erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 10 days agoRenaming the Gulf of Mexico is stretching the boundaries of acceptability.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageRenaming the Gulf of Mexico is stretching the boundaries of acceptability.sh.itjust.workserusuoyera@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarehomicidalrobot@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoRenaming it excludes it from existing legal language, like the Gulf of Mexico protection and restoration act. It SHOULD be controversial, but everywhere I look I see people joking about it as if there’s no real-world repercussions. https://www.congress.gov/search?q={“source”%3A"committee-materials"%2C"search"%3A"Gulf+of+Mexico"}
Renaming it excludes it from existing legal language, like the Gulf of Mexico protection and restoration act. It SHOULD be controversial, but everywhere I look I see people joking about it as if there’s no real-world repercussions. https://www.congress.gov/search?q={“source”%3A"committee-materials"%2C"search"%3A"Gulf+of+Mexico"}