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mpalczewskiyesterday at 9:59 PM3 repliesview on HN

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.


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billfortoday at 4:36 AM

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).

autoexecyesterday at 11:09 PM

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.

TylerEtoday at 1:02 AM

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