"Faith"Jun 3
Curmudgeon

The US Navy has announced that it is renaming a number of ships—

USNS Harvey Milk
USNS Thurgood Marshall
USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg
USNS Harriet Tubman
USNS Dolores Huerta
USNS Lucy Stone
USNS Cesar Chavez
USNS Medgar Evers

Huh. I wonder what these people have in common.

Jun 3 at 10:48pmWeb
Show threadCurmudgeonJun 3

Article on military.com about this.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/03/hegseth-orders-navy-strip-name-of-gay-rights-icon-harvey-milk-ship.html

Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship | Military.com

Show threadMoyaJun 3
@jetton And, of course, the Navy will comply. Just like the German military did for Hitler.
Show threadAndrew J SpauldingJun 3
@jetton They were all democrats?
Show threadCurmudgeonJun 3

@AJ_andrew69

All civil rights leaders.

Show threadAndrew J SpauldingJun 4
@jetton I was trying to be humorous.
Show threadsamiamsamJun 3

@jetton

republicans are assholes

Show threadMsMeropeJun 3
@jetton isn't it considered bad luck to rename a ship?
Show threadneverbeatenJun 3
@jetton
Common denominator:
They stood by their principles at personal cost and cared about other people.
Show threadThe GregzoneJun 4
@jetton @ramiro Hegseth probably wants them named the Jim Beam, the Jack Daniels, the Bud Light, etc.
Show threadnot ch1cJun 4
@jetton their gonna name one JK Rowling aren’t they
Show threadRob KayJun 4

@jetton

Competence...

Show threadWinter TrabexJun 4

@jetton

I wonder if they'll start punishing people who wear hats with those ship names on them?

Show threadLookie LooJun 4
@jetton Different reason but I wonder how long before the USS John S. McCain gets renamed?
Show threadKevin LaRose, AOC2028Jun 4
@jetton @ItsaMeWario One can only wonder what the replacement names will be. I was going to throw out some obvious ones, but upon reflection I don’t think that game would be a lot of fun.
Show threadNiniJun 4
@jetton White male fragility strikes again.