Oh, here comes the "racist" accusation. Typical. Good day. Blocked.

You're not technically wrong, but still, it minimizes the fact a bunch of random people showed up said, "This is our land now, we're renaming everything, banning your language and culture, and removing you from your land."

I think it's important to recognize the injustice of it all, and calling it Tahoma is a small nod to that.

It’s not necessarily the original name but an earlier name. It was likely called many things by various people and tribes over the centuries. Tahoma is just the anglicized name of what one group called it at the time Europeans arrived.

Lol, have you ever considered that you and your children are in fact not wholly representative of the state? Or did that just never cross your mind. Your generation is plagued with racism, so guess what, they’re more than a bit biased.

Lol, instead of actually offering a coherent counterpoint to why it is not racism they blocked me. I wonder why?

Continuing to call something his name is honoring him…

Lmfao.

Natives have been here for several hundred years, and they call it Tahoma. History didn't start when the white guys showed up

> to honor him

No, it has nothing to do with him. Again you’re the only people who bring him up.

Born and lived 52 years in Tacoma (I'm sorry, should I say təqʷuʔməʔ). Have 2 "younger" woke kids educated by the Public Schools. Literally no one, even them, calls it Tahoma outside of you keyboard warriors.

Probably. More than likely. But it has happened. First time I went, in March '93, along the river it snowed on us, enough to turn things white. The entire time I was there it stayed white not much higher than we were.

Point is, it can happen. Has happened. But probably won't. Still can be cold.

Needs more parking lot

You’re facing the wrong way to see the sunset.

Nope, actually plenty of people call it the proper name irl. Especially younger people who look down on whitewashing cultural history.

Not everyone is cool with cultural erasure.

You are correct. No one calls it Tahoma, except Internet SJWs.

There will be zero snow in the Hoh River valley in March/April.

Lol, you don’t even know who he his yet you’re defending whitewashing native culture to honor him?

Rainier or Tahoma, means the same thing when it comes to simply describing it as a gorgeous mountain with fun things to do. Also, a lot natives still call it Tahoma.

If anything calling it Tahoma makes it more beautiful because we are acknowledging the history of the area instead of some random dude some explorer liked.

Lol. Besides for the Indigenous peoples and people who respect said indigenous you mean?

Honestly no one would ever even know who that man is except for the people who complain that it was named after him, so that’s some Streisand Effect for you. But, for me and surely 99.99% of other people in the region, Rainier just means a gorgeous mountain and gorgeous area with an enormous amount of fun things to do and great memories, so personally I wouldn’t want it changed just because some people want to copy Denali’s/Mt McKinley’s footsteps, which is again a completely different situation because the people in that area actually only called it Denali for more than 100 years if I remember correctly.

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The original name is better and it should be changed back. A name that means, "Mother of all waters" vs, being named after a man who fought against the US in the Revolutionary War.

Honestly, no one outside of the person you responded to calls it Tahoma either. Everyone just calls it Mt Rainier. Call it Tahoma if you want but it's not like there is a local custom to call it Tahoma (like Denali, for example) - just FYI.

Yes, it will be mossy, foggy, green and rainy. It will also be less crowded because it will also be friggen cold and possibly white.

Gotta see them from Thompson flats, they're something else

So? The driver’s poor choices to buy a vehicle with a bad design shouldn’t give them special privileges on the road.