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Indian mascot at HS gets blessing from tribe — and without cultural controversy: ‘I’m honored’
The Blaze ^ | May 14, 2018 | Dave Urbanski

Posted on 05/15/2018 3:27:50 PM PDT by TBP

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Guaranteed to blow up the heads of the grievance mongers.
1 posted on 05/15/2018 3:27:50 PM PDT by TBP
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This brought tears come to my eyes.

So much hate in America from the Left.

This is nice to see that we can all be Americans and not cubby-holed by the liberals into boxes they use to pit one against the other.

2 posted on 05/15/2018 3:36:55 PM PDT by HotHunt
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3 posted on 05/15/2018 3:38:56 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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That picture with their head down... are they praying? If so, isn’t that against the separation of church and state the lieberals whine about incessantly?

Good job, otherwise. Just like the Washington REDSKINS, who actually were named in HONOR of American Indians, and had the blessing of so many of them decades ago when we weren’t a pansy-ass country.


4 posted on 05/15/2018 3:46:37 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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Notice that the tribe didn’t insist that the team be renamed the Strasburg “Native Americans”? All of these “culturally-sensitive” labels, like “Native American”, and “African American” were invented by white liberals. The folks who are actually from those ethnic backgrounds rarely refer to themselves with the white liberal, PC-approved titles.


5 posted on 05/15/2018 3:59:28 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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Have long thought that naval warships be named after Native American warriors. The USS Crazy Horse has a nice ring to it


6 posted on 05/15/2018 4:08:18 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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Attention Ward Churchill and AIM, Red Alert! Get your community organizers down to Strasburg and get people yelling at each other, quick! Rules for Radicals 13!


7 posted on 05/15/2018 4:18:50 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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I second the motion...The Army names it’s helos after Native American tribes...Kiowa, Apache, Blackhawk, etc...Fitting tribute to the warrior spirit of our Native American brothers and sisters...


8 posted on 05/15/2018 4:21:47 PM PDT by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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Amazing what can be accomplished when we don’t hate/murder one another.


9 posted on 05/15/2018 4:26:18 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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No kidding. Honestly, I have wondered how any Indians would be upset about the generally war-like usage of names for sporting teams, and the real war practice of naming units and equipment after war-like Indian tribes.

Always seemed more respect than ridicule to me.

Then I thought about it and realized most of it probably comes from two sources: Indians to whom Leftism and victimhood are far more important than pride and masculinity, and graduates of Native American studies programs.

If I were a member of the Apache Tribe, and someone asked me how I felt about having a bad-ass weapon of war named after my tribe, I would probably say...”Yeah. Yeah. I like that.”

Of course, members of the Unicorn Fart Tribe may feel quite differently.


10 posted on 05/15/2018 4:41:14 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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As US Navy, I like that idea.

Christ, anything is an improvement over the last nine years...the “Harvey Milk” made me so angry I couldn’t even think about it without nearly spitting. (I know, it is a USNS ship)

Never mind the Gabrielle Giffords. When I first heard of these namings, I felt certain they were standard Internet satire.

Boy, did I ever feel old when I found out they were real.


11 posted on 05/15/2018 4:51:43 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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Need more of this!

Indian mascots show reverence to Indian’s.

A recognition and respect for the warrior inside them.


12 posted on 05/15/2018 4:58:27 PM PDT by Eddie01
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A Marxist paradise is a country without a history from which it grows.


13 posted on 05/15/2018 7:00:05 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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I've wondered why the stupid owner of the Cleveland Indians didn't find a tribe to be their mascot. Have them re-design Chief Wahoo and pay them for the right to use that image. Have a contest for the best one. But no, the owner bows to people who aren't even Indians.

There are a number of real Indians who see no problem with the Cleveland Indians and their mascot. Hire them.

14 posted on 05/15/2018 8:22:02 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: google,TWITTER,FACEBOOK,WaPo,Hollywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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We name teams for something we admire. That’s why we have Tigers, Lions, Bears, and the like. They’re intended to put the other teams on alert.

So when we name a team the Indians, it means we’e admiring them.

Remember the bozoids who printed up T-shirts for a fictional team called the Whiteboys? The idea was to show us how hurtful these names are. White folk ought the shirts and laughed.

If the Cleveland Indians were smart, they’d get a local tribe to help them design the NEW Chief Wahoo. (Wahoo Jr.?)


15 posted on 05/15/2018 8:27:33 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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Reminds me of the old joke about how the chief’s son got his name.


16 posted on 05/15/2018 8:29:10 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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Good post!

One of the under appreciated ‘issues’ I see in society today is an inability to laugh at ourselves.

We’re a nation of tight a$$es!


17 posted on 05/16/2018 4:12:33 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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There is no such thing as cultural appropriation - cultures share and learn and merge with each other

however a key point to note is that the mascot is very respectful. This really shows honour to the Arpaho tribe

18 posted on 05/16/2018 6:02:05 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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it depends -- most of the mascots are things to be proud of if you are a first nations person

But some are Loony=toon ridiculous like the Cleveland indian mascot


19 posted on 05/16/2018 6:20:28 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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How it should be but seldom is.


20 posted on 05/16/2018 6:24:36 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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