Steve Nelson wrote:
So....what we KNOW is, Yankee is changing their name. Organizations rename or rebrand themselves to reflect a new direction or focus all the time..no big whoop.
But...in order to give his article a "hook" and stir up some controversy, the reporter cites an unnamed volunteer, who recalls overhearing an independent consultant use the dreaded term "politically incorrect," and suddenly (and predictably) it's "torches and pitchforks" time on WIX.
Oh well..enjoy your outrage. As for me, Big Bang Theory is on and my dinner's getting cold.
SN
^This right here.
We all know what makes the birds fly: funding. If you want people to give money to your cause, are they more likely to do so when the Payee line on their check is filled in with a serious/committed tone or one with a tongue-in-cheek tone? Are you more likely to give your money to the National Museum of WWII Aircraft? Or the Good Ole Boys Remember When Flying Club?
We all like the name, but we're the converted. Those here are likely already giving (in time, money or both) to whatever our local warbird entity is to keeping 'em flyin. But the small cadre of die hard warbird fans aren't enough to sustain it anymore, and groups like the CAF and YAM recognize this and are changing because the times demand it. If it takes a name change to fly the old iron, so be it.
But the frenzy of outrage of "PC"? You realize that was the reporter trying for a snappy headline, right?
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