[Bon of Babble]

"Astronomer Mia de los Reyes of Amherst College in Massachusetts expressed this viewpoint in the journal APS Physics, noting Magellan’s acts allegedly committed on 'indigenous populations' during his 1519 voyage.

The latest move is said to have been inspired significantly by the Marxist Black Lives Matter protests."

Why not name them the Large and Small George Floyd Clouds and be done with it.

[Bon of Babble]

"She argued such historical figures should not be honored in astronomical nomenclature, suggesting that continuing this practice could somehow harm people today."

[Lazamataz]

Astronomers have advocated for a renaming of two galaxies, currently named the Large and Small Megellanic Clouds after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, due to his record of “violent colonialism".

No. Shut up and get the f*** outta my sight.

[escapefromboston]

These professors can go back to their country of origin if they hate colonizers so much

[Tench_Coxe]

"Opposition to the current naming system is also backed by Professor David Hogg (different David Hogg, we checked) of New York University, who said the clouds were not discovered by Magellan and were only named after him in the 19th century."

This keeps up, no one will want their kid named David Hogg....

[G Larry]

Tell these whiney clowns to sit down and shut up.

[Vaquero]

Maybe they can name them after the Philippine cannibals that killed Magellan.

[hanamizu]

Mia de los Reyes

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Isn’t that a colonialist name?

[NorthMountain]

When this stupid unaccomplished little twat “Mia” does something on a par with Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world ...

She’ll still be a stupid little twat whom we should ignore.

[libh8er]

https://mdlreyes.github.io/

Gender Minorities and Women in PMA: I was a member of the organizing committee of Caltech Gender Minorities and Women in Physics, Math, and Astronomy, a group that aims to support folks of marginalized genders in the Caltech PMA division. I help plan and run regular events: social events, workshops, and journal clubs.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I’ll bet it wouldn’t take much research to find some historical figures named de los Reyes who did some things that wouldn’t be acceptable by 21st-century woke standards. When is Mia de los Reyes going to change her name?

[Reno89519]

Mia, STOP WITH THIS BS! Why don’t you do some research and contribute something useful on the topic of astronomy?

[DannyTN]

Well, the Milky Way is named after a candy bar and sets a very poor example.

We should rename it to something healthier like Bacon or Ribeye.

Unless it was named after lactating breasts and then maybe it’s okay.

[Levy78]

Dinky dao, bitch.

[Real Cynic No More]

This is getting beyond ridiculous!

[cld51860]

Old ideas.

Old culture.

Old customs.

Old habits.

Mao is smiling up from Hell.

[bert]

Amherst college should burned to the ground and then the ground salted.

Amerherst college is an enemy of America

[BitWielder1]

We wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for colonialists.
History is to learn from, not to scrub clean.

[hanamizu]

“...allegedly committed on ‘indigenous populations’ during his 1519 voyage.”

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Given that the ‘indigenous populations’ killed him in what is now the Philippines, I’d say any score was pretty much settled. I am not aware of any ‘colonies’ established by Magellan.

[neverevergiveup]

Ironically, with our current levels of literacy and education most of the woke public likely has no idea who Magellan was.

[Captain Rhino]

No.

George Floyd is not on record as having made any comments endorsing the LGBTQ+ community. So nominating him would be “problematic.”

You know this is the next step in the renaming process.

Everyone has dark corners in their lives where their behavior - even centuries later - might offend this group or that. The acclaimed personages of today might, in a distant future time, be discovered to have offended the sensibilities of easily aggrieved snow flakes triggering complaints. To avoid this complication, the only effective counter is to demand that nothing be named after any human being, living or dead, no matter how distinguished or meritorious.