District of Columbia: That's the official name of the US nation's capital and the Federal District. Locals and local media call it the District or DC. What about the name "Washington?" Washington (by itself) and District of Columbia are two names for the US capital city. The point being: There is no Washington in the District of Columbia. They mean the same thing. That's why it's repetitive to say, "Washington DC." So why do the corporate media and some people say/write, "Washington DC?" To cater to stupid people in the US who don't know what the District of Columbia is or where it is. So rather than educate people and consistently use the official name — which is the District of Columbia — they use "Washington DC" which is not the official name. Look it up. It's okay to say DC, the District, or Washington, but not "Washington DC" because that's like saying San Francisco, San Francisco. I've heard political talking heads in the District on YT cater to stupid people — rather than educate them — by changing the name of the courts in DC. For example: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gets changed to the Appeals Court for Washington DC. There is no such court with that name in the District. The same for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. No court in the District ends with the language "Washington DC" because that is not the official name of the nation's capital. It is this site's goal to educate, and not cater to stupid. Not surprisingly, the 34-count convicted felon and now US dictator from the Epstein Class always says, "Washington DC". That piece of shit has lived there how long and he is still saying that? One can't fix stupid so don't bother wasting your time trying.
“Forget the labels?”
Do not “forget the labels.” There’s a certain crowd of queer guys who — usually in chat rooms or message forums — on automatic pilot tell others to, “Forget the labels” anytime someone asks about someone’s sexuality. So the question asked of the person is: Are you gay, bi or str8? Seems reasonable to me.
Even if the person were to answer: I’m into guys (gay), or I’m into guys and girls (bi), or I’m into girls (str8), labels are still implied with all three responses.
The “forget the labels” crowd lecture that, “labels are so 1990s.” Not really. The labels — as they call them — have been around long before the 1990s and are still used today, and that’s because labels have served us well and they continue to do so for those who have the intelligence to use them. The “labels” leave nothing in doubt.
There’s a reason our society has these descriptors or “labels” as they call them and that’s because they do indeed clarify one’s sexuality for us and they leave no doubt as to one’s sexuality.
I’m not sure what the “Forget the labels” crowd has as their agenda. But I suspect they are the same people who are part of the alphabet cult and who obediently use that increasingly long train of alphabet letters with all those plus signs, “LGBTQ(RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJK)++++++++++” rubbish. That’s another “label.” Have they never considered that all those fucking letters — do they intend to go through the entire alphabet several times since there are already two Qs in the official version? — are a “label” for the words queer or gay (take your pick). I suspect they mindlessly type or say (and stumble over as I hear talking heads in the corporate media doing) all that alphabet nonsense and think nothing of it, not realising that too is a “label.”
When will people have the intelligence to say or write the word Queer rather than to type or say all of those ludicrous letters? (Answer: Probably not within my life time). By the way, The official version is there.