• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    It was changed for political reasons

    Correct. It was changed because some random-ass gold prospector in 1896 wanted to promote McKinley’s presidential campaign. I’m so glad we’re on the same page that changing it for political reasons is wrong and that it should remain what it was prior to the political posturing.

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      I.e., the name it was called for thousands of years by the locals. “But that’s just being woke!” Yes, being woke means being aware of things…

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        “Wake up sheeple, being woke is bad.”

        The conservative ideological superposition is so goddamn stupid.