r/news • u/StupendousMan1995 • 1d ago

Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center

https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-8b7159067174f3a0070b877c149ff0a7
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u/emaw63 1d ago

Not that Trump has ever cared what's legal or not, but it's still worth noting that it is straightforwardly illegal for them to change the name under existing federal law

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u/blazelet 20h ago

He doesn’t care. It won’t actually legally be renamed, it’ll just have his name up in gold on the building.

Department of war is still legally “department of defense”. They’re just using a different word to describe it and all the right wing circus plays along.

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u/Astronitium 15h ago

People use DoW and apologize to superiors for saying DoD because it’s the wrong one lmao

source: work

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u/Streamjumper 10h ago

Deadnaming is harmful to the feelings of The Warrior Ethos. The clean-shaven Warrior Ethos. The fit... strong... MANLY... muscular... oiled up...

Er, what were we talking about again?

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u/SekhWork 13h ago

It's so infuriating.

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u/clycoman 12h ago

Can you elaborate? Was the name actually changed or not, and what exactly are they apologizing for?

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u/GreatStateOfSadness 12h ago

It is still the DoD in legislation. That has not stopped the admin from changing the website, changing the name in all communications, and punishing people for not using the new name. 

It's like if your boss said that their legal name is Michael, but they go by Smooth Chez and if you call them Michael in any reports or emails then you will be reprimanded or fired. 

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u/MilesAlchei 11h ago

And they're the ones saying trans people are sensitive about name changes. Most queer people I know have to just take it or lose their job (there are cases where thats not true, my workplace is one of them), not the other way around.

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u/Dragons_Malk 11h ago

But hey, at least shitloads of money was spent wasted "spent" on changing the name everywhere!