ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOffensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them.theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
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minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere are words and then there are words backed by the state’s monopoly on violence. It’s harder to move forward when these old ugly names keep things rooted in the past.
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoName a single word that is backed by the states monopoly on violence.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoJust one? Washington.
There are words and then there are words backed by the state’s monopoly on violence. It’s harder to move forward when these old ugly names keep things rooted in the past.
Name a single word that is backed by the states monopoly on violence.
Just one? Washington.