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Washington Post editor says Texas Rangers name 'must go,' gets slammed by critics
Fox News ^ | July 13 2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 07/13/2020 10:56:03 PM PDT by knighthawk

Washington Post Global Opinions editor Karen Attiah argued on Monday that the Texas Rangers as a team name "must go."

On the heels of the Washington Redskins retiring its name and mascot amid pressure from critics and corporate sponsors, an op-ed written by Attiah made the case that "to know the full history of the Texas Rangers is to understand that the team’s name is not so far off from being called the Texas Klansmen."

Growing up in Dallas, Attiah recalled going to Rangers games with her father as a child, but not realizing at the time that the Rangers "were a cruel, racist force when it came to the nonwhites who inhabited the beautiful and untamed Texas territory."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2020election; anchorbaby; antiamericanism; districtofcolumbia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; jeffbezos; karenattiah; mediawingofthednc; orwelliannightmare; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; rangers; revisionisthistory; sidebarabuse; smearmachine; sports; texas; texasrangers; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; washpoo
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To: knighthawk

“Attiah was born in Northeastern Texas in 1986 to a Nigerian-Ghanaian mother and Ghanaian father.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Attiah


41 posted on 07/14/2020 4:07:28 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: KobraKai
this is why it was wrong for the redskins ownership to give in on the team name.

once you show weakness the left will move to exploit in ways we've not considered.

42 posted on 07/14/2020 4:08:45 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: knighthawk
Story of a Black US Marshal in the late 1800s

Bass Reeves The real Lone Ranger

43 posted on 07/14/2020 4:10:52 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: knighthawk
Anyone still think these are just protests? Just wondering. If this is not a revolution, I am the stupidest person alive.
44 posted on 07/14/2020 4:37:32 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: knighthawk

“KAREN Attiah”

Explains it all.


45 posted on 07/14/2020 4:41:03 AM PDT by BobL
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To: knighthawk
Perfect for D.C. DemocRats and BureaucRats:


46 posted on 07/14/2020 4:44:54 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: CptnObvious

The New Left has been around since 1968 when they rioted inside and outside the dnc convention in chicago.


47 posted on 07/14/2020 4:46:14 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Bikkuri

She is wrong. Plain wrong.


48 posted on 07/14/2020 4:58:44 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: knighthawk

Silly people.


49 posted on 07/14/2020 4:58:49 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: knighthawk

I see a Babylon Bee article in the near future....Army Rangers name must go...Navy SEALS offensive to sea lions...


50 posted on 07/14/2020 5:00:56 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: knighthawk
F U W P !

51 posted on 07/14/2020 5:18:22 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: knighthawk

In other words, any team name that highlights perceived qualities of a particular group of people is to be eliminated. Can’t be praising Native Americans or intrepid Rangers for their brave qualities. Nope, that’s unfair, racist, something.


52 posted on 07/14/2020 5:27:27 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: malach

I’m all for changing the name of the Texas Rangers. As soon as they change the name for the NY Yankees.


53 posted on 07/14/2020 5:32:20 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Of course this sport—as an intramural—has been going on without push-back for decades at American universities.


54 posted on 07/14/2020 5:39:14 AM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Padres is offensive to single mothers. Angels is offensive to devil worshippers.
Braves is offensive to cowards
Yankees is offensive to southerners
Brewers is offensive to non-drinkers
Pirates is offensive to sailors
Royals is offensive to peasants
Giants is offensive to short people.


55 posted on 07/14/2020 5:39:43 AM PDT by dixie1202
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To: knighthawk

And the WP wonders why its readership is down. Report garbage and the paper is used for the garbage.


56 posted on 07/14/2020 5:43:47 AM PDT by bgill
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To: knighthawk

People who think this is just “silly” and nothing more don’t understand the Left.


57 posted on 07/14/2020 5:59:39 AM PDT by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: knighthawk

Givethea terrorists an inch.....


58 posted on 07/14/2020 6:10:59 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: malach
"Maybe they should make this a board game. “Everything is racist”; just make the connection and win a roll of the dice."

This is turning out to be just like the California Prop65 warning.

To shield yourself from lawsuits you slap a Prop65 cancer warning on a bottle of water now because of lawyers looking for the tiniest way to sue you for anything to make a buck. Now it has become so prevalent on everything it is meaningless, just like their racist charges here.

The dangerous products that it was actually intended for are lost in the haze of a million other items protecting themselves and is causing more harm than good at the end of the day.

59 posted on 07/14/2020 6:24:25 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Conservinator

As Texans do, that was very succinct and clear.

I’m a Natural Born Texas in DFW, with roots in TX back to the 1820s and 1840s.

The Texas Rangers became official about 1835, just before TX became a Republic after winning over Mexico.

The Rangers are one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the US. They have jurisdiction anywhere in the State.

The baseball Rangers name is a tribute to those who have served as Texas Rangers in law enforcement.


60 posted on 07/14/2020 6:38:53 AM PDT by octex
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