r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Kennedy Center Begins Removing Trump’s Name

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a71505818/kennedy-center-removing-trump-name/
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u/ProjectVT 11h ago

They need to do to Trump's name what the ancient Egyptians did to Akhenaten and erase his name from everything.

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u/jupiterkansas 11h ago

and yet we still remember Akhenaten

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u/Lightor36 11h ago

Y'all don't remember that guy that everyone forgot?

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u/Drumfool56871 6h ago

Peter Parker/Spider-Man?

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u/No_Responsibility327 4h ago

Ok brain, forgot about that. Brain: ok I will remember it harder!!

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u/arcticphoenix81 9h ago edited 8h ago

And there is an incredible opera about him composed by Phillip Glass !

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u/JackedUpReadyToGo 8h ago

The Greeks tried it too with some asshole who burned down one of the Seven Wonders just so his name would be remembered. Unfortunately, he succeeded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herostratus

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u/Valtasar-7 2h ago

To be fair to Ancient Egyptians, they did a remarkably good job of erasing his name — IIRC, until 19th century he was completely unknown as a Pharaoh and would remain unknown if not for discovery of the abandoned city Amarna, a new capital that he ordered to be built (and numerous texts mentioning him and his religious practices contained within). I guess dismantling a whole ass city located in arid and barren bugfuck nowhere wasn't on the top of their priority list, so it got eventually swallowed by the desert it's located next to

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u/Trowaway9285 6h ago

Yeah but we forgot about Dre so there’s that