The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps.
The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative by a margin of 164 to one, with six nations abstaining from the vote.
The resolution, which was introduced by the West African country Togo, does not require the abandonment of the long-used Mercator projection. It instead encourages the use of equal-area projections that more accurately depict relative country sizes.
Yaryna Ferencevych, the deputy U.S. representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, said in a statement explaining the U.S.’s vote that this measure, “mocks the work and purpose of this institution.”
“Instead of focusing on genuine problems of international peace, prosperity, or good relations, this body is debating map projects from the 16th century, and their role in promoting reparations and ‘cognitive justice,’” she said.
The cons are famous for accusing everyone else of having an ideological agenda, even as they are pushing an extremist one that is extremely unpopular.
Classic DARVO tactics. This is the group that thinks there is some ideological agenda and nefarious things are afoot to merely recognize that people (including gay and trans) have a right to exist. Of course, they don’t acknowledge their own efforts to crush the rights of those people as “ideological”.