Mugshot courtesy Billings (Montana) Gazette & Billings PD, June 1st 2014:
Maynard Kinel Whiteman, accused of using a padlock in a downtown Billings assault
Posted on 06/29/2014 9:09:11 AM PDT by chessplayer
I know what you’re thinking. Good Lord, not another Washington Redskins racism story. I can relate to that feeling, since I’ve been sick of the subject since I first heard of it as a young man. Well, fear not… it may have started there, but today we’ll jog off on an interesting side path which has cropped up. It isn’t just sports teams which use names associated with indigenous Americans – far from it – and Dr. James Joyner highlights one example which is right in front of our faces… at least if you’re anywhere near an Army base. He references a piece by Simon Waxman, who argues that the US Army is slurring Native Americans with the names of our helicopters.
How does the AH-64 Ghandi sound? There has never been an aerial killing machine like the Ghandi.
But Sioux is a name that the FRENCH called the Daokta tribes.
Can we Sue the French for causing all this trouble
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The Hans Brinkers really get their lederhosen twisted when somebody says Dutch Courage or Dutch Doors or Dutch Treat - they get all OFFFFFEEEEEENNNNNDED.
“Lakota ‘chopper’ lands”
CRAZY HORSE, S.D. — “Wafts of the earthy aroma of wild sage filled the air as Oglala Medicine Man Roy Stone offered a prayer, blessed the South Dakota National Guards newest aircraft, the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter, then tied an eagle feather onto it.”
http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/news/tribal/5415-lakota-chopper-lands
But what do they know. They have paternalistic, white liberals being offended for them.
Most states will probably have to be renamed too... Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota, the Dakotas etc, are all Indian names.
Cities too, where does it end
Entirely possible. Some libs want the names of some cities in the southwest changed because they say their current names violate separation of church and state.
Mugshot courtesy Billings (Montana) Gazette & Billings PD, June 1st 2014:
Maynard Kinel Whiteman, accused of using a padlock in a downtown Billings assault
“Entirely possible. Some libs want the names of some cities in the southwest changed because they say their current names violate separation of church and state.”
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That would screw up more than the southwest.
Even in liberal Boston about 40 streets are named after saints.
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What is wrong with the Army naming some of it’s best equipment after some of their best and worthiest adversaries who have now become part of the Nation?
It’s an honor and recognition of the Indian’s ancestors who fought against being brought out of the stone-age to the point of being recognized as separate nations by the Constitution.
Not to mention all of the tactics and field-craft they taught the Army.
” the US Army is slurring Native Americans with the names of our helicopters.”
Just wait until they roll out the “Elizabeth Warren”
I feel like going out and buying me an Indian motorcycle just for spite.
Fake helicopter that supports stealing from all the other aircraft and giving to those who didn’t earn it?
But that guy’s named after a WhiteMan, the only demographic it’s OK to offend. Nothing to see here, move on.
Does anyone remember an obscure movie called “The Spirit of 76?”
The year is 2176 and everything has been rendered bland and equal. The funniest thing that had me rolling was when everyone paused to listen to the national anthem. A single tone played for a few seconds and then everyone went about their business.
Liberals would love it.
Pretty much. About like Orwell. Double-plus-ungood.
The name Massachusetts might be racist, except we exterminated the Massachusetts tribe before 1750, fortunately, so all that remains is the name.
Seriesly, put some Suave on it.
Boston is a contraction of St. Bartholomew’s Town. And yes, there is a St. Bartholomew street in Boston.
“Fake helicopter that supports stealing from all the other aircraft and giving to those who didn’t earn it?”
All that and it’s only 1/32nd of a helicopter.
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