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University Of Texas Alumni Fight Back Against Cancel Culture Gunning For Their School Song
The Mix ^ | 3/2/2021 | James Conrad

Posted on 03/02/2021 10:15:02 AM PST by MJacks4

Alumni of the University of Texas Austin are fighting back this week to try to save their historic school song from cancellation after it was found to have Confederate origins.

UT Austin has a longstanding tradition that the school’s spirit song “The Eyes of Texas” is played after football games.

Performed to the tune of “I’ve been working on the railroad,” the song was was historically performed at minstrel shows on campus.

(Excerpt) Read more at themix.net ...


TOPICS: History; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: 1of; blogpimp; utaustin
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1 posted on 03/02/2021 10:15:02 AM PST by MJacks4
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It’s Austin. Suck it up.


2 posted on 03/02/2021 10:22:25 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: MJacks4

Every song needs to be banned. Each song uses words which are made up of individual letters. These letters could be moved around to spell different words. Some of these different word possible could be offensive to someone, somewhere in the world. In order to prevent any of the over 7 billion people from being offended, all songs must be banned.


3 posted on 03/02/2021 10:24:38 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: MJacks4

What’s next? Beevo?


4 posted on 03/02/2021 10:27:52 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Pronouns? I need no stinkin pronouns.)
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To: Mouton

UT is stuck between a rock and a hard place...listen to the SJW/cancel culture crowd and they’re going to lose billions in alumni funding. Listen to the rich alumni donors and deal with the crybabies protesting and making outlandish demands. It’s rather entertaining to watch.


5 posted on 03/02/2021 10:27:55 AM PST by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: MJacks4

Lot’s of luck! The Citadel use to play Dixie after every touchdown (after all, we had 7 battle flags from the Civil War), but that was then and this is now. And the “new now” has won.


6 posted on 03/02/2021 10:32:24 AM PST by impactplayer ( )
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To: MJacks4

If you don’t fight back against their cancel warfare, they’ll eventually cancel you. It just seems like it won’t ever end and there are no limits to how they will employ this weapon. Stand and fight or lay down and die.


7 posted on 03/02/2021 10:37:04 AM PST by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: Lockbox
Every song needs to be banned. Each song uses words which are made up of individual letters. These letters could be moved around to spell different words.

Yeah, that pretty much describes liberal "logic".

8 posted on 03/02/2021 10:42:54 AM PST by libertylover (Many people who want to destroy us have bumper stickers on their cars that say: "Coexist".)
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To: MJacks4

Austin Texas (home of the University of Texas) is often referred to as “The San Francisco of the Prairie.


9 posted on 03/02/2021 10:46:32 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most prefer experts who only say things they agree with.)
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To: Mouton

Does any thinking, rational person still not believe in the warnings of 1984 and Ayn Rand?


10 posted on 03/02/2021 10:53:46 AM PST by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: MJacks4

So much misinformation, you’d think this was published by CNN. For starters, the demands were made last summer by the Black Student Athletes Association. It wasn’t started “this week”. It was revealed last week through an open records request but the blowback has been going on for months.

I’ve never seen a “minstrel show” performed on campus, only that the song used to have many more lyrics and was performed in a minstrel show over 100 years ago. To the BSAA, that means the song is guilty of “racist overtones”.

I’ve never heard Austin referred to as “San Francisco on the Prairie” but I have heard it referred to as “Sodom on the Colorado River”. In recent years, Austin’s leadership has taken more after Berkley than San Francisco.

My response to the BSAA is “how ‘bout you folks win some championships first and THEN we can talk about your grievances. If not, there’s always Texas Southern or Prairie View right down the road where you can feel more comfortable and we’ll just release you from your scholarship.”


11 posted on 03/02/2021 10:58:59 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Halftime score: COVID-19, Constitutional Freedoms - 0)
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“Each song uses words which are made up of individual letters.”

What’s worse is they only use 26 letters, when we have at least 53 different genders. Since we need a letter for each gender to include in the LGBTQ+ abbreviation, this alphabet itself is systemically transphobic!!!


12 posted on 03/02/2021 11:04:19 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: OrangeHoof

I’ve heard Austin called “Berkeley on the Prairie.”


13 posted on 03/02/2021 11:17:23 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Bite Me.....The Commander-in-Thief, Commander-in-Cheat, Illegitimate president!)
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To: Mouton

Maybe the Alum Association should be looking into who is funding these liberal propaganda groups.


14 posted on 03/02/2021 11:37:24 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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If UT folds here, no Texan will ever think of attending the school.


15 posted on 03/02/2021 11:59:51 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
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If UT folds here, no Texan will ever think of attending the school.


16 posted on 03/02/2021 11:59:58 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Keep the Faith. Everything happens for a reason.)
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To: MJacks4

Good for them.


17 posted on 03/02/2021 12:01:25 PM PST by Renkluaf
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Might I suggest they RAISE THEIR SIGHTS...
Pass this along to any friends who STILL don’t believe that we’re in serious trouble. Read just enough of the Pentagon BS to get the idea. The SCARY stuff is in the COMMENTS FROM THE FORMER MILITARY GUYS AT THE END.
https://oldnfo.org/2021/03/01/this-is-just-chilling/


18 posted on 03/02/2021 12:05:34 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES US! IT DETESTS TRUMP!!)
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To: MJacks4

Fighting back is the only way to defeat these Maoists.


19 posted on 03/02/2021 12:25:00 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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Cancel “Cancel Culture”!!!!


20 posted on 03/02/2021 12:47:59 PM PST by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thdieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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