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Andrew Jackson is on the $20 and he’s basically the 19th century version of Trump While we should replace him with someone who actually deserves to be on US cu

Andrew Jackson is on the $20 and he’s basically the 19th century version of Trump While we should replace him with someone who actually deserves to be on US currency I still think it’s absolutely hilarious the guy who hated having national banks is the face of one of the most widely used federal reserve notes. It would be like having a Henry Ford Jewish school I find the same thing funny about John Wayne Airport- dude hated the airport when he was alive and lobbied tons of money to have them change the way planes take off so they wouldn’t buzz his mansion and bother him. I’m sure he rolls in his grave every time a plane doesn’t pull up sharply enough and mildly annoys a rich white person who bought a house in the takeoff path of the airport

jpmoral 3y ago
Born in the 18th century, president in the 19th.
- Shawnj2 3y ago
  Fixed
mdp2021 3y ago
> and he’s basically the 19th century version of Maybe we should leave that to full-time historians, because I have never seen attributed to Jackson a number of critical traits attributed to 45th - by his own supporters. Edit: maybe we should read this text, to be aligned at least with the accusations: Edwin L. Battistella, "Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels - Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump" (Oxford University Press) > ø Features over 500 insults in a sweeping journey through two and a half centuries of the ridicule and revilement Americans have directed at their presidents; ø Puts today's political climate in perspective by tracing invective back to the nation's earliest days; ø Explains the historical context and linguistic origins of the insults, providing a sense of the history of the presidency and of the English language https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dangerous-crooked-scoundrels-9780190050900?cc=us&lang=en& https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dangerous-crooked-sc...
sandworm101 3y ago
Well, "John Wayne" is the stage name. One presumes that any coin would use a person's legal name. John Wayne was actually named Marion Wayne. I would understand the naming of the airport as a tribute to the character rather than the actor.
- mdp2021 3y ago
  > the character rather than the actor They renamed the airport after he died, in his honour, as a prominent figure and a neighbour. So, both the individual and the persona: past his youth, he had almost exactly the face of somebody used to tolerate soaring planes when trying to collect some rest.
- 5555624 3y ago
  > John Wayne was actually named Marion Wayne No, Marion Morrison was John Wayne's real name. (Marion Robert Morrison to be more specific.)

jpmoral 3y ago

Born in the 18th century, president in the 19th.

Shawnj2 3y ago
Fixed

mdp2021 3y ago

> and he’s basically the 19th century version of Maybe we should leave that to full-time historians, because I have never seen attributed to Jackson a number of critical traits attributed to 45th - by his own supporters. Edit: maybe we should read this text, to be aligned at least with the accusations: Edwin L. Battistella, "Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels - Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump" (Oxford University Press) > ø Features over 500 insults in a sweeping journey through two and a half centuries of the ridicule and revilement Americans have directed at their presidents; ø Puts today's political climate in perspective by tracing invective back to the nation's earliest days; ø Explains the historical context and linguistic origins of the insults, providing a sense of the history of the presidency and of the English language https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dangerous-crooked-scoundrels-9780190050900?cc=us&lang=en& https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dangerous-crooked-sc...

sandworm101 3y ago

Well, "John Wayne" is the stage name. One presumes that any coin would use a person's legal name. John Wayne was actually named Marion Wayne. I would understand the naming of the airport as a tribute to the character rather than the actor.

mdp2021 3y ago
> the character rather than the actor They renamed the airport after he died, in his honour, as a prominent figure and a neighbour. So, both the individual and the persona: past his youth, he had almost exactly the face of somebody used to tolerate soaring planes when trying to collect some rest.
5555624 3y ago
> John Wayne was actually named Marion Wayne No, Marion Morrison was John Wayne's real name. (Marion Robert Morrison to be more specific.)