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They are claimed to have been discovered by Magellan and his crew during their first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
However, a group of astronomers in the United States has asked the International Astronomical Union, the body in charge of naming astronomical objects, for the Magellanic Clouds to be renamed.
Mia de los Reyes, an assistant professor of astronomy at Amherst College, Massachusetts, wrote in the American Physical Society journal that “the beauty of these starry objects is clouded by their names”.
Prof De los Reyes described Magellan as “a coloniser, a slaver and a murderer” and added: “Now I and a coalition of astronomers are calling for the scientific community to rename these galaxies, as well as other astronomical objects, institutions, and facilities that bear his name.”
As though seeing/hearing that name is SO TRAUMATIC. But, leave it to Democrats/leftists/Communists (all the same these days) to do everything they can do to erase history.
Ok, let's rename New York. Why? Because York is a town in England. And England colonized stuff. It was a roman settlement and the romans had slaves n stuff.
These people think they're smart but can't see how incredibly dumb they really are.
Leftists are malcontents by their very nature, and nothing you do to appease them will ever be enough. Rest assured the demands made by previous generations of leftist that were granted, pale in comparison to what they want today.
Mia de los Reyes, an assistant professor of astronomy at Amherst College, Massachusetts, wrote in the American Physical Society journal that “the beauty of these starry objects is clouded by their names”.
Mia de los Reyes, should probably change her name. It's Spanish and we all know that Spaniards were the ultimate colonizers! LOL
Her Spanish name probably hurts somebody's feelings somewhere on the planet.
I'll bet they spent weeks just sitting around thinking of names of homosexuals and transgenders they could use.
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