To be fair, renaming the lake was done pretty recently, and it’s relatively minor considering all the other shit going on (especially the Iran war), so I’m not that surprised it got lost in the noise for some people. But the folks bending the knee largely tend to be the ones with their hands on the levers of power/influence–case in point, Trump renamed the lake via executive order, which means only government officials are compelled to use the new name, but Google Maps went ahead and changed the name anyway just to leave no boot unlicked.
And you are exactly right. I don’t mean to say the everyday American is switching to these new names donnie came up with; my point was that the powerful bent the knee, almost immediately, and with no objection at all. The only people adopting these in the everyday are complete choads.
To be fair, renaming the lake was done pretty recently, and it’s relatively minor considering all the other shit going on (especially the Iran war), so I’m not that surprised it got lost in the noise for some people. But the folks bending the knee largely tend to be the ones with their hands on the levers of power/influence–case in point, Trump renamed the lake via executive order, which means only government officials are compelled to use the new name, but Google Maps went ahead and changed the name anyway just to leave no boot unlicked.
And Apple.
And you are exactly right. I don’t mean to say the everyday American is switching to these new names donnie came up with; my point was that the powerful bent the knee, almost immediately, and with no objection at all. The only people adopting these in the everyday are complete choads.