Cotton Stripped from Texas Tech Seal (attempt to politically correct the South out of culture?)

The Lubbock Avalanche Journal ^ | 5/5/05 | Elliot Blackburn

[hispanarepublicana]

Some background: The TTU Chancellor is a big lib. His wife, Dr. Donna Bacchi, is responsible for banning smoking in restaurants in Lubbock, and attempted to pass a CAT-LEASHING law a couple of years ago.

[hispanarepublicana]

guns up ping

[Cornpone]

How utterly stupid...

[N. Theknow]

Some background: The TTU Chancellor is a big lib. His wife, Dr. Donna Bacchi, is responsible for banning smoking in restaurants in Lubbock, and attempted to pass a CAT-LEASHING law a couple of years ago.

In that case, she will probably try to ban aspirin in Lubbock.

After all, you have to pick cotton to get to the pills.

[dennisw]

Poor whites picked cotton too. Picked and pick tobacco. PC gone mad.

[bikepacker67]

and attempted to pass a CAT-LEASHING law a couple of years ago

Well THAT I can agree with.

If my dog can't tramp loose thru your garden, then why should YOUR cat be allowed to stalk songbirds in my backyard?

[catpuppy]

Instead, a more general "vine-like" image will represent all of agriculture.

In a related story, words to the song, "Dixie," today were modified to "Oh I wish I was in the land of more general vine-like images ...."

[em2vn]

On campus pot is fine but cotton isn't. We now have PC plants on campus? Will cottom clothing be prohibited next?

[Constitution Day]

Exactly.

[RayChuang88]

Let's see how long before it gets publicized on The O'Reilly Factor or a major conservative radio talk show, which will turn this proposal into a PR fiasco for Texas Tech. Talk about political correctness gone amok....

[nuke rocketeer]

I hope he's just TT'ing into the wind! Don't let your university be taken down the UT road of politically correctness.

[TYVets]

"Oh I wish I was in the land of more general vine-like images ...."

Does this mean I will have to burn my politically incorrect cotton tee shirts and wear fig leafs?

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[TomGuy]

It looks like just a way to waste money on minor revisions to the seal.

Wonder how many thousands of dollars this little change is going to cost?

[cb]

Has anyone noticed that the cotton tufts form a cross?

[FreedomPoster]

Bingo! You and I are on the same sheet of music on that one.

I once chased a cat, from stalking a wild yardbunny in my front yard, back to its house. Mildly blessed out its owner, who was shocked anyone would object to her putty-tat running amok annoying/killing the wildlife.

[AnAmericanMother]

Hey, there's an aspect to this I think everyone's overlooking.

See, the cotton bolls form a CROSS.

The Big Lib and his meddling spousal unit are trying to extirpate cotton AND Christianity from the school seal.

[cyborg]

blam I do recall you saying something about your parents being sharecroppers. What's so offensive about a cottonball?

[AnAmericanMother]

Hmmmm . . . . great minds travel the same channels . . < g >

[raybbr]

Well, I see that the book could be construed as an open bible. Got to nix that.

The eagle looks just like the one the Nazis used. Got to dump that.

The key is a reminder that only slaveholders have the key to the chains on the slaves' feet. Definately get rid of that.

The lamp could be seen as Christ's advice to take one's lamp out from under a bushel. Christian reference again. Out.

The star. Oh geez, how did she miss this one. Patriotism. Get rid of it. Now!

What is left is the new seal.

[AnAmericanMother]

But those fuzzy bits in the red quarters of the shield look kinda like cotton balls . . . so we're back where we started.

These idiots obviously don't have enough to do as far as improving the education they're giving the kids. Maybe they need to go make license plates or something instead . . .