@return2ozma to TechnologyEnglish • 3 days agoGoogle officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Mapswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square110arrow-up1373arrow-down127cross-posted to: aboringdystopianewsactually_infuriating
arrow-up1346arrow-down1external-linkGoogle officially changes the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Mapswww.usatoday.com@return2ozma to TechnologyEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square110cross-posted to: aboringdystopianewsactually_infuriating
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoChanging facts to suit a nationalist and fascist state, purely for jingoism, is appeasement.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•3 days agoThis doesn’t really have anything to do with facts, though. Names of people, objects and places change all the time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-23 days agoYes, based on nationalist reasons, to chnage facts to suit governments. This is no different to google kowtowing to China’s imagined borders. The fact is the worls knows this is the Gulf of Mexico. Not whatever Trump imagines it to be callled. Denali is still Denali, as well.
Changing facts to suit a nationalist and fascist state, purely for jingoism, is appeasement.
This doesn’t really have anything to do with facts, though. Names of people, objects and places change all the time.
Yes, based on nationalist reasons, to chnage facts to suit governments.
This is no different to google kowtowing to China’s imagined borders.
The fact is the worls knows this is the Gulf of Mexico. Not whatever Trump imagines it to be callled. Denali is still Denali, as well.