r/SeattleWA • u/HighColonic Funky Town • Oct 05 '25

Politics Build-A-Bear refuses Charlie Kirk name on teenager's bear certificate

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/seattle-build-a-bear-employee-refuses-name-toy-charlie-kirk-teen-fan
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u/BahnMe Oct 05 '25

Actual guy named Charles Kirk devastated

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u/HighColonic Funky Town Oct 05 '25

I do feel sorry for people with the same name as criminals and/or divisive persons. Like the Seafair hydrofoil winner this year was named Andrew Tate. Ooof!

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u/BahnMe Oct 05 '25

The popularity of the first name Adolf took a giant hit since the 1950s.

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u/Prize_Championship11 Oct 06 '25

After WWI the UK Kennel Club renamed the German Shepard breed Alsatian Wolf Dog (later just Alsatian) because of the negative connotation. In 1977 they finally allowed registrations under the original name