Be nice to vegetables, too; the plants live... but if they're only seasonal, maybe they'll be reasonable. Especially if we combine them with people names; go Human Beans!Originally Posted by dgalehouse
Be nice to vegetables, too; the plants live... but if they're only seasonal, maybe they'll be reasonable. Especially if we combine them with people names; go Human Beans!
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I have more of a problem with Blackhawks being very close to Black C***s than I do with it being a Native American name
I vote we change the Detroit Tigers to the Detroit Gender-Nonconforming Blobs of Ineptitute
Guys. Stop. My "ignore" file is filling up.
"Fans have become more entitled than anything. So they're starting to question our motives for the game, or how we approach the game. The ones that do question -- like who are you? Just shut up and watch the game tonight." --Kevin Durant on players' lack of effort in regular season games.
Massachusetts and Connecticut probably don't need to change their names -- as long as they're giving tribute and not mocking -- the Algonquian tribes who named the regions after "the great hill" and "long tidal river".
But anything with a "New" in its name smacks of too much "manifest destiny". Sinatra should just change his lyrics now: "I'd like to be a part of it: the place where we get wood to make bows." (translation of Mannahata, courtesy of the Lenape peoples).
How many Mass regional high schools have Indian names? A lot! They honor the native peoples.
The only exception that leaps to mind is Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School. Apparently, there was no Vocational Technical Tribe located anywhere within the Blackstone Valley region...
Same thing in CT. My HS mascot was the Sachems, which is basically another Indian chief. I don't remember when they changed it but it has changed since I graduated in 2017. Most of the teams in the area are Indian names. Our rivals were the Tomahawks
Well a Tomahawk is also a type of missile. So they can just change their logo...
Let's just remove all team nicknames so absolutely no one can be offended.
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The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Most of the states have names that come from Indian words.
And at least 4 states (Kansas, Utah, Iowa and Illinois) are actually named for either local tribes or confederations of local tribes. But the difference is none of them try to depict their namesake Native Americans via mascots that can be viewed as condescending, disrespectful, or flat out insulting.
It's not the use of tribal names per se that cause the offense; it's the mascots their portrayals.
Of course, Washington Redskins was a flat out racial slur, so that is a bit different. That one had to go no matter what...
Eh, people will still find a way. It bugs me that the majority of people that lodge these complaints couldn't care less about those teams, or sports in general.
Don't go there.
I think if certain peoples are offended by their portrayal by sporting teams, is it really such a big deal to NOT be offensive?
To me at least, there is a difference when one group of people tells another they are being insulted. It's one thing if, say, a member of the Seminole tribe tells Florida State they do not like how the mascot portrays them. It' a completely different matter when some white guy says that mascot is insulting to Seminoles (unless he has consulted with them)....
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