Politically Correct College Team Names

[P8ri0]

What is behind this invention of offense to Native American team names primarily by non-Native Americans. You won't here an Irishman or a Greek complaining about the Fighting Irish or the Spartans. Conversely, it is considered an honor.

This use of feigned victimization in order to cause change in someone else’s behavior reminds me of the experiment with monkeys who have to push a lever to get a banana flavored pellet. The result being that the monkeys learned to use the lever increasingly more often to increase their gratification.

It seems that those who can't master their own lives find gratification in causing change in the lives of others, inconsiderate of the consequences, in order to appease their own self-pity. This is a sign of emotional immaturity that should not be encouraged.

[Gumlegs]

Are you in cahoots with Coyoteman?

[rwilson99]

Gee. Sounds like you have an issue with the tribes involved.

Once you get the tribes to renounce their offensive names, get Miami, Utah, Ottawa, Illinois, North and South Dakota to change their offensive names.

Then we can move on to sports franchises.

Until then, why don't you accept the fact that that this controversy is just a way for a couple liberals (of Native American decent) to raise money from gullible white people.

Read the article... it is a non-issue.

[Dr. Free Market]

Your analogy is way off. Fighting Irish and Spartans are EXACTLY like Warriors, Indians, Seminoles, Braves, Chiefs, etc. Other than the "Redskins", with which I tend to agree, how are those others in any way related to the derogatory names you mentioned, other than in someone's miniscule-minority-of-a-minority-hypersensitive-need-something-to-complain-about-to-feel-important-publicity-seeking mind?

[Gumlegs]

Check it out.

[Lando Lincoln]

How about the Dickinson Midgets (North Dakota)?

Lando

[Conspiracy Guy]

descent

[Antoninus]

Not if the teams were called the Spicks, Kikes, and Wops -- which are the best equivalent of our Indian names.

No, I don't think so. The vast majority of the teams with Indian names (Braves, Illini, Seminoles, Fighting Sioux, etc.) are positive epithets or simply the names of the tribes. This is a manufactured "outrage" based on a couple of political hacks posing as tribal leaders who have discovered that they can play on "white guilt" just as effectively as Jesse Jerkson can.

[Conspiracy Guy]

My high school was the "Crazy Christian Conservatives" or "CCC" for short.

[Gumlegs]

Were you called "The New Dealers"?

[Conspiracy Guy]

The "New Dealers" was the name for our cross town rivals the "Demonically Dumb Democrats". The "Liberal Leftist Losers" did not field any sports teams.

[KeyWest]

Let's get rid of all those names so they do not offend. Especially warrior or brave which will no longer be associated with Native Americans. Obviously they are derogatory terms and they cannot be called that.

That, of course, will effectively marginalize all Native Americans, including my part Mohawk wife.

Please try to get perspective.

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

UCSC mascot...

[stylin19a]

I'm still kinda partially to the nickname of the 3rd string defense of the 1958 LSU football team.

For a long while after that, the "unofficial" nickname was applied to the entire defense.

The announcers even shortened the nickname to something, what most would think, was more offensive.

[Labyrinthos]

Some non-offending suggestions:

Humping Homos and Lesbian Lickers (good name for a women's rugby team)

[LS]

Well, Yuma Arizona, which had the state prison, had a high school team named "the Criminals." That's appropriate for U. of Miami, I suppose, but it had to traumatize a kid of 15!

[kas2591]

So the "Fighting Illini" is equivalent to Wops (guess the need to change the name of the state too)?
"Utes" are spics?
"Seminoles" are Micks?

Yes, we're through the looking glass.

[SAJ]

Don't forget the UC-Santa Cruz ''Fighting Banana Slugs''.

;^)

[Texas Federalist]

Not if the teams were called the Spicks, Kikes, and Wops -- which are the best equivalent of our Indian names.

Seminoles and Illini = wops and spicks? You're on crack.

[sandbar]

The Golden Bears still sound like a cereal. ;o)

[MortMan]

Any hints on the nickname in question?