Non Politically Correct Stamps In 2020

angore and 51studebaker, I completely agree (and for those with a PC monitor, this doesn't automatically mean I don't agree with others that have posted...). Rodcam, good examples - I have directly experienced some of these.

I learned long ago that those that ARE actually compassionate do their actions whether anyone is looking or not. Words are useful for communicating, but actions are paramount. If we focus too much on words, we are often mis-interpreting the messages, and miss the actions. I think this is very important in our politically-charged era. Just calm down, please!

I am still surprised to see Putah Creek (aka Green River) in California!

However, I DO like to see words, phrases and subjects that have changed out of favor, that were common or ubiquitous in times past. We can learn/understand about our past culture(s) without judging based on current sentiments.

I imagine the approval of postage stamp designs is difficult today, as something as simple as Thomas Jefferson can be controversial! Since when do people have to be perfect in order to celebrate them or their contributions?

How about the merging of Boy/Girl scouts? I guess this would make Scott 995 (the Boy Scout issue) non-PC today? I bet Juliette Low would be proud (Scott 974).

Would we celebrate Swedish Pioneers (Scott 958) today like we did in 1948?

Cheers!

The problem with any online forum is that it is international is that the "norm" can be related to one country. This debate is largely a debate within USA.
I have always been intrigued by USA. From "Boots and Saddles" maybe the first American TV show I ever saw in about 1958, via westerns like Rawhide, Wagon Train, Maverick, Cheyenne, via Sgt Bilko, Jack Benny, Dick van Dyke, via the cop shows and lawyer shows like Kojak and Perry Mason via Yogi Bear, the Simpsons all the way to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to the Good Fight.
All the way from the Beach Boys, Four Seasons, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
All the way from watching footage of Kennedys assassination to staying up all night in 1972 to check off the electoral votes state by state....Nixon, Ford (unelected of course) Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump.
We are nearly the same...but different.
It was George Bernard Shaw or Churchill who said that Britain (and by extension West Europe) are two countries divided by a common language.
It is not just crisps/chips, soft drink/soda petrol/gas, chips/(french or freedom fries). It is also a political language where the words we use are understood differently on either side of the Atlantic. By European standards I am just another social democrat. By the standards of Shaun Hannity and Anne Coulter, I am a dangerous pinko. And in keeping with my sense of being a contrarian, then I reserve the right to play up my dangerous pinkness.
When people are that easy to wind up, then it is my duty to wind them up.
Not that I can get judgemental about Division. I lived almost 30 years in a very uncivil war. Lost friends. It is 20 plus years now from the last civil war but I calculate that it is less than five years to the next one.
So taking sides in a conflict in which I have no skin in the game (USA) is pointless. Deciding that "there are good people on both sides" is a cop out. Like Poland and Germany in 1939. It is never or rarely 100% but it is never mathematically 50-50.
I have only been in USA once...for three weeks in 2013. I lectured to post grads on the subject of "Conflict Resolution" in a university in Texas, roughly half way between Austin and San Antonio. I wont name the university or the city but "Go Bobcats!!".
I loved Texas Hill Country. Wonderful friendly people......IHOP, Hobby Lobby and the rest.
But I will never go back.
There was a time when I maybe believed Stamp Collecting was some kinda international brotherhood. Years ago, when I got a request to exchange stamps, I would have done it. In fact, I would not have cared if I got any reply. Now I am more circumspect. I look at the Facebook profile and while not directly interested in anyones nationality or politics, if I see anything that offends my sense of morality, then it is a "no". There are some people that I would not let into my house and theres no good reason to accept a letter from them.

Just found this topic, BUT I've decided it is best for my blood pressure to NOT read the posts in this thread... though I do have to say that for MANY years the USPS's topic choices have been very "left". Good for me, so I don't have to buy as many issues, but makes for a very dull program, and probably lower sales.

(2 cents)