Taxacom: 'Woke' systematics? No, thank you.

[Scott Thomson]

The disruption of revising all past names for such mindless reasoning is
just not worth it. Personally I care little for the etymology of a name
apart from its use to determine spelling. The journal Copeia recently
renamed itself because apparently Edward Cope was not considered worthy.
Personally I thought that quite mindless, but fine change the name. But
nomenclature should be left be, this discontinuity in the literature is too
harmful and outweighs the importance of caring who its named after.

Cheers Scott

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022, 2:17 PM John Grehan via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
wrote:

> I fully agree with avoiding revisionism of this nature. It would be a never
> ending pandora's box and one that could not avoid hypocrisy. So often in
> politics, the devel for one is a hero to another.
>
> John Grehan
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 11:41 AM TADickinson via Taxacom <
> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
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> > Riaan Stals drew attention to this article on ResearchGate:
> >
> > Mosyakin, S. (2022), If “/Rhodes/-” must fall, who shall fall next?.
> > TAXON.
> >
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca%2F10.1002%2Ftax.12659&data=04%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C8a802e0b21c14a6d8f4308d9ebf4b299%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637800261283136267%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BtSADjKTO%2FV2mz3EMgfTxP4cgcY86cN90kseR3xJFUs%3D&reserved=0
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> > In my opinion, Mosyakin makes important and valid arguments against
> > employing "...politically motivated censorship and totalitarian
> > cleansing of scientific history, and of the biological nomenclature that
> > reflects that history." I wish to merely add my two cents worth, that
> > such cleansing is a cheap way to hide unpleasant truths. If people, with
> > many of whom I share culture, history, and melanization have been cruel,
> > stupid, and unscientific I would prefer that their names and actions NOT
> > be expunged, but rather remain in the online and print literature where
> > they can be explained, and with which important lessons can be learned
> > and taught. There is no comparison between, say, scientific names
> > honoring Cecil Rhodes, and maintaining statues of murderous, racist
> > traitors to their country like Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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