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re: Not on my bingo card- Racist Bird Names
Posted on 11/1/23 at 2:58 pm to Dr RC
Posted on 11/1/23 at 2:58 pm to Dr RC
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Naming birds after people is kind of dumb since if really gives you no idea about what the bird really is or looks like. The new names will now reflect actual characteristics of the birds in question.
One of the examples given is a rename that already happened. The long tailed duck apparently used to be called the oldsquaw. Say the old name and most people wouldn't know what you were talking about. Say long tailed duck and you know right away that it's a duck w/a tail longer than the average duck.
how's about you learn about birds the old fashioned way? or does everything have to be dumbed down?
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Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:01 pm to LSUGUMBO
Doesn’t matter anyway, birds aren’t real.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:02 pm to 777Tiger
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how's about you learn about birds the old fashioned way? or does everything have to be dumbed down?
I mean you can cry about it being a dumbing down but giving an animal variant a more descriptive name still makes a hell of a lot more sense than naming it after some random person who wrote about it first.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:03 pm to 777Tiger
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what about the yellow bellied cum guzzler?
Not offensive since it refers to Kamala.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:04 pm to LSUGUMBO
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"I'm really excited about this change," said Corina Newsome, an ornithologist who was among a group of dozens of Black outdoor enthusiasts that launched the first Black Birders Week in May 2020.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:06 pm to LSUGUMBO
the AOS renamed a small prairie songbird found on the Great Plains to “Thick-billed Longspur.” The bird’s original name—honoring John P. McCown, an amateur naturalist who later became a general in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War—was perceived as a painful link to slavery and racism
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:06 pm to LSUGUMBO
Will they rename the cockatoo bc it includes the word cock?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:06 pm to Dr RC
Oh yeah? What about Tyrannosaurus Rex? Why shouldn't Rex get the credit?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:08 pm to Sao
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Oh yeah? What about Tyrannosaurus Rex? Why shouldn't Rex get the credit?
Rex means king in Latin. America is anti king. Why do you hate America???
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:09 pm to WG_Dawg
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maybe the complainer's flesh doesn't resemble the bird's flesh. Therefore, of course...racist.
Without any idea of what the bird looks like, I would lean towards this. The notion of something being “flesh” colored has drawn some ire recently as the specific “flesh” in question is usually peachy.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:09 pm to LSUGUMBO
File this under the category of: Things that won't make one single mother frickers life better on the entire planet and will be a waste of time and money.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:09 pm to LSUGUMBO
quote:of course
"I'm really excited about this change," said Corina Newsome, an ornithologist who was among a group of dozens of Black outdoor enthusiasts that launched the first Black Birders Week in May 2020.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:10 pm to Babewinkelman
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Black Goose?
Something like that
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:11 pm to LegendInMyMind
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The society wants new bird-watchers hearing bird names for the first time to "feel this is a welcoming environment for people from different backgrounds and just enjoy nature for what it is," Reddy said. "Birds are for everybody. Science is for everybody."
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Oh for frick's sake.
This is exactly what happens when you stop teaching valuable curricula in schools and instead focus on BS that makes no difference.
Dumb down the whole planet. Mission is succeeding better than expected.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:12 pm to OweO
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Will they rename the cockatoo bc it includes the word cock?
What about the woodcock? I mean that a very misleading and insulting name.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:14 pm to Dr RC
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I mean you can cry about it being a dumbing down but giving an animal variant a more descriptive name still makes a hell of a lot more sense than naming it after some random person who wrote about it first.
Are they going to rename the northern parula or any of the other birds that don't have a descriptive name? Or are they just using that as an excuse to remove names?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:16 pm to Boudreaux35
or woodpecker?
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:16 pm to Dr RC
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Rex means king in Latin
Pssh, Latin. Didn't even exist when he discovered Tyrann.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:18 pm to LSUGUMBO
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New bird names will favor more descriptive names like the blue-footed booby or red-headed woodpecker rather than nebulous names like Ross' goose or Bachman's sparrow that give no clues about how to identify the bird.
This actually makes sense
Posted on 11/1/23 at 3:20 pm to nes2010
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Are they going to rename the northern parula or any of the other birds that don't have a descriptive name? Or are they just using that as an excuse to remove names?
Exactly. The Great Blue Heron isn't blue. The red on the belly of a Red-bellied Woodpecker is difficult to see because it's so miniscule.
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