I wonder how they'd change theirs, as they're a VERY politically correct university. I'm not sure that Lee's prominent history with Virginia (much less the Confederacy) would be enough.
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Posted on 06/02/2017 11:13:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
It's getting harder and harder to tell if social justice stories are satire or not. And it's just about impossible to parody social justice warriors anymore, because any satire you offer up will probably have a college kid somewhere saying "let's do this."
This petition reported by Campus Reform could be a bit of clever trolling, though it certainly appears to be real:
An online petition is demanding that Louisiana State University change its “Tigers” mascot, calling the moniker “the most prevalent [C]onfederate symbol in the United States.” Huh?
I thought the most prevalent Confederate symbol was, you know, the actual Confederate symbol. The flag. Not an animal native to Southeast Asia:
According to the author of the petition -- a user going by the name “LaMallori LSU” -- the nickname was chosen by “powerful white males” as an homage to the Confederate “Louisiana Tigers” regiment, whose members “were known for their propensity for violence on and off the battle field [sic].” “It is incredibly insulting for any African American to have to attend to a school that honors Confederate militantism,” the petition declares. “It is already hard enough to be black at LSU, and these symbols must be changed.”
Almost as an afterthought, the author adds that “it’s also cruel to cage a wild animal for the amusement of privileged white people” who have “never been in a cage!”
I hate to break it to "LaMallori LSU," but he or she has never been in a cage either. No one alive has ever been a slave in this country, and no one alive has ever owned another human being in this country.
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Poor little LaMallori. All of the crying will cause the sea levels to rise and flood Lousiana.
This should not surprise us. For years, mascots have come under attack and have been dropped, no matter that the criticisms were absurd. The Washington Redskins is the only team that I recall of saying NO. And they were even criticized by members of U.S. Congress. iirc, Sen. Reid went after them.
William T. Sherman would be turning over in his grave for seeing where LSU went after his leadership.
Any southern name for anything that predates about 1960 is ipso facto racist and Southern and must be eradicated. In ten years I expect that any visible sign that there was a Southern history at all and any references to anything of the southland that is from a time before the RE-RE construction will have disappeared from American discourse. Books from the expunged period or that makes reference to it, even derogatorily, will become less and less available.
“...No one alive has ever been a slave in this country, and no one alive has ever owned another human being in this country.
I wouldn’t go that far, there are lots of Muslims in this country and they are all about keeping slaves, and are supposedly alive....”
The dimocrack party sure own a lot of slaves. They keep voting for them because of the free stuff they get in return.
The habitat that “Mike the Tiger” lives in is hardly a cage. It is a huge outdoor area with trees, boulders, cliffs, trees, a running stream and a large pond. It is also connected to a large indoor area where the LSU Veterinarian School provides 24 hour care. You can see his enclosure at mikethetiger.com
Ooops! Better call Tennessee State University, HBCU, that their mascot, Tigers, is scary and racist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_Tigers_and_Lady_Tigers
Ping
I wonder how they'd change theirs, as they're a VERY politically correct university. I'm not sure that Lee's prominent history with Virginia (much less the Confederacy) would be enough.
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They can be the Corndogs
I think the left would like the name to be Transitioning Transgenders.
They could drop the tiger and go with the Katrina looter guy. He’s from Louisiana, he’s the right color, and he’s clearly preparing to engage in the favorite pastime of LSU undergraduates.
That, too. Soon enough. Both those men owned slaves and both were Southerners.
Noth W and L were southerners and slaveholders. They must be purged from the history books. Their names must never be spoken or seen in print again. The college, itself, probably needs to be given to the bulldozers and turned into a subsidized housing project.
“They can be the Corndogs”
That can’t be either! Hotdogs are a phallic symbol and corn is a staple of the Native Central American diet, thus heteronormative phallocentric patriarchy PLUS cultural appropriation!!! To the re-education camp with you! /s;)
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