Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
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Oh, you've been caught being dumb and your story is changing.
First it was "the government", now it's "the president".
That's not how America works, lol. Naming things is a legislative responsibility. Trump can sign as many executive orders as he wants, but it isn't official without an act of congress and a chance for the judiciary to object.
The president is part of the government, they're not two separate entities.
And once again, there is nothing to be gained by arguing with me about this.
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PLEASE.DO IT
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americans can call it whatever the fuck they want, that wont suddenly change its local or english name in any other countries
Imagine being a tourist in the US, looking for an address you believe to be say, Martin Luther King Street. Can't find it anywhere, even on Google maps, then eventually you talk to someone and find out it's now called Elon Musk Avenue.
Not saying this is exactly the same, but if we're letting people change the names of places on commonly used global map software willy nilly, even if it's just region to region, we're gonna end up with problems. It's not like "freedom fries" back in the day that legitimately affected no one.
And I am suddenly seeing a parenthetical on the Gulf here outside the US, so there technically was a sudden change
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IIRC it only shows up that way for US users.
apparently that was either a lie or incomplete info
Where'd you first hear this?
Not judging, just curious about the information chain.
I can confirm that it shows up as both for me. I'm not in US or Mexico, and it shows as "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)". The info I saw was that it shows as GoA in the US, GoM in Mexico, and both everywhere else. At least 2 of those are true, I'm guessing all 3 are
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Doesn't need to (but yeah yeah they're Google, I know...). They just should name it "Gulf of México" or whatever the translated name is to the user's device, and add an asterisk somewhere that shows a note to the effect of "a small fraction of Confederate remnants think it should be called 'Gulf of America'".
That is essentially what they've done by putting Gulf of America in brackets behind the original name.
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Oh, you've been caught being dumb and your story is changing.
First it was "the government", now it's "the president".
That's not how America works, lol. Naming things is a legislative responsibility. Trump can sign as many executive orders as he wants, but it isn't official without an act of congress and a chance for the judiciary to object.
potus is the "head of government". Would you prefer him to write your head of government?
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The president is part of the government, they're not two separate entities.
And once again, there is nothing to be gained by arguing with me about this.
You underestimate how much I enjoy arguing with people on the internet, lol.
So is this your admission that your earlier statement was false, or are you still pretending that "part of" is the same thing as "all"?
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potus is the "head of government". Would you prefer him to write your head of government?
That would be less inaccurate, lol.
And no. I'll be a pedantic asshole to anyone who pretends that Trump is anything other than one of President Musk's assistants.
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You underestimate how much I enjoy arguing with people on the internet, lol.
So is this your admission that your earlier statement was false, or are you still pretending that "part of" is the same thing as "all"?
He's the part of the government that has the power to unilaterally change the name of a location.
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He's the part of the government that has the power to unilaterally change the name of a location.
You're thinking of fascism. In America, the legislature names things, the executive signs or vetoes, and the judiciary adjudicates.
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Don’t forget apple
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You're thinking of fascism. In America, the legislature names things, the executive signs or vetoes, and the judiciary adjudicates.
You're thinking of fascism.
I have some bad news for you.
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Funny thing - I just checked yandex maps (because I'm bored) and it still shows "gulf of mexico" on it.
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You're thinking of fascism.
I have some bad news for you.
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IIRC it only shows up that way for US users.
apparently that was either a lie or incomplete info
Where'd you first hear this?
Not judging, just curious about the information chain.
Reporting about how the maps team reclassified the US as a "sensitive country", a la: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/google-reclassifies-us-as-sensitive-country-like-china-russia-.html
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If there existed any valid reasoning for the change...
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But the Felon Dicktater is only doing it so he can claim himself architect of global geographic change. Same reason he wants Greenland, Panama, Gaza, etc.
Fuck that.
I back Sheinbaum on this one. Won't matter, but do it anyway.He wants to seize Greenland, Panama and Canada because they are either strategically important or have valuable resources, or both. This name change though is just because he hates Mexicans.
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Oh, you've been caught being dumb and your story is changing.
First it was "the government", now it's "the president".
That's not how America works, lol. Naming things is a legislative responsibility. Trump can sign as many executive orders as he wants, but it isn't official without an act of congress and a chance for the judiciary to object.
Yes, and Congress delegated that authority in 1947 via Public Law 242, creating the US Board on Geographic Names, under the Secretary of the Interior, part of the executive branch. The President has the authority to direct the Secretary.
You can speak as confidently as you like, but you're still wrong. Feel free to learn: https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names
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Homie, I was never hiding it.
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Homie, I was never hiding it.
You really weren't.
You should learn to hide your power level, lol~
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Less threatening... More doing.
The U.S. dictatorship are just doing and they're slowly tearing apart OUR planet.
