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I don’t see why people are so upset about this. Mexico is in the continent of North America. if they were trying to rename it to “Gulf of the United States” or
by jedbrooke 2y ago
I don’t see why people are so upset about this. Mexico is in the continent of North America. if they were trying to rename it to “Gulf of the United States” or something then that would be less reasonable.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoBecause it’s weird and stupid and random.
- yladiz 2y agoThat’s basically what they did. It’s obvious that “America” here means USA, not the continent.
- Filligree 2y agoI'm sure the United Statesians didn't mean that.
- bbzealot 2y agoJust because the new name may be geographically accurate doesn't mean it was a good idea to change it. The change was clearly for propaganda reasons, and that is what makes people upset
- happytoexplain 2y agoAmerica is an extremely common synonym for the USA, for better or worse. It's not convincing to imply that you believe a president of the USA, renowned for his nationalist rhetoric and pettiness, renamed a geographic feature bordering Mexico and the USA from "The X of Mexico" to "The X of America" not as a reference to the USA. Regardless, it's antagonistic to the namesake for no good reason, no matter what the new name is.