But after the in-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the nationwide protests denouncing racial injustice that followed, some in the historic Gold Rush town say the old nickname now carries a new insensitive meaning.
The “Old Hangtown” nickname can even be found on a sign that welcomes visitors to Placerville but a new petition is calling for its removal, saying it’s offensive.
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-Elmo
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Like I was telling Elmo last night when he sent me this story, damned near everybody I know refers to Placerville as Hangtown, which was the original name of the town. I was in my early 20s and somebody mentioned going to Placerville to work a gold claim.
"Placerville? Where the hell is Placerville?" I was confused.
"You know - Hangtown."
"Oh. So Placerville is close to Hangtown then?"
Just signed online to keep the name. Going to stop at that before my rant builds and becomes un printable.
ReplyDeleteNever apologize to SJW's and never give an inch.
ReplyDeleteAnd in other NorCal Marxist news, demands are being made to remove a statue of John Sutter because he was mean to indigenous peoples. Claims are that he enslaved and raped the natives. These claims are based on the writings of one Marxist college professor.
ReplyDeleteNegro Bar on Folsom lake . If they don't like the word , why do they still ask for money for the united negro college fund? Asking for a friend.
ReplyDeleteJust call it "Town", of "City", or "Village", and be done with it. Fucking morons.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite breakfast when I'm in the area: Hangtown Fry
ReplyDeleteI love Placerville. Don't fuck with it you Bay Area transplants!
ReplyDeleteI am so fucking tired of all these "offended" mother fuckers. Just go stay in your grandmothers basement and shut up.
ReplyDeleteAre California surfers going to be arrested if they say: "Surfs up so I'm gong to hang ten"?
ReplyDeleteMore erasure of history by the communist left. To watch what's going on in the country with the removal of Confederate memorials and other symbols of the history of the USA, you might think that these Antifa/BLM groups are taking a page out of Mao's or Stalin's or Bill Ayer's take over a country play book.
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Bay Area transplants is right. I read a post on the community watch page here the other day complaining about all the CCW's in the county.
ReplyDeleteIf they passed that resolution the net impact would be taking "Hangtown" off of any government signage. They can't force the businesses to stop using that name. I guess it's a good thing someone stole the stuffed dummy that's usually hanging by the neck from the town center before BLM got here. They'd still be in therapy. It'll be back up in a couple weeks. Us locals are barely tolerating the invaders but eventually they will wreck a pretty good place to live.
Local are split between calling Placerville PVille, and Hangtown.
Formerly Bad_Brad
I've always called it P'Ville myself.
DeleteIt's the Bay Area transplants that forced the sawmill count in my neck of the woods to drop from eight to one over the last 40 years. That's a lot of good paying jobs for young people that have disappeared. The only one left is a little gypo mill.
The NIMBY Nannies' motto has always been "I've got mine and screw you".
Back in the day I had a few friends that worked for Michigan Cal. I guess they're all gone now. You're right, good money.
DeleteAre they renaming a Hangtown Fry as a Placerville Platter?
ReplyDeleteJust an observation: We moved very quickly from "blacks are excluded from history and it must be fixed to include them" to "all history is secretly about blacks and it must be fixed by excluding facts."
I like what the Hells Angels did recently to the antifa wimps who were going to protest there. They said were here come on down. The event was cancelled. hahahaha
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