The xers we’re really incensed that their sisters were enjoying this abusive tree behavior.
Posted on 01/15/2022 6:01:55 AM PST by MAGA2017
He’s male. He’s Scandinavian. He’s considered by some as “too masculine” and “too aggressive.” And now, he might be getting canned.
No, I don’t mean me.
I’m talking about Victor E. Viking, who has been the mascot at Western Washington University in Bellingham for 99 years.
According to a report from June of 2021, WWU’s Legacy Review Taskforce is “concerned about the harm caused by asking all members of the Western community to identify with a figure that is potentially exclusive on the basis of both ethnicity and gender.”
Already, in December, the task force convinced the university’s Board of Trustees to dump the name of Huxley College of the Environment. The taskforce claims namesake scientist T.H. Huxley held “white supremacist values.”
Next in their crosshairs: the use of the mascot in the name of the Viking Union, the hub for student gatherings.
Why?
Why?
"The Task Force found names idolizing conquest as out of line with the university’s contemporary values around honoring local Indigenous communities. Task Force members who did not recommend renaming in this report proposed the building name be evaluated alongside the mascot by a separate committee."
Moving forward, its members were “unanimous in agreeing that the building name and mascot should be addressed and evaluated in some manner.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mynorthwest.com ...
WWU should just put up a statue of Lenin and call themselves the Bolsheviks.
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They can take the one in Fremont, just north of downtown Seattle. Wouldn’t have to go too far, either.
Better change it to the “Creampuffs” to keep the insane Liberals happy.
Moving forward, its members were “unanimous in agreeing that the building name and mascot should be addressed and evaluated in some manner.”
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“Should be addressed and evaluated in some manner”. The sound a leftist committee makes is the sound of destruction wrapped in the vague language of cold-mush.
“ they must be stopped”
How?
I turned 70 last year and my ability to care is gone. Let them make and enjoy their brave new world.
Remember to put a dress, wig and makeup on it and parade it through a library to read stories to children first.
The xers we’re really incensed that their sisters were enjoying this abusive tree behavior.
The university should give their land to the local indigenous community.
That’s happening tonight….around 10:15.
All mascots should be named “The Sames”. It’s the logical end of the path from biological and cultural reality.
That’s why I said the Washington Football Team just has to remove the last four letters and become the “Reds”.
I went there once. Just down the street from the Troll.
Just call it The Western Washington Football Team.
Although I'm a Pats fan, I think you might get your wish tonight. Pat/Bills game will take place in low single-digit temperatures. I hope Mac Jones from Alabama will be able to feel his fingers! But, the Bills are favored.
Make that limp celery.
Maybe they should change the name to reflect Native American warriors. Call themselves the Braves and have the mascot carry a tommahawk.
Why not the first four letters and just be Kins?
Like, they are, you know, family. Kinfolk.
So much more warm and fuzzy.
Wait—it implies still others are not part of the family and that is hurtful and bad.
Forget I said anything.
Naming things politically correctly is hard. Ultimately, it’s impossible.
Creampuffs are high in sugar. They encourage obesity and are offensive to diabetics. So no.
/sarc
Not all Vikings were men. Just change it to a woman, and problem solved!
Mac Jones is in a tough spot, but he is a good QB and has a bright future. I hope he beats the Bills, and lose to the Cowboys,
Viking was an occupation, not a people.
Maybe the Western Washer Women would work.
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