Posted on 07/23/2021 8:17:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
Taking away the Indians name is racist and offensive. Vast, large majorities of “Native Americans” not only say they’re not offended by “Native American” team names, but are proud of them, but #woke whitefolk (progressives) decided that they, and not the group in question, get to decide what offends the group in question, rather than the members of that group. That is racist.
I guess the affected minority not being offended interferes with the #progressives #VirtueSignalling and their superiority complex. #Totalitarians don’t like it when you stand up to them, whether they’re Cubans, Haitians, Chinese, or woke white progressives.
And then, they cheaped out and kept half the names (”ians.”)
The Guardians name honors two statues at the end of the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, called the Guardians of traffic. The bridge lets out just short of Progressive Field. But those statues are modelled on Assyrian kings, who were SLAVEHOLDERS. Typical of progressives to honor slaveholders. Birds of a feather.
Sadly, the Democrats’ view of minorities hasn’t changed ONE IOTA since the day the party was founded almost 200 years ago. All that has changed is the adoption of new tactics forced on them by Republicans taking their “property” from them — and the color of the hoods. As Candace Owens says, “Liberals believe they own black people — still.” Native Americans too, apparently.
Typical.
Wymyn?!
I had no idea but “The Guardians of Traffic” are some cool statues on a bridge in Cleveland and that’s were the name comes from.
Still like the Spiders though.
I guess they wanted a name that ends in “dians” so they only had to swap out a few letters.
I like
“Indians”
My first thought was that the new name sounds like a newspaper made up for a poorly written TV show or a low budget movie.
The Cleveland Cucks
The statues are cool, but “Guardians of Traffic” is a ridiculous origin for a team name; it’s like calling them the Meter Maids.
There’s a reason why Cleveland didn’t go with “Spiders” when the AL was formed; would you want to be associated with the worst team in MLB history? My preferred name would have been the Indians, but if they absolutely had to change it, I would have gone with the Blue Sox.
I remember that movie. Guardian was the Russian supercomputer.
Well yes “Indians” but they clearly had made up their minds to change it. Naming them after statues is rather bizzare.
Back then shunning the name “Spiders” made sense but it’s ancient history now. At least the Spiders didn’t lose 2 WS game 7s. ;p
Blue Sox sounds cool but I think there are already “2” many Sox(es?).
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