Bye bye Indians .............

[Mikado463]

Another sports franchise falls to the pressure ............

Cleveland announces name change to Guardians

Cleveland is changing its name from the Indians to the Guardians after the 2021 season, announcing the new moniker in a tweet Friday.

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[John Parks]

https://www.facebook.com/1752689034960996/posts/3069756826587537

 

[Hetfield]

Oh my God, it's the end of he world. What ever will we do.

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[lovinthehd]

About damn time. You knuckle draggers need some more pressure.....

 

[John Parks]

https://www.facebook.com/1752689034960996/posts/3069941469902406

 

[lovinthehd]

Won't even link to me, another duckduckgo user (I see "DuckDuckGo blocked this Facebook post"

 

[Dude#1279435]

About damn time. You knuckle draggers need some more pressure.....

Oh come on. I'm much more supportive of this one. It's better than 'hanging on to our racist past with confederate monuments.'

Seriously though, I don't have a problem with keeping team names. People need to get over it.

 

[cpp]

Might as well go after the Dallas Cowboys , and every sports team out there as their names most likely offend someone somewhere.

 

[highfigh]

Guardians? Of what, the universe?

FWIW, that could be interesting- the uniforms and mascot.......

EDIT- I meant 'Guardians of The Galaxy'.

 

[Hetfield]

Might as well go after the Dallas Cowboys , and every sports team out there as their names most likely offend someone somewhere.

No, not every team. The NY Mets, the metropolitans. The NY Jets is not offensive other than they stink, that's the offensive part to me. Florida Marlins, Kansas city royals, not offensive. I'd say most teams aren't, but a few are.
I also would like to say this is what a white person issue. We have a hard time, not me but in general, white people have a hard time believing things are offensive, we truly have a hard time putting ourselves in other people's shoes.

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[Swerd]

Might as well go after the Dallas Cowboys , and every sports team out there as their names most likely offend someone somewhere.

The Dallas Cowboys would be offensive no matter what name they use.

 

[Mikado463]

No, not every team. The NY Mets, the metropolitans. The NY Jets is not offensive other than they stink, that's the offensive part to me. Florida Marlins, Kansas city royals, not offensive. I'd say most teams aren't, but a few are.
I also would like to say this is what a white person issue. We have a hard time, not me but in general, white people have a hard time believing things are offensive, we truly have a hard time putting ourselves in other people's shoes.

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perhaps you need to get a better understanding of Cleveland's history, the name 'Indians' was actually not meant to be 'offensive' , rather the opposite .............

Louis Sockalexis – Society for American Baseball Research

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[Hetfield]

perhaps you need to get a better understanding of Cleveland's history, the name 'Indians' was actually not meant to be 'offensive' , rather the opposite .............

Louis Sockalexis – Society for American Baseball Research

sabr.org

Oh my, that's great. I'm glad it wasn't "meant to be offensive" that solves everything.

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[Trell]

Oh my, that's great. I'm glad it wasn't "meant to be offensive" that solves everything.

Yeah, like in Sweden where the a ball of something covered in chocolate used to be called "Nigger ball" (NEGERBOLL in Swedish). That is the one on the left, which is the one that Salmonella is found in. The other ones are called something else and much nicer than "Nigger ball" but are safe to eat with respect to Salomella. But not the "Nigger ball", got it?

Not offensive at all

 

[Mikado463]

Oh my, that's great. I'm glad it wasn't "meant to be offensive" that solves everything.

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glad you came to your senses .........

 

[ryanosaur]

 

[Hetfield]

glad you came to your senses .........

I'm glad you do not in any way have the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes or see things from someone else's perspective.

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[Mikado463]

I'm glad you do not in any way have the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes or see things from someone else's perspective.

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and you know this how ? Since you feel the Cleveland Indians name to be offensive are you native American ? and if not, can prove the majority of native Americans feel offended by the name ?

I'm willing to bet the majority of native Americans have far greater concerns than the Cleveland baseball team being called the Indians. So if you're glad the name is being changed, good for you. I just happen to believe it's but another example of the cancel culture BS running amuck in this country. Fair to say neither of us will loose any sleep tonight !

 

[Trell]

and you know this how ? Since you feel the Cleveland Indians name to be offensive are you native American ? and if not, can prove the majority of native Americans feel offended by the name ?

I'm willing to bet the majority of native Americans have far greater concerns than the Cleveland baseball team being called the Indians. So if you're glad the name is being changed, good for you. I just happen to believe it's but another example of the cancel culture BS running amuck in this country. Fair to say neither of us will loose any sleep tonight !

Absolutely agree with you: Everybody should be to drive a steam locomotive up their ass and not be cancelled.

 

[adk highlander]

and you know this how ? Since you feel the Cleveland Indians name to be offensive are you native American ? and if not, can prove the majority of native Americans feel offended by the name ?

I'm willing to bet the majority of native Americans have far greater concerns than the Cleveland baseball team being called the Indians. So if you're glad the name is being changed, good for you. I just happen to believe it's but another example of the cancel culture BS running amuck in this country. Fair to say neither of us will loose any sleep tonight !

Cleveland's plans to drop 'Indians' from team name is a welcome change but it's long overdue, Native Americans say

A Major League Baseball team's decision to remove "Indians" from its name is being hailed as historic, but Native American advocacy groups insist their fight to remove all racist sports mascots is far from over.

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