This reminds me of the time when Columbus, Ohio canceled Columbus Day with the urging of the Columbus Dispatch.
George Washington University needs a new name – Washington Post
Whom does the paper imagine the city it’s in is named after? George Washington Plunkitt, Tammany’s honest graft man?
The racist visions of James Madison, Winston Churchill and others are glorified through building names, programs, statues and libraries that honor their memory.
The controversial Winston Churchill Library must go. The university’s contentious colonial moniker must go. Even the university’s name, mascot and motto — “Hail Thee George Washington”— must be replaced. The hypocrisy of GW in not addressing these issues is an example of how black voices and black grievances go ignored and highlights the importance of strong black leadership.
Racial essentialists, whether black or white, like Adolf Hitler, always did find Winnie “controversial”.
Frederick Douglass, a statesmen, political scientist, diplomat, feminist and abolitionist, is a perfect example of a possible namesake to replace George Washington. His work for social reform and equal justice make him an ideal candidate for a new name.
A “statesmen” indeed.
Maybe Francois should study English at GWU before trying to rename it.
Anyway, hasn’t he heard? Douglass was already canceled.
A Republican intra-party contest in an 1888 congressional election in Virginia pitted John Mercer Langston, a progressive black jurist (who had served as the first dean of Howard University Law School), against R. W. Arnold, a white conservative sponsored by a white party boss (who was a former Confederate general). Douglass supported Arnold, and portrayed his decision as high-minded. “The question of color,” he said, “should be entirely subordinated to the greater questions of principles and party expediency.” In fact, what had mainly moved Douglass was personal animosity; he and Langston had long been bitter rivals. Langston was hardly a paragon, but neither was Douglass. Sometimes he could be a vain, selfish, opportunistic jerk, capable of subordinating political good to personal pique.
But things being what they are, I’m sure that in the name of equity, racial justice, and potato pancakes, GWU will soon be renamed Marion Barry University.
Meanwhile though maybe the Washington Post can rename itself. Maybe call it the Bezos Post. That would be unexpectedly honest.
CogitoErgoSum says
Who is the Washington Post named after?
CogitoErgoSum says
Don’t laugh at me. It could be named after Booker T. Washington … although I’m not sure where Booker T ‘s last name came from.
Infidel says
Why not George Washington Carver? Maybe that’s the solution – append “Carver” to anything that’s named “George Washington” and presto! It all celebrates our Black history!
CogitoErgoSum says
They just go with calling themselves the “Daily Compost.”
CogitoErgoSum says
Should, that is. I’m going for a walk. I need some fresh air.
Infidel says
Don’t look for fresh air in Washington: you won’t get it
JOHN L SCHARF says
The Washington Post was named after Washington, DC.
I suggest we change the name of the capital to Denver.
If you study Democrats, the moving of lips is an indication of lying.They create&govern disinformation.
Democrats are superspreaders of alethophobia,eleutherophobia&phronemophobia. Masks&vaccines do not protect you from Democrats
bill says
Actually is a town in the North of England
somehistory says
The paper must be named after laundry day when all of the washers at the local facility are fully occupied…hence, a “ton” of dirty clothes are being cleaned.
No one can stand if perfection is expected. No one today, no one of the past generations (except Jesus) and so any name could become a source of contention among those who like to argue and whine and complain.
This “campaign” to rename everything that hints of people in history has gotten way past the point of having any moral reason…it’s just stupid and vindictive.
Westman says
Imagine what we would find if burrowing into the private lives of the very people who demand the destruction of the Founders – how many abortions, drug use, lying, theft, jail time, exam cheating, unfaithfulness, destruction of property, running away from family responsibility, etc?
The hypocrisy level is so high it becomes hilarious.
somehistory says
Yes, so many women are coming out with their “story” of their baby-killing experience and showing their pride in it, it’s disgusting. There once was shame connected to being unmarried and pregnant, to living with another without a marriage contract, and so much more.
If morals were really attached to these attacks, the ones doing the attacking wouldn’t have any legs on which to stand.
Westman says
Damn! It’s true, the Left has gone so woke that wokeness has become the center of new comedy.
We previously just rolled our eyes or shook our heads at poorly informed ridiculousness. Now we have Ivy League graduates, politicians, and media who take their insane ideas and demands so seriously that it creates shows like Gutfeld and instant gut-level laughing.
Cancel Culture is no different than dictator culture, both issue a single demerit to cancel a lifetime of great achievement. Maybe it should be called “Guillotine Culture”. It deserves nothing more than derision and laughter.
Pierre Delecto says
This is all distraction. Our problems come from the Left, and, in order to fix our problems, completely and forever, left-handedness must be recognized as an abomination and suppressed.
Fortunately, left-handedness leaves a brain wave signature detectable by a properly configured smart phone. So, if you get a call from a heavy breather who remains mute, it may be a sexual pervert in mid-orgasm on the other end, or a gman from DHS serving his country like Ferdinand serves Elsie.
Pierre Delecto says
I tried to pen something even more absurd than they had.
Try it yourself, if you think that seems easy.
gravenimage says
You can’t even parody this stuff any more.
Infidel says
Even the Babylon Bee, whose job it is to satire, ended up struggling w/ it ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0GoxAInJQ
Infidel says
Maybe it’s the new woke English where ‘they’ is now an acceptable genderless singular pronoun: maybe “statesmen” is a new term for a statesman who’s neither male nor female. Although I don’t know of any historical record of Friedrick Douglas being unsure of his gender. Any history buffs here know? ?
Shouldn’t the Post first change its own name, and then get Mayor Bowser to change the capital’s name from Washington to…? I guess we could name the capital Demville, after the party, then make it Demville Post, Demville University and so on…
gravenimage says
There would be no problem if we just adopted “they” as the default pronoun… sarc/off
Wellington says
Inevitable. Once you open Pandora’s Box, there is no closing it.
N.B., The Left has opened Pandora’s Box and remains insouciantly ignorant that it has. The “poster boy” for this massive error is one Joe Biden.
Again I aver that the Left ruins everything, EVERYTHING, it touches—including the NFL, the Constitution, gender, bathrooms, pronouns, the liberal arts, the sciences, et al. Yes, everything.
And most troubling is that here in America the Left has entirely taken over the Democratic Party, which one knows or should know has become an enemy of America. Please, all sensible Democrats left, leave this horrible excuse of a party which it has become. There is no rescuing it. It needs to die if America is to live.
gravenimage says
Too true.
gravenimage says
Washington Post Runs Op-Ed Urging George Washington University to Change Its Name
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Utter stupidity. And why doesn’t the Washington Post change its name?
More:
The controversial Winston Churchill Library must go…
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Is bravely opposing Fascism “controversial”? God only knows these days…
JimJFox says
Manhole… Womanhole? Ambiguity.
Personhole? Anthropoidaperture?
Infidel says
Why do they use the term “menstruate” for an activity that men are incapable of doing? Shouldn’t it be called “womenstruate”?