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Astros Fan Taunts Braves with ‘The Chop is Racist’ Sign During World Series
Breitbart ^ | 10/27/2021 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 10/27/2021 9:08:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

An Astros fan hoisted a sign calling the Atlanta Braves “Tomahawk Chop” “racist” during Game 1 of the World Series as the Houston Astros faced the Braves on Tuesday.

The Braves have faced wide criticism for its name and use of native American imagery. It has taken particular fire for fans’ use of the Chop war cry chant during games at the Braves’ Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

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KEYWORDS: allstargame; astros; braves; chop; fans; gettrump; karma; robmanfred
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To: LilFarmer

yes... Houston used to be a nice conservative town until Soros & open borders took over


21 posted on 10/27/2021 9:38:21 AM PDT by magna carta
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To: Jewbacca
Get your popcorn ready, this will be the last baseball we see for many moons. The CBA expires 12/1, and both sides are preparing for a long, drawn out battle.

I had last night’s game on, it was painful to watch...two hours, and they were still in the 4th inning...boring, boring, boring. Catfish Hunter’s complete games often took less time.

22 posted on 10/27/2021 9:46:33 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: magna carta

When I think of Astros fans, I think “Texas”, not “Houston”. I can tell you Braves fans are Georgia and nearby states, not “Atlanta”. Every state has their cancerous circles of blue.


23 posted on 10/27/2021 9:46:38 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Maybe the Astros should steal it? They steal everything else.


24 posted on 10/27/2021 9:51:10 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think it’s racist for all the Indian casinos to reap billions from Caucasians and hide behind reservation loop holes for tax evasion.


25 posted on 10/27/2021 9:54:53 AM PDT by patriot torch
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To: wbarmy

Let’s go to the tape....Game 1 Braves 6 Astros 2


26 posted on 10/27/2021 10:00:09 AM PDT by xp38
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I watched about two innings because it gives one of my sons and me something to talk about together. Then, I saw the dude on Atlanta playing with a string of pearls around his neck. I asked him if he also carried a purse. At that point, I was done.


27 posted on 10/27/2021 10:05:50 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What is racist about it? Did American Indians use tomahawks as a weapon or not?

What’s next, the Minute Men holding muskets and swords is racist? No, wait, that would be imperialist.


28 posted on 10/27/2021 10:08:02 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: xp38

Atlanta fans deserve this series, after all of Rob Manfred’s political games that they had to put up with

this would be real karma


29 posted on 10/27/2021 10:08:16 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh my... just another pants wetting blue blood Houston demon-rat.

Most of us Houston natives are NOT that thin-skinned.


30 posted on 10/27/2021 10:11:15 AM PDT by ro_dreaming ("We seem to have gone from 'We the people' to 'Me, the president' in a scant 8 months." - Me)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Stealing signs is racist.


31 posted on 10/27/2021 10:11:55 AM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: crusty old prospector

RACISSSSSSSSSSSSS


32 posted on 10/27/2021 10:14:48 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I find the Astro’s name to be Scoobie-ist.


33 posted on 10/27/2021 10:15:47 AM PDT by mykroar (God speed, President Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Taunting in sports????!!!????

O the huge manatee!!!!

[My feigned outrage.]


34 posted on 10/27/2021 10:19:23 AM PDT by TomGuy (!)
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To: crusty old prospector

I about spit out my drink of water when one of the announcers said that a Braves player was playing with a “pearl necklace”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne3XojNonEU


35 posted on 10/27/2021 10:20:48 AM PDT by ro_dreaming ("We seem to have gone from 'We the people' to 'Me, the president' in a scant 8 months." - Me)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
An Astros fan hoisted a sign

It should have read, Atlanta in 4.

36 posted on 10/27/2021 10:23:27 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: crusty old prospector

There’s no big conspiracy there - joc pedersen is straight, married with a kid. He and some teammates were talking about needing some good luck when they were losing started and he wore the pearls as a joke, and they started winning so it kind of stuck as his thing. Fans started wearing them too. It’s just good-natured fun. No agenda there.


37 posted on 10/27/2021 10:25:23 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: Cecily

Didn’t the tomahawk on the front of the uniform used to say Braves across the handle?


38 posted on 10/27/2021 10:41:00 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

It still does on their home jersey. The away jersey says Atlanta.


39 posted on 10/27/2021 10:42:06 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: DoodleDawg

Do you hear all the whistling in the back ground of the broadcast whenever the Astros are at bat.

The Red Sox thought they were whistling every time a fast ball was the next pitch to be throw.

So, the whole crowd at Fenway was whistling in the last couple games of the ALCS. Not that it helped the Sox.


40 posted on 10/27/2021 10:44:30 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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