• 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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    23 hours ago

    There’s even a difference between someone paying to have their name on a new building and someone renaming something that already exists though.

    Same in sports where a stadium has always been known by a name then it changes for sponsorship reason, it just doesn’t feel right. If the sponsor’s name was attached from opening then it’s fine.

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      23 hours ago

      Valid. Ill take it one step farther, and say that Trump’s actions were worse than even changing the name. The Kennedy Center is a tribute to Kennedy in the same way as the Lincoln Memorial or the Washington Monument. Making it the Trump-Lincoln Memorial or the Trump-Washington Monument would be a ludicrous idea, so why is making it the Trump-Kennedy Center acceptable?

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        20 hours ago

        Nobody thinks that the renaming to Trump-Kennedy Centre is acceptable. Hence many of the acts booked in have cancelled upcoming shows.

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            8 hours ago

            They do, but they are still the minority. Another minority care (the normal people) and all those who don’t want to be associated with anything Trump/Maga - this includes the artists. The majority don’t care either way and are apathetic. Honestly, they’re half the problem too who either don’t vote or don’t think about it and think life just happens around them and they have no say - they’re the disillusioned and need bringing back into the fold and made to realise they can help fix the mess and that they have a say .