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George Washington University drops Colonials moniker, officials say name fails to 'match the values of GW'
Fox News ^ | June 15, 2022 | Ryan Gaydos

Posted on 06/15/2022 2:29:15 PM PDT by kg_mobster

George Washington University’s sports teams will no longer be known as the Colonials.

The school said in an announcement Wednesday the school’s board of trustees and a special committee determined the name Colonials "can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies."

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TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: colonials; georgewashington; getwokegobroke; gwu
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1 posted on 06/15/2022 2:29:15 PM PDT by kg_mobster
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To: kg_mobster

That’s not enough. BLM should burn it to the ground!


2 posted on 06/15/2022 2:32:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (Shall not be infringed!)
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To: kg_mobster

You know the Indians and other so called indigenous people also colonized too right? They didn’t just spring up fully formed from their homelands.


3 posted on 06/15/2022 2:32:58 PM PDT by jarwulf
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WELL alrighty then!

How about the George Washington University COMRADES!

I bet that would work well for them.


4 posted on 06/15/2022 2:32:58 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: kg_mobster

OK,”The Colonials” is racist.How about “The Transgenders”?


5 posted on 06/15/2022 2:33:01 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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So it's bad if you're a "colonizer", and now it's bad if you are of the colonized; a "colonial".

Man, just can't win.

6 posted on 06/15/2022 2:33:39 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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George Washington University drops Colonials moniker, officials say name fails to 'match the values of GW'

I agree, screw King George. OTOH, if they're saying that because those are all historical white guys who could spell, then I appreciate their candor in admitting they have no respectable values.

7 posted on 06/15/2022 2:33:50 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: kg_mobster

They’ll get rid of the “George Washington” next.


8 posted on 06/15/2022 2:34:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Change the “Packers” to the “Fudgepackers”?


9 posted on 06/15/2022 2:34:57 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: kg_mobster

Battlestar Galactica will have to follow suit.

Those Colonials in their Colonial Vipers!

Racists!!!

/sarc.


10 posted on 06/15/2022 2:35:56 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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Morons


11 posted on 06/15/2022 2:40:09 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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“name that unifies”

Can’t wait to see what sort of “unifying” seditious / commie / queer, crap they come up with.

If you really want “unifying” maybe they’d be better off passing the job to the physics department, who’d probably name them “the leptons” or what not.


12 posted on 06/15/2022 2:40:49 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: kg_mobster

Our universities are enemy-occupied territory, sadly.


13 posted on 06/15/2022 2:41:21 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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14 posted on 06/15/2022 2:43:09 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: kg_mobster

Going to rename them the Tories?


15 posted on 06/15/2022 2:45:43 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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Maybe the Dandies (as in the “Yankee Doodle” song).


16 posted on 06/15/2022 2:47:39 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: kg_mobster

Seriously, DILLIGAF


17 posted on 06/15/2022 2:51:00 PM PDT by Tupelo (Don't underestimate The Republican Party's ability to f*ck things up)
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To: kg_mobster

George Washington was a surveyor, military General/leader and our first President. He played a strong role in getting our Constitution developed and ratified.

By any definition George Washington he was a successful and great man. Anyone that says otherwise must be a loser.


18 posted on 06/15/2022 2:52:41 PM PDT by plain talk
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That is so f’n weak it defies description.

The colonials (the colonists, aka the oppressed) took up arms vs the oppressive overseas imperialists and kicked their asses out of here. Should be right up their woke alley, if they only had a brain. They need to be off to see the wizard.


19 posted on 06/15/2022 2:59:49 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: kg_mobster

I remember a few years ago that students from India were offended by “colonials.” Colonial means something different in the United States than in India.


20 posted on 06/15/2022 3:20:16 PM PDT by vaskypilot
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