Ships also get named after states. And cities. And birds. Sometimes they’re just words. Growler. Dominant. Dynamic. Reaper. Vigor.
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So you think they’re doing this to appeal to you? Sort of vain thought.
We named a ship Chickadee. And you’re mad about a ship being named after a guy who worked to protect the freedoms of Americans? Because that would be so frivolous? Hmmm. Ok.
Anybody got a confirmed homophobe count yet?
I see you love freedom of expression... as long as it’s only your own.
Saying Milk doesn’t deserve any respect for what he did in public, because of what he did in his personal life, is like saying Calhoun doesn’t deserve scorn for what he did in public, because as a person he was a gentleman. It’s beside the point. What they did for their country is more important than how they acted…
We named a submarine after Calhoun, who praised slavery, and whose ideas nearly destroyed the United States, and indirectly caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. But I guess, in some people’s minds, that’s perfectly ok, since he didn’t have sex with teenagers (well, he probably did, but that’s ok…
Very obejctive article from a website that claims Obama is a homosexual. Just shouts CREDIBLE, doesn’t it?
Sort of beside the point considering Milk lived in New York until the last part of his life... where age of consent was 16.
Well, we did name a submarine after Calhoun, who arguably did something far worse for our country than have sex with a teen.
What is amazing, is that literally no other person in the 1960s was doing this.
And you would have it that one aspect of his life should overrule everything else? Particularly details irrelevant to the story being reported. I see. That’s completely different, of course.
You might find this list of U.S. Navy ship names very educational:
Feel free to provide us with a list of all ship’s names you personally dislike:
I feel bad for any readers with functioning brains who have to see this nonsense. Welcome to the internet, where a ship can’t be named after a gay veteran because of a myriad of non-sequitur reasons.
I don’t know. You sound like a straight person who writes “I’m gay” on the internet after writing something a straight person who hates gay people would write.
What exactly is Gawker telling you that’s not true in this article?
This is really one of strangest red herrings thrown out in these comments.
Ohhh, so edgy. You’re so cool dude! I bet your middleschool friends are really impressed by your wit.