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Defense Department to remove photos of WWII plane Enola Gay because it has 'gay' in its name
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I wonder if there's other "offensive" terms we can find to highlight the absurdity and offensive nature of this action.
Teddy is the name of lingerie, so Teddy Roosevelt needs to be wiped out of history.
I'm sure there's others ..
Anyone remember what Dan Savage did to Rick Santorum back in the day? We could bring something like that back to make new words for them to go after https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_the_neologism_%22santorum%22
I think we should nuke the planet Venus to dust just because its name is associated with pornographic images of nude women!
I see Americans censor themselves for a long time already. A-word, B-word, C-word... It isn't new.
Bro 'Enola Gay' is someone's name, from a time before the word 'gay' was even associated with homosexuality.
Willfully stupid people are even worse than the bigots sometimes I swear to God
People who provide banal and obvious information with the look like they reveal some wisdom are even worse.
Cope, dummy