Google is an American company. America's President asked the name be changed. Kinda stupid to accuse them of anything untoward.

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brookst 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just following orders, eh?

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paulvnickerson 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, this is exactly like the Holocaust

	▲	GaryBluto an hour ago \| parent [-]
		First they came for the names of bodies of water…

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jordanb 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Google lied and claimed the change came from the USGS when the USGS metadata hadn't changed.

There exists no mechanism in the US for the president to force a private company to change the name of anything.

They did this to curry favor with the regime. It is naked sycophancy that shows exactly where the leadership of this company stands.

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hardbass 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

American president can ask many things. Trump could ask an american citizen he wants to enter his property. The citizen can say "Fuck off you fucking moron" and slam the door in Trump's face since it is the citizen's personal property. So just saying the American president asked something doesn't necessarily mean you have to do that. If a citzen runs a map software, he is free to name that waterbody The Gulf of Orange Pedo if he wishes to, etc.

	▲	Maken 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		>American president can ask many things. Trump could ask an american citizen he wants to enter his property. The citizen can say "Fuck off you fucking moron" and slam the door in Trump's face since it is the citizen's personal property. I'm sure that's not how it would go.
	▲	whoanoway 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You will discover, as I have discovered, that it's not so easy to sever ties with people you dislike. Prepare yourself for a life of forced entanglement with some of the dumbest, most reckless people in society. They'll worm their way back into your lives, just to punish you.