The AP establishes style guidance on the Gulf of Mexico and Mount McKinley

2 years ago by FundMECFS to c/news

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest peak in the United States, to revert to the name Mount McKinley.

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restingboredface 68 points 2 years ago

This is a seriously stupid issue.

Why can't we deal with this like twitters name change where everyone basically ignores it and just keeps calling it the same name as before?

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kryptonianCodeMonkey 29 points 2 years ago

That's my plan. Unless I wish to mock it with a silly voice.

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TheReturnOfPEB 17 points 2 years ago

Because places like Google Maps have to deal with Trump's, in my opinion, NAZI fueled legal and financial revenge pursuits.

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imaqtpie 19 points 2 years ago

Who cares? Just because multi-trillion dollar corporation Google has to deal with it doesn't mean we have to play along.

The politicians and corporations can do whatever bullshit they do, but average people can also choose to ignore that crap.

At least when it comes to changing well established names. There's other stuff that has real world consequences and that sucks, but we can at least hold the line in this case.

Denali.

Gulf of Mexico.

From now until the end of time.

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einlander 3 points 2 years ago

Like the bean, sears tower, and Comiskey Park

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