Everybody should LOVE the Chicago Cubs, then. How can anybody think the lovable cubs offensive?
I expect the PETA folks will eventually want to get rid of animal team nicknames.
If we accept the premise that nicknames are offensive, that the Indian nicknames are offensive to Indians, then it stands to reason that animal nicknames are offensive to the animals.
So, in this case, if we are to be good liberals, and have intellectual honesty in this matter, we also need to protest any animal nicknames as offensive to the animal in question.
The Cubs haven't been OFFENSIVE for over 100 years...but wait until next year./sarc