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Las Vegas official urges name change for McCarran Airport, claims namesake was 'racist anti-Semite'
An elected official in Las Vegas is demanding a name change for McCarran International Airport, claiming that the airport’s namesake was a “racist anti-Semite.” (www.foxnews.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As a constitutional moderate.... I must beg the question.... where do we draw the line?
We have to draw the line ad decency. Anything less is abhorrent to history. I'm fine with renaming National Airport, National Airport.
Sure, lets get on the "me too" bandwagon!!
awww was gonna get into politics...but...will just go get a beer
This behavior is getting flat out STUPID! Our country is becoming more and more the laughingstock of the world. If he was a major proponent of aviation to LAS, then his name SHOULD be on the airport. Come on, really?!?
I'll cop flack on this, but here goes.
A person's name on the airport doesn't depend on if they've been a proponent or contributor to aviation.
OMA is named after Eugene C. Eppley; someone who owned a strip of Hotels on Abbott Drive, near the airport.
Thurgood Marshall. 'nuff said.
Louis Armstrong. 'nuff said.
If they were racist jerks, then people would be wanting the same, in wanting their names removed. The point here is that you can't simply take what good they have done while sweeping the bad under the rug and making it look like they are patron saints. If you are going to reward someone based on their merits, then all of their merits - good and bad - should be taken into consideration.
A person's name on the airport doesn't depend on if they've been a proponent or contributor to aviation.
OMA is named after Eugene C. Eppley; someone who owned a strip of Hotels on Abbott Drive, near the airport.
Thurgood Marshall. 'nuff said.
Louis Armstrong. 'nuff said.
If they were racist jerks, then people would be wanting the same, in wanting their names removed. The point here is that you can't simply take what good they have done while sweeping the bad under the rug and making it look like they are patron saints. If you are going to reward someone based on their merits, then all of their merits - good and bad - should be taken into consideration.
Additionally, he wasn't a major proponent of aviation to LAS; he helped to get aviation nationwide, and I'll give you that. If you want specifically for LAS, that belongs to George Crockett, who created the original LAS airport as Alamo Field, which is present-day Nellis AFB. When the USAF came in, they wanted an easily accessible field, which he already had. He gave up that field, and created a new airport 8 miles south of that field, which is present-day LAS.
Additonally, you have to bring in Howard Hughes, as he was the one that was the biggest proponent of aviation to LAS, as he brought the first major airline to the field, which was TWA.
Finally, there has been the push to get McCarran's name off the field since the mid 1990s, for the very racist reasons mentioned here. You're just now catching on to it, 25 years later, thanks to BLM and the other racial issues going on.
Additonally, you have to bring in Howard Hughes, as he was the one that was the biggest proponent of aviation to LAS, as he brought the first major airline to the field, which was TWA.
Finally, there has been the push to get McCarran's name off the field since the mid 1990s, for the very racist reasons mentioned here. You're just now catching on to it, 25 years later, thanks to BLM and the other racial issues going on.