Posted on 02/03/2022 10:57:06 AM PST by servo1969
SUMMERFIELD, MD—The Washington Football Team changed its name this week, finalizing a year-long transition from 'Redskins' to 'Commanders.' Along with the shiny new name, the team announced a brand new mascot: General George Custer.
"We wanted a mascot that would represent the ultimate commander," said team owner Dan Snyder. "Someone the fans could rally behind as we make our last stand on defense."
General Custer, who famously said, "There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry," will be on the sidelines every game to cheer on the Commanders with the crowd.
Native American leaders have been critical of the new mascot. "Commanders is vague enough to be inoffensive, but this mascot makes everything worse. Custer was famous for reveling in the slaughter of native tribes," said Chief Rolling Hamster. "I'd prefer they call themselves the Redskins at this point."
Notable Indigenous Person Elizabeth Warren also expressed her disgust. "That you would parade a white man mascot around instead of a Native American is abhorrent. Are you saying Native Americans can't be commanders? I'm tired of rich white people making these decisions!" she lamented from her mansion in Cambridge.
According to sources, fans in and around the nation's capital just want to enjoy some football for once in their lives.
An incompetent General. The perfect woke choice.
He wasn’t at Gettysburg.
Isn’t Creepy Sleepy’s new dog named “Commander?”
An incompetent General. The perfect woke choice.
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They should be named the Washington Wokesters.
The Washington “ Commies “.
The most appropriately named team in the NFL.
Another hit from the Bee. Personally, I think the mascot should be Chairman Mao. It IS Washington DC after all. For short, we can call them The Washington Commies and the mascot just Commie.
A drug addict and lifetime criminal gets killed by a cop and the NFL humiliates itself in response.
WTF?
At least they didn’t go with a “WC” logo on the helmets. That would go over like a lead balloon, especially if they played in London.
Nah. That was Brian Williams
One of the most dramatic components of the Battle of Gettysburg, the large clash of Union and Confederate cavalry units on the third and final day, has often been overshadowed by Pickett’s Charge and the defense of Little Round Top. Yet the fight between thousands of horsemen led by two charismatic leaders, Confederate J.E.B. Stuart and George Armstrong Custer of the Union, may have played a decisive role in the battle.
A farm belonging to a local family named Rummel suddenly became the site of a cavalry skirmish as Union cavalrymen, off their horses and fighting dismounted, began to exchange fire with Confederate counterparts. And then the Union commander on the scene, General David Gregg, ordered Custer to attack on horseback.
Placing himself at the head of a Michigan cavalry regiment, Custer raised his saber and screamed, “Come on, you wolverines!” And he charged.
What had been a standoff and then a skirmish quickly escalated into one of the biggest cavalry battles of the entire war. Custer’s men charged, were beaten back, and charged again. The scene turned into a gigantic melee of men shooting at close quarters with pistols and slashing with sabers.
In the end, Custer and the federal cavalry had held off Stuart’s advance. By nightfall Stuart’s men were still positioned on the ridge from which they had first spotted the Union cavalry. And after dark Stuart withdrew his men and returned to the west side of Gettysburg to report to Lee.
I think the Washington Swamp Commanders should have a Swamp Monster as their mascot.
I bet you if Chief Zee were still alive, they’d still be The Redskins.
Yo, dan snyder, the Redskins kilt every last soldier under General Custer during the battle of The Little Big Woke.
I guess it’s a technical or semantic question. Custer was part of the fight with Stuart two miles away. For many people that counts as part of the Battle of Gettysburg. I’ll give the poor guy that much.
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