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[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I see it as the exact opposite. If we let the professionals like cartographers and historians hold the reigns rather than people who don't have anything to do with it, eg. some pedophile politicians, nothing would have been changed.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Wtf are you going on about? I'm talking about changing the name of a plant because it's discoverer was a racist. Nothing about politicians or pedophiles. Ffs, some of you have brain rot as bad as the MAGA. I'm literally saying that history should remain accurate and not try to whitewash away the negatives.

[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hey buddy this comment wasn't a reply to you. Thanks for the insults tho really helps things out

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

And this is why nobody asks for fishos's opinion on how to name things.