I honestly dunno.....you know, a real ‘journalist’ would research this conundrum......one place he/she might start is to go survey what our time-honored and reverent Native Americans (or whatever the hell they call themselves) name their effing casinos....how about that for starters? Huh?
Who names a team after something the don’t like and don’t respect and whose noble qualities they don’t want to emulate?
Who? Only a yoghurt.
Nicknames?
So, for example.. if "Redskins" is the team's nickname.. what is their REAL name?
The issue is, that only liberals can tell us how to think, and what to think, about this.
The liberals have decided that American Indian nicknames are demeaning, and since liberals have such great wisdom to tell the rest of us how to live, we’re supposed to be in awe of their pronouncements.
But I also wonder about other nicknames too.
For example, is Boston Celtics insulting to the Celtic people?
What about Notre Dame Fighting Irish, or Minnesota Vikings?
Is San Diego Padres insulting to the Catholic Church? What about New Orleans Saints?
Is Dallas Cowboys demeaning to real cowboys?
Is Pittsburgh Steelers insulting to real steel workers?
Are all of the animal nicknames insulting to the animals?
What a bunch of sad sack losers.
The team nick names are not intended as denigration, but quite the contrary celebrate the power and strength of these icons.
Fighting Whities!
There’s the problem. He identifies as a Blackfoot indian and not aa Blackfoot Native American. He obviously hates himself so much that he can’t get worked up over it.
I vote neither, they’re just names.
Washington Aborigines
Let’s protest the name “Miami Heat” as an insult to entropy.
I say we treat the Indians like the gods of Rome.
They stopped talking about the gods in their daily lives, until one day they were never spoken about again and simply became irrelevant. Relics of the past and mere myths.