Posted on 02/17/2024 5:59:40 PM PST by Red Badger
Lily Gladstone's not happy with the Super Bowl champs' name ... and she says the NFL runner-ups' mascot ain't much better.
The actress and activist spoke during a Santa Barbara International Film Festival panel last weekend, before the Chiefs defeated the 49ers ... and ripped Chiefs fans' use of the tomahawk chop -- a hand gesture and chant used by fans of teams with Native American mascots.
LG said the gesture is a reminder of what Hollywood has done to Native Americans ... pointing out the chant was used in old Westerns before indigenous actors were given the opportunity to play major roles in the movie.
Gladstone said she gets upset when people say the chant is meant as a sign of "honor" ... calling it the "commodification" of her people as well.
These arguments are pretty common among activists and groups ... but, Lily also mentioned the San Francisco 49ers as another example of an offensive mascot.
Lily pointed out settlers -- called 49ers -- who went West looking for gold harkened "an incredibly brutal time for California Indians" ... so an NFL team using that moniker's not totally blameless either.
BTW ... protests against the Chiefs' name take place from time to time -- with one kicking off before their Super Bowl LVII victory last year over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Other pro sports franchises -- like the Cleveland Guardians in MLB and Washington Commanders -- have already changed their names in the face of criticism ... though their original names were pretty clear red flags for activists.
Bottom line ... Lily's saying it's not always the most directly linked name with offensive roots.
If the "Normal Majority" of fed-up Americans just started actively ridiculing these Leftist bozos, rather than kowtowing to them for fear of being called "racist" or "sexist" or any of the other "ists", we might just save the country.
It's time to be what they hate so much. It's time to be mean.
Lily, crawl back into your hole and count the thousands of places, tribes, and chiefs named after those “Indians,” you want to be ignored.
Or, you can ESAD!
Chief?
No, them call ‘em “Big Guy,” or maybe,”Kemosabe!”
But their logo in the past did feature a Native American, and the arrowhead is said to refer to the culture of the indigenous people:
https://logos-world.net/kansas-city-chiefs-logo/
My thoughts exactly. Never heard of her, and could not care what she thinks about anything.
Oh, MY! So many El Rush-Bo memories! Remember the Politically Correct Sunday NFL picks! The Ravens vs the Raptors; the Dolphins vs... well... anyone; the Raiders vs the Rams? Raiders are evil, Rams are animals, go with the Rams. The Longhorns vs the Lions...Longhorns are associated with Texas, so definitely the Lions.
Who is Lily Gladstone and why should any of us care what she thinks?
Why, she’s a native American ACTRESS! And therefore she’s unassailable!..............
Tell her to buzz off.
We don’t.
How impressive. You’ve won me over.
Well, at least the Bears are an LGBT-friendly team.
She’s our better.
PETA still won’t like them...............
The native tribes were killing the shyte out of each other for centuries, before the white ever came. It is a lie that they always warred over resources such as good hunting grounds. They often concocted insults and excuses to make war on their fellow red men. Why? Because the hot blooded braves wanted to gain honor, elevated status and prestige as great warriors.
Plus to capture enemies women and female teens to be their concubines, wives or sex slaves. Such as in the “Last of the Mohicans” movie. Where great and cruel warrior Magua, tries to capture Colonel Edmund Munro’s daughter Alice. She jumps off the cliff to avoid living with him and his tribe.
Our native “eco-heroes” would stampede 100 Buffalos over a cliff to kill them. They could only eat now, or preserve the meat of 30 buffalo. The rest were left to rot. For the buzzards to eat.
“Who is Lily Gladstone and why should any of us care what she thinks?”
Actress. She is in the recent movie - Killers of the Flower Moon
“Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone uses non-binary pronouns. Specifically, she prefers to use she/they pronouns. Though it’s for an unexpected reason. As explained by Gladstone herself in an interview with People, it’s not actually related to transgenderism. Rather, she uses non-binary pronouns to “decolonize gender.””
“IT NEVER STOPS...............”
That is right and it never stops because it is always successful. American men have completely lost their fight as have men through out the Western world. Fighting in self-defense is racist.
How soon will someone claim “Cougars” is offensive to middle aged women?
And then get really angry when some 55 year old woman says she isn’t offended.
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