Trump renaming Lake Ontario is dumb. But stupid/petty/ and ideological renaming of historical things did not suddenly start this week..
Some of the people screaming the loudest this week spent a decade stripping historic names off Army posts, federal maps,, sports teams, and grocery brands.
Federal maps (2022)
~650 places with “squaw” renamed nationwide
Squaw Valley → Palisades Tahoe / Olympic Valley
Army bases (2023)
Fort Bragg → Fort Liberty
Fort Benning → Fort Moore
Fort Hood → Fort Cavazos
Fort Gordon → Fort Eisenhower
Fort Lee → Fort Gregg-Adams
Fort Polk → Fort Johnson
Fort Rucker → Fort Novosel
Fort A.P. Hill → Fort Walker
Fort Pickett → Fort Barfoot
Navy / academy
USS Chancellorsville → USS Robert Smalls
Maury Hall → Carter Hall
Teams
Washington Redskins → Commanders
Cleveland Indians → Guardians
Edmonton Eskimos → Elks
Brands
Aunt Jemima → Pearl Milling Company
Uncle Ben’s → Ben’s Original
Eskimo Pie → Edy’s Pie
To name a few….
@benshapiro This was apparently published in its original form in 1948; Trump (or his comms weenies) took that, slapped him on top (which he doesn’t deserve), and Carter, Obama, and Biden on the bottom (which they do deserve).
@Ojeda4America Patton crushed armies, MacArthur won a war, and Trump broke everything he touched and snatched striking defeat out of the jaws of imminent victory.