TimeForAction posted...
Is it PC to say Gulf of Mexico or PC to say Gulf of America

PC to say Gulf of Steam
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Hejiru posted...
Freedom Fries
I honestly don't know which is stupider between the two.
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GGuirao13 posted...
I honestly don't know which is stupider between the two.
Freedom Fries, not even a question. At least Gulf of America is technically correct and makes sense. What does Freedom Fry even mean other than the US waving its dick around?
Salrite posted...
What does Freedom Fry even mean other than the US waving its dick around?

A compromise to the whole French or Belgian debate?
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Salrite posted...
Freedom Fries, not even a question. At least Gulf of America is technically correct and makes sense. What does Freedom Fry even mean other than the US waving its dick around?

It means a couple government officials were butthurt that France didn't join the US in Iraq and felt that that was a good way to spite them.
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Salrite posted...
Freedom Fries, not even a question. At least Gulf of America is technically correct and makes sense. What does Freedom Fry even mean other than the US waving its dick around?

Counter point, changing the name of gulf of Mexico will mean updating countless maps, school books, etc. Changing it to freedom fries meant changing a menu in the congress cafeteria.
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Hah. Republicans updating school books. That's a good one.

But yes, the wider-reaching consequences of this little bit of performative narcissism are going to be much greater than a couple of restaurant menus. It's arguably less inane, but unquestionably a worse decision.
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The thing is, Gulf of America sounds really dumb. Even American Gulf sounds better.

The best option I thought of off the top my head for a name change is Southern Gulf which is like Sea of Japan vs. East Sea
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adjl posted...
Hah. Republicans updating school books. That's a good one.

But yes, the wider-reaching consequences of this little bit of performative narcissism are going to be much greater than a couple of restaurant menus. It's arguably less inane, but unquestionably a worse decision.
Consequences of what? It's a name of a body of water, not a declaration of war. Quit being so melodramatic.
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Counter point, changing the name of gulf of Mexico will mean updating countless maps, school books, etc. Changing it to freedom fries meant changing a menu in the congress cafeteria.
And? Maps have changed all throughout history.
Salrite posted...
Consequences of what? It's a name of a body of water, not a declaration of war. Quit being so melodramatic.

It means official maps will need to be replaced, official documents will need to be reprinted, signage will need to be updated... There are worse things one could do, obviously, but there's going to be a considerable cost associated with this and absolutely zero value will be reaped because it's nothing more than Trump stroking his ego.
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