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There's something wrong happening when a ship is named after an individual, but not because anything the individual did ... Instead for some political response they are trying to make. This move isn't about honoring the guy, but to legitimize the movement he was part of.

IMO, it is an insult to all those other people who have been honored for the sacrifices they have made.

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Sacrifices those other people made in the name of things like civil rights, liberty, and equality?

IMO naming a machine of death after a man of peace is an insult to all those other people fighting for human rights, freedom and peace everywhere.

not sure i follow this. said man of peace was a navy officer and the article notes that he died wearing memorabilia from his service. do you have some reason to believe he would have agreed with you?

You didn't look at the giant photo of Milk in his naval officer's uniform under the headline in the linked article? He served voluntarily under commission in the Korean War. You're going to need better than a bald assertion to assume the Navy is doing one of its own a dishonor.

You didn't read the article before posting?

An oil tanker?

It sounds like you may not know who Harvey Milk is or what he did. Read up on him, it's interesting stuff.

Really, though, why not just be honest about your intentions? You're a bigot and you think gay rights activists should be reviled, but you're afraid to actually come out and say that, so instead you're coming up with a thin pretext and pretending that's the real reason you're opposed. But you're not fooling anyone, so why not be honest at least?

> But you're not fooling anyone, so why not be honest at least?

Oh, come on, you know the answer to that. =) It's the same reason that people like Moldbug never met a thesaurus they wouldn't adopt and raise like a child. But, unfortunately, cloaking oneself in borrowed dignity doesn't really work.

> You're a bigot and you think gay rights activists should be reviled

Personal attacks are also not OK on Hacker News.

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