Someone@feddit.ukM to Don’t You Know Who I Am?@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGo figure.feddit.ukimagemessage-square426fedilinkarrow-up12.81Karrow-down185
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minus-squareMillielinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoLove Amherst. Really needs to change its name.
minus-squareSomeone@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat’s wrong with the name Amherst?
minus-squareMillielinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 year agoJeffery Amherst used biological warfare in the form of smallpox blankets on natives. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoProbably because it’s named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst who wanted to exterminate indigenous people and used smallpox blankets to try to wipe them out.
minus-squareSomeone@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·1 year agoHe’s small pox blanket guy?! Yeah they need a name change.
Love Amherst. Really needs to change its name.
What’s wrong with the name Amherst?
Jeffery Amherst used biological warfare in the form of smallpox blankets on natives.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst
Probably because it’s named after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst who wanted to exterminate indigenous people and used smallpox blankets to try to wipe them out.
He’s small pox blanket guy?! Yeah they need a name change.