Amherst College Drops ‘Lord Jeff’ as Mascot

NY Times ^ | January 26, 2016 | Jess Bidgood

[C19fan]

Lord Jeffery Amherst, the colonial military commander who gave this town its name, will no longer represent the prestigious liberal arts college here.

The board of trustees at Amherst College announced on Tuesday that it had decided “not to employ this reference in its official communications, its messaging and its symbolism (including in the name of the Inn, the only place on the campus where the Lord Jeffery name officially appears).”

[C19fan]

Change the name too SJWs.

[TBP]

Mental illness.

[sparklite2]

Stanford’s decision to make their
mascot a tree looks wiser by the day.

[ColdOne]

Gee the left is exactly like isis.....tear down history.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh good God.

“You will do well to try to inoculate the Indians by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this execrable race.”

So what? It was his OPINION, and isn’t that all that matters to PC crowd? After all, when Moslems want to kill all Jews that is “just their opinion, and we have to respect it”.

Never mind that in dealing with it, he probably DID view THEM as wanting to wipe out all English colonists.

BTW, isn’t this a myth anyway?

[Iron Munro]

[kaehurowing]

Will Colonel Ephraim Williams be the next victim?

[Buckeye McFrog]

He was a college mascot too, eh? Who knew??

[setha]

Or Sacajawea if you want to be subtle ;)

[x]

Not to worry.

The new mascot will be Blankie, the Amherst blanket.

Or maybe Poxie, the Amherst microbe.

[ColdOne]

Yep. That is what is happening.

[achilles2000]

Yes, it is a myth. Amherst is run by p#$@ssies. The entire board needs a good bitch-slapping.

[Vermont Lt]

I wonder what they will call the inn?

So much for the history of Amherst.

[Vermont Lt]

The Eph’s is one of the worst nicknames ever.

It lends itself to too many jokes.

[Frank_2001]

Their hatred for America is so intense they cannot acknowledge that Amherst was a BRITISH military commander, NOT AMERICAN! The town as well as the college was named for him. Why not just change the town’s name also? /s

[xrmusn]

HOLD ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the name of WTF??
isn’t the name AmHERst sexist in its own right?

If the game is to be played, it must be played to its fullest.

While ‘they’ are at it, isn’t LYNCHburg (nearby) to be considered racist?

This could be a good ‘parlor game’, stripping the country and language ...

[bjorn14]

“prestigous liberal arts college” Can we say oxymoron?

[Rebelbase]

If the names and monuments are torn down, the events didn’t happen.

[Theodore R.]

Sacajawea: I have nothing against her, but hasn’t her historical role been widely exaggerated?

[bgill]

Blankie is perfect for safe rooms and such. Crayons, stuffed animals and rainbow colored blankies. Go, Blankies! But no fair keeping score.