• Soulphite@reddthat.com
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    18 hours ago

    It’s still the Gulf of Mexico. It’s still the Department of Defense. It’s still the Kennedy Center.

    He wasn’t shot. He didn’t win. He’s in the files.

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      17 hours ago

      The only change I agree with is department of war. The US doesn’t do defense.

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        17 hours ago

        To be fair, yes, it was originally the Dept. of War. It actually is more honest. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, yadda yadda.

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          When it was the War Department, it only managed the Army, the Navy had its own cabinet secretary & department, and the Air Force was still part of the Army. When it was all military forces were brought under a single department, it got renamed so it didn’t look like the Navy was being made subservient to the Army.

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            Good historical context, thank you. I’m not American so I wasn’t aware of these nuances :)

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          Like how the Tappan Zee Bridge is now the Mario M. Cuomo Sr. bridge (they rebuilt it a while back, and its not named after Governor bad touch, its named after his dad).

          CT re-did their signs, NY re-did their signs, but NJ being the spiteful bastards they are (love ya New Jersey, keep it up) still has the old Tappan Zee signs all over the place.

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        I actually don’t know what it’s called now. It’s changed the names a couple of times since then.

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          It’s officially the Got Milk Tower now because mammals have strayed so far from the path that they need a reminder to buy white drink.

          Title

          /false

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      16 hours ago

      Conservatives and their woke rebrands, too soft and sensitive to hear words

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      It has always been the Department of War. Renaming it to “Defense” was a psyop to justify the “defense” budget.