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Bug experts get rid of the name
'gypsy moth' because some Roma people
consider it to be an ethnic slur

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Posted By: Ribicon, 7/9/2021 11:24:17 PM

Bug experts are getting rid of the name 'gypsy moth' because some Roma people consider it to be an ethnic slur. The Entomological Society of America, which oversees the common names of bugs, is getting rid of the common name of that critter and the lesser-known gypsy ant. The group this week announced that for the first time it changed a common name of an insect because it was offensive. In the past they've only reassigned names that weren't scientifically accurate. 'It's an ethnic slur to begin with that's been rejected by the Romani people a long time ago,' said society president Michelle S. Smith.

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Bunch of Indian givers. Nobody wants to be associated with a harmful invasive pest like what, Marxism?

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Catherine 7/9/2021 11:39:34 PM (No. 840964)
Well, how about changing German Shepherd, Irish Wolfhound, Mexican Chihuahua, German roaches, etc. This renaming could be a slippery slope.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: PChristopher 7/9/2021 11:41:28 PM (No. 840966)
You ever met gypsies? I can think of a lot worse things they could be called
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Blackbird 7/9/2021 11:42:40 PM (No. 840968)
Ignorance knows no bounds.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: BRDG 7/9/2021 11:59:29 PM (No. 840980)
Poor bugs got totally gypped. The criminal professional con artist Romanis hide in plain sight ..... hence the well-deserved name.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Obviousity 7/10/2021 12:06:25 AM (No. 840981)
How about Traveler moths?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Come And Take It 7/10/2021 12:06:58 AM (No. 840982)
How about we call it Marxist Moth instead? Cancel Moth?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 7/10/2021 12:23:44 AM (No. 840990)
Maybe if gypsies weren't such criminals the name wouldn't have such a negative connotation.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: skacmar 7/10/2021 12:49:50 AM (No. 841000)
If nobody told them that needed to be offended, they would have never known that they needed to be offended. After years and years it is suddenly a problem. Even bug names are now politicized.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Safari Man 7/10/2021 12:53:48 AM (No. 841002)
And Dairy cows are offended by the term “butterfly”. Muslims claim cultural appropriation by Mosque-itoes. My uncle’s wife hates the term “fire aunts”
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 7/10/2021 1:45:17 AM (No. 841037)
Insanity is the real pandemic.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: GoodDeal 7/10/2021 1:51:45 AM (No. 841042)
They need to change the name of cows hogs and pigs because it could be a slur on fat women.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Trigger2 7/10/2021 2:20:55 AM (No. 841057)
Some people need to get a life.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Strike3 7/10/2021 2:40:13 AM (No. 841064)
I guess "Homeless Moths" would also be offensive now that they are another protected group. Watch out, Blacksnakes, you are on the short list.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Geoman 7/10/2021 3:19:11 AM (No. 841074)
The Romani people deny they are Gypsies, so what's it to 'em?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: RuckusTom 7/10/2021 3:41:21 AM (No. 841080)
Ever been gypped off? Stereotypes are earned.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Osprey21 7/10/2021 5:38:46 AM (No. 841108)
Oh FFS.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: LadyChurchillUSA 7/10/2021 6:31:45 AM (No. 841126)
If they no longer use the word gypsy to describe themselves then how can it be a slur? Has everyone lost their minds? Nevermind....
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Bur Oak 7/10/2021 7:19:47 AM (No. 841137)
What about Poland China hogs, Rhode Island Red chickens, and English sparrows?
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Pucky1 7/10/2021 7:34:55 AM (No. 841149)
Gypsy is merely the westernized name for grifters and cheats that flooded through Europe from Egypt from the 1600s onward. These Roma snowflakes need to smarten up.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: hershey 7/10/2021 7:41:21 AM (No. 841156)
I thought they were calling them 'Travelers' now????
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Roscoelewis 7/10/2021 8:00:43 AM (No. 841177)
I'll be missing the fortune teller bugs.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: NorthernDog 7/10/2021 8:59:05 AM (No. 841220)
FTA:The Entomological Society of America is now scrutinizing some of the more than 2,000 common insect names to remove ones that are perceived to be derogatory or geographically inaccurate. So they are just getting started. Facebook and Twitter will be quite busy locking down accounts that use the wrong name for a bug.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: JrSample 7/10/2021 9:11:48 AM (No. 841234)
It was unfair to the moths.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: PageTurner 7/10/2021 9:21:37 AM (No. 841250)
I'm fine with renaming it the Marxist Moth given that it spread destruction everywhere. They can rename it that.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: JHHolliday 7/10/2021 9:23:42 AM (No. 841253)
Some years ago we were in Ennis, Ireland when we learned that a big Gypsy wedding was planned for that day. We looked around and every shop and pub in town was closing for the day and locking up tight. One of the shopkeepers told that me that if they didn’t close they would get robbed blind. Maybe if the Gypsies didn’t want to be considered thieves then maybe they shouldn’t have turned to a life of thieving.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: ROLFNader 7/10/2021 9:36:34 AM (No. 841266)
What was Cher's reaction?
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Reply 27 - Posted by: kono 7/10/2021 10:35:22 AM (No. 841327)
No more Gypsy Moths? Okfine, now they're Roma Moths. And Romani Ants. What other PC name-changing B.S. do you have for us today?
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Reply 28 - Posted by: mc squared 7/10/2021 10:52:19 AM (No. 841341)
First they came for the Gypsy moths and I didn't care because I was white......
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Reply 29 - Posted by: columba 7/10/2021 11:47:07 AM (No. 841392)
Greenwich Mean Time was not OK because it was mean. Kilocycles were not OK because of cycles that killed. ... and no one ever can be named Robert ever. It's racist.
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Reply 30 - Posted by: cycloneman 7/10/2021 2:17:14 PM (No. 841508)
Carpenters everywhere are upset that they are associated with "carpenter" ants. Same issue for vampires and "vampire" bats. We need to find new and less demeaning names for those species.
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Reply 31 - Posted by: Faithfully 7/10/2021 7:27:02 PM (No. 841664)
Ok then, henceforth known as exceptionally clean trailer moths.
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