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Fun fact: The President is not in charge of naming gulfs, lakes, oceans, continents, islands, or even people.

They can name their own children and pets. That's it. Thank you.

Suddenly, conservatives are upset about deadnaming. 🙄

"Historically, it is known as the Gulf of Mexico, and so to avoid confusion we will refer to it as such in this course as that's what all our textbooks refer to it as."

officially bans the use of the phrase Gulf of Mexico by any and all state employees.

These aren't banned.

Gulf of Epstein
Gulf of Iran
Western Persian Gulf
Gulf of Latin America
Gulf of New Mexico

And if you refuse? What are they going to do if you keep calling it by its proper name? This is clearly censorship by a government entity. Any retaliation would immediately lead to a First Amendment lawsuit.

Do it anyway, get unlawfully fired, sue, get rich.

Efforts to control speech in Alabama’s educational institutions constitute just one part of a larger national effort to standardize speech and, by necessity, thought. Happily, however, the First Amendment not only protects the use of particular words but also extends to a person’s choice of language.

What a waste of time and money in all this BS. maga cuts help for people but wastes money on trash like this renaming and vanity projects, he/they are pathetic and weak. This is how dictators behave to spread their lies and force conformity. These efforts go back to the powell memo and all the other gop ones since then, including the 2025 plan that's over half done.

Defy orders and call it by the correct name anyway - Gulf of Mexico. Either stand up to tyranny and the things you believe in or choose your battles; it's really each individual's prerogative.

How is this not a first amendment thing? Since this is a state run public institution, so essentially the government, controlling what private citizens say. Just because it’s a law doesn’t mean it’s constitutional.

Maybe you should move to another state, like New America, or something.

do it anyway. fuck google

Can't wait for the academics of the USA to be forced to only interact with each others because they live in an alternative reality.

Isn't this the government overreach they're always harping on about ..

People still think this is the land of freedom lol. I’d guess 70% of Alabama doesn’t care about this, how far off am I as someone who hasn’t gotten to experience the people IRL?

Mexico, Gulf of

Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl

Or… British Petroleum Thunderdome

Let's all bow down to our idiotic president. It's depressing how little pushback there is to this kind of shit.

Your students can say it. Have them say it in chorus whenever it comes up. "Gulf of..." "Mexico!"

Between colleagues? Fuck that law.

In writing, I suppose you're stuck with it.

(The gulf formerly known as) Gulf of Mexico, or (The gulf with the international name) Gulf of Mexico, wouldn't work?

I'm not a lawyer. I'm 99.99% sure that if the institution is state run (like a university of Alabama situation), then they open themselves to civil rights litigation if they were to fire you for this.

When are they going to ban books and studying, or say stupidity is intelligence?

You can’t even call it the gulf formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico? Like the history doesn’t even count?

The cons are some of the most petty of snowflakes.

What are they going to do if people use the right name for the Gulf of Mexico?

Every record has been destroyed or falsified … every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered.... welcome to the Trump United States of America America.

I say the University of Al Banana and I can do whatever we want.

So how do history teachers do their jobs? That some very Alabama legislation.

"The Gulf East of Mexico"

How about saying "Mexico's Gulf" to get around this stupid law?

Malicious compliance: just say “the gulf”.

This says a lot more about the US education system than Trumps decree