ESPN Re-brands Saints Logo - along with other teams

skymike · 11-22-2011, 04:53 PM

--agrees with Danno about Tebow.

About Redskins: The name is, what, 80 years old? They called theirselves Indians, and you had people calling themselves "colored," and
you still have people calling themselves coonazzes.

When you pick a mascot, you're choosing something that you think is
cool-- something you can rally around and fight for. Its done out of
admiration, not out of disdain. Otherwise you'd have the LA Japs, and the Cleveland Krauts. Whoever picked "Redskins" actually thought Indians
were heroic, and would be a good symbol.

We just get offendable with time, and decide this or that word bothers us. Thus we still have a United Negro College Fund, even though in any other use, it sounds wrong. Yet the News can call an entire group of people a name that means a gay sex act, and snicker about it.

I'd just like to see equality for everybody. So long as we have "Fighting" Irish-- how's that for a stereotype?, and "Ragin" Cajuns-- another anger management stereotype--- I think we should relax.

I personally think nobody should ever call anyone a "Hokie."

saintfan · 11-22-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by skymike

I'd just like to see equality for everybody.

Me too, and I'd also like to see everybody get their feelings off their sleeves.

11-22-2011, 05:09 PM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by skymike I'd just like to see equality for everybody. Me too, and I'd also like to see everybody get their feelings off their sleeves. pumpkindriver likes this.

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skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	--agrees with Danno about Tebow. About Redskins: The name is, what, 80 years old? They called theirselves Indians, and you had people calling themselves "colored," and you still have people calling themselves coonazzes. When you pick a mascot, you're choosing something that you think is cool-- something you can rally around and fight for. Its done out of admiration, not out of disdain. Otherwise you'd have the LA Japs, and the Cleveland Krauts. Whoever picked "Redskins" actually thought Indians were heroic, and would be a good symbol. We just get offendable with time, and decide this or that word bothers us. Thus we still have a United Negro College Fund, even though in any other use, it sounds wrong. Yet the News can call an entire group of people a name that means a gay sex act, and snicker about it. I'd just like to see equality for everybody. So long as we have "Fighting" Irish-- how's that for a stereotype?, and "Ragin" Cajuns-- another anger management stereotype--- I think we should relax. I personally think nobody should ever call anyone a "Hokie."