Mascot Issue (AGAIN)

[memphisskin]

Originally Posted by Hog1

PC BS is.................PC BS. You can't tell the truth anymore for fear of offending someone and get your ass sued off. It has reached epidemic proportions in ridicularity.
The FEW who are doing the complaining are not necessarily representive of those THEY SAY they are protecting.
I think it was last year that I saw the "Chief" representaive (I don't recall the title) in the state of Florida for the Seminole Indian tribe in an interview. The interviewer thought they would make some PC headlines, but the Seminole rep surprised him. She flatly stated, and I paraphrase " the Seminole people do NOT look upon the use of it's name, image ar anything thing else by FSU as negative. On the contrary, we know from experience that the students, alums, and faculty hold the school and it's Seminole affiliation in the highest possible regard! Why would we have a problem with that?"
I about stroked out on hearing that.
The face of reason.

We as a race need to lighten up and quit TRYING to find new ways to be the victim.

And if that does not work for you, you can support my..........second favorite team:

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The Seminole tribe being ok with Florida State's usage of the Seminole name and images is not a blanket exemption for all sports teams to continue to use potentially slanderous monikers with impunity. It was based on a specific relationship that FSU shares, promotes, and respects with the Seminole tribe in Florida and Seminole Nation in Oklahoma.

It seems very American for anyone to tell someone else what should and shouldn't be offended, right in line with us telling Iraq what kind of government they should have and declaring an "axis of evil" or labeling other gov'ts as "rogue" govt's. In that vein, of course we should keep the Redskins (tongue firmly planted in cheek).

The whole PC movement is not about not telling the truth, its about respecting the power of words. Freedom of speech does not include protection of inflammatory language, much like you can't yell "Fire" in a crowded movie theater. By continually marginalizing the only indigenous people of North America under the guise of "respect" is asanine and disrespectful. Has being a Redskins fan caused anyone to do any research on the Indian tribes that once called this region home? When was the last time anyone used the word Redskin in a context that didn't involve the team?

To paraphrase Shakespeare, that which we call the Skins, by any other name, would have stunk just as much last year.