So they’re coming for the night sky, too:
The Magellanic Clouds must be renamed, astronomers say
Anything and everything to erase any mention of the people who built the world. The wokies want to rename the Magellanic Clouds because by modern standards Magellan was not a great guy. But you don’t see them wanting to rename anything named by the Sumerians or Babylonians or the Arabs, do you.
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The things is.
I bet this engenders more resentment than understanding.
Its like everyone born after 1990 or so stopped maturing at age 9 or something.
Birds too. Apparently, some people have way too much time on their hands.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209660753/these-american-birds-and-dozens-more-will-be-renamed-to-remove-human-monikers
“This business will get out of control, and we’ll be lucky to live thru it.”