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I do wonder how many people that criticize the renaming, were criticizing Obama when he rename Mt McKinley. What are the principles here? Or is it just names I

I do wonder how many people that criticize the renaming, were criticizing Obama when he rename Mt McKinley. What are the principles here? Or is it just names I like vs names I don't like.

autoexec 16d ago
Tons of people complained about the renaming of Mt McKinley for the same reason people complain about "Lake America" now. It has nothing to do with the names and everything to do with the reasons for the renaming.
TylerE 16d ago
That was reverting a rename. Denali was the original name.
billfor 15d ago
The principal is it's OK if a democrat does it. For example: It's OK to rename something named after a Republican president who was shot (Mt Mckinley). It's not OK to rename or change something about a Democratic president who was shot (ie. The Kennedy Center).
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- hn_throwaway_99 14d ago
  Man, give me an effing break, do you honestly believe that is the correct analogy? As another commenter said, Obama was reverting a previous name change - he didn't change the name to "Mt. Obama and McKinley" and paint the whole thing gold.
andriamanitra 15d ago
I think "avoid naming things after people without a deep personal connection to the thing being named" and "prefer established names used by locals" are pretty good principles to follow. > The Koyukon people who inhabit the area around the mountain have referred to the peak as "Denali" for centuries. In 1896, a gold prospector named it "Mount McKinley" in support of then presidential candidate William McKinley, who later became the 25th president.
hn_throwaway_99 10d ago
Just because folks always conveniently leave out the facts on this one, the Alaskan state legislature had been requesting the name change back to Denali since 1975. I'm waiting to hear when anyone remotely close to Lake Ontario requested the name change to Lake America, as opposed to the big orange baby throwing a temper tantrum.

I do wonder how many people that criticize the renaming, were criticizing Obama when he rename Mt McKinley. What are the principles here? Or is it just names I like vs names I don't like.

autoexec 16d ago

Tons of people complained about the renaming of Mt McKinley for the same reason people complain about "Lake America" now. It has nothing to do with the names and everything to do with the reasons for the renaming.

TylerE 16d ago

That was reverting a rename. Denali was the original name.

billfor 15d ago

The principal is it's OK if a democrat does it. For example: It's OK to rename something named after a Republican president who was shot (Mt Mckinley). It's not OK to rename or change something about a Democratic president who was shot (ie. The Kennedy Center).

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hn_throwaway_99 14d ago
Man, give me an effing break, do you honestly believe that is the correct analogy? As another commenter said, Obama was reverting a previous name change - he didn't change the name to "Mt. Obama and McKinley" and paint the whole thing gold.

andriamanitra 15d ago

I think "avoid naming things after people without a deep personal connection to the thing being named" and "prefer established names used by locals" are pretty good principles to follow. > The Koyukon people who inhabit the area around the mountain have referred to the peak as "Denali" for centuries. In 1896, a gold prospector named it "Mount McKinley" in support of then presidential candidate William McKinley, who later became the 25th president.

hn_throwaway_99 10d ago

Just because folks always conveniently leave out the facts on this one, the Alaskan state legislature had been requesting the name change back to Denali since 1975. I'm waiting to hear when anyone remotely close to Lake Ontario requested the name change to Lake America, as opposed to the big orange baby throwing a temper tantrum.