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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up91·1 month agoNot around here. We named towns after terms from native tribes who were kicked out of the area.
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 month agoAlso after wildlife we killed and nature we destroyed to build it.
minus-squaredoctordevice@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoCould be a lot of places. Washington is full of them, too.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoWisconsin, but it applies to a lot of the Midwest and Plains and… Kinda everywhere in the US.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThat sounds offensive
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s fine. Ayn Rand said it’s OK because they’re not real people or something.
minus-squarechicagohuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 month agoAnd Chicago was named with a native word that describes a local onion or something
Not around here. We named towns after terms from native tribes who were kicked out of the area.
Also after wildlife we killed and nature we destroyed to build it.
Michigan?
Could be a lot of places. Washington is full of them, too.
Wisconsin, but it applies to a lot of the Midwest and Plains and… Kinda everywhere in the US.
That sounds offensive
It’s fine. Ayn Rand said it’s OK because they’re not real people or something.
And Chicago was named with a native word that describes a local onion or something