Just read this article about the plan to rename numerous bird species starting next year!
If they change the names of the birds, how will they know each other? And will they be able to change genders?
As I read the notice, they are changing the names that celebrate "racists", "exploiters" etc! So no more Lewis's Wood pecker. Lewis, for those who don't know, was one half of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition. I have read their journals. Maybe the "leaders" of the AOU should read them. I WILL keep the original names in my daily use!! The AOU can take a flying leap into that growing pile of WOKE dung!!
And, I'm sure, that if the AOU has anything to say about it, none of the birds they rename will HAVE a gender. That's a dirty word only spoken by un-WOKE, unfortunate people.!!!
Thanks for your comments. I wasn't aware of this until I read the article last evening.
I don't get it.
jdtonkinson wrote:
Thanks for your comments. I wasn't aware of this until I read the article last evening.
I don't get it.
AOU started this garbage many years ago. There had at least been some logic to it then. Among other things they changed the name of the Audubon's Warbler to Yellow-rumped Warbler and Liechtenstein's Oriole to Black-headed Oriole because they were more "descriptive". But even then they didn't change Richardson's Sapsucker, or Steller's Jay or even Audubon's Oriole.
It is kind of sad to see the scientific community jump on the woke band wagon but I guess that's the world we are leaving to our grand kids. Maybe it's time to learn Latin.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
If you want to reply, then
register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.