[LuvNH]

I really thought this was a joke until I read this:

The American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary.

"Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," says Colleen Handel, the society's president and a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska. "We want these names to be powerful in a really good way."

I think Colleen Handel needs to start looking for a new job.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

I really thought this was a joke until I read this:

The American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary.

"Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," says Colleen Handel, the society's president and a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska. "We want these names to be powerful in a really good way."

I think Colleen Handel needs to start looking for a new job.

Going with the flow, rather than standing her ground. There seems to be a lot of that recently

[Velvet]

"Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," Ah, here is the manipulation, the brainwashing. WHO determines the “good” or “bad”? In the back of my mind, I can hear Karl Marx’s voice.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Velvet

"Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," Ah, here is the manipulation, the brainwashing. WHO determines the “good” or “bad”? In the back of my mind, I can hear Karl Marx’s voice.

Um, you actually hear Karl Marx talking to you? Hmm. Do you converse with him? Often? Does he have an accent?

[justjim]

The comments on this Thread have made me smile and even LOL. What a great day!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Velvet

"Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," Ah, here is the manipulation, the brainwashing. WHO determines the “good” or “bad”? In the back of my mind, I can hear Karl Marx’s voice.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Um, you actually hear Karl Marx talking to you? Hmm. Do you converse with him? Often? Does he have an accent?

She probably doesn't. But I "see" his footprints on the road to our destruction.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Um, you actually hear Karl Marx talking to you? Hmm. Do you converse with him? Often? Does he have an accent?

He is my nightmare! My family left my native country (Central Europe) due to Communism. If you have never lived under it, just think of North Korea.

[Fenster]

I am already rooting against the teams formerly known as the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians. Now I have to boycott birds?

[bsloan1960]

You will never be woke enough, never sufficiently ideologically pure. They will continue to raise the bar to the point that only the ideological elites will achieve Wokeness. This is a cult- "The Cult of the Easily and Frequently Offended". As with all cults blind fervor replaces rational, real-world thinking. This mindset is an addiction. They will never see the world as fully Woke.They will always dig further and further. As time goes by, these cultists will some day rule the world. Individual free expression; which we daily watch being criticized and canceled will be replaced with approved mundane politically driven drivel. Language will be pared down to a few thousand bland, inoffensive words, and eventually, as predicted in countless science fiction books and movies, everyone will wear an approved uniform. They defend Political Correctness by saying things like, "What's so wrong with insisting people be treated kindly". Most people don't object to many of the changes that see people being treated better. That isn't the objection. The objection is that as they dig deeper and deeper, finding more and more victims, the finger pointing and name calling increases so that all who don't fully embrace their radical Wokeness are "Nazis". The woke, social justice activists comport themselves like new Victorians, or McCarthyites, monitor everyone’s behavior, words and art for transgressions against their worldview. The woke are the new fundamentalists. Their tactics are damaging to a liberal society that believes in the free exchange of ideas and free speech. They weaponize social media and are turning us into a surveillance society. In the name of democracy, freedom, reason and the Enlightenment, it’s so important to push back against this radical cult

[Velvet]

Yes, notice in a cult you are never the leader, you are always cast as a follower. Basically, you are told what to think.

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Might be other problems there.
First, he was a man with a woman's name, but neither gay nor transgender----both those communities might be offended.
Next, the name "Hood" might imply a ghetto and therefore be racist.
Then, he stole from the "rich"---this offends wealthy people and together with the "Hood" reference might assign crime disproportionally to a certain ethnic group.
Fourth, he gave to the "poor"----the PC term might be "asset challenged"

Personally, I'd rather give those behind this nonsense "the bird" rather than rename them

Looks like we have some book burning to do! While we are at, let's burn Sherwood Forest. (After we find a new home for all the birds we renamed)

Once we are done taking down the statues, let's burn the great pyramids. They were built by slaves. Oh! Oh! What??? The pyramids are in Africa?? Looks like we did all of this for NOTHING. The continent of Africa was one of the first to start slavery. My bad....

[Randall55]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

Looks like we have some book burning to do! While we are at, let's burn Sherwood Forest. (After we find a new home for all the birds we renamed)

Once we are done taking down the statues, let's burn the great pyramids. They were built by slaves. Oh! Oh! What??? The pyramids are in Africa?? Looks like we did all of this for NOTHING. The continent of Africa was one of the first to start slavery. My bad....

This is the problem with these activists. They believe slavery only happened to them. Who cares if every race were once slaves. It's all about ME!

Slavery still exists. Wouldn't it be better if the activists spent their time addressing this? But, NO! Changing names of birds, removing statues, etc.. is the way to go! What are they trying to prove?

[jimbomaybe]

Originally Posted by Fenster

I am already rooting against the teams formerly known as the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians. Now I have to boycott birds?

Perhaps we should have the choice to root for a team called "US Calvary" ?

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by jimbomaybe

Perhaps we should have the choice to root for a team called "US Calvary" ?

That would make a lot of people cross!

[Randall55]

Did anyone read of the Antioch school teacher placed on leave?

The teacher's Halloween costume was the Scooby Doo Mystery Van. Around her body was cardboard painted to look like the van. She painted her face black and wore a green moon above her head to represent the night sky. Can you guess why she was placed on leave?

You got it! She painted her face black! Even though it was clear she was dressed like the night sky, she was placed on leave.