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Baseball Mascot Gets New Name After 'PorkChop' Is Deemed Offensive
FoxNews.com ^ | 12/3/2007 | AP

Posted on 12/04/2007 9:06:18 AM PST by weef

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two days after naming its mascot "PorkChop," the Philadelphia Phillies' new Triple-A affiliate abruptly dropped the moniker after receiving complaints from Hispanics that it was offensive.

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, whose mascot is a large, furry pig, had selected PorkChop from more than 7,300 fan submissions. The team, which begins play in 2008, announced Monday that the mascot will be named "Ferrous" instead.

General Manager Kurt Landes said he heard from several Hispanics who said PorkChop was derogatory.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2stupid4words; baseball; dhimmitude; hispanics; hypersensitivity; immigration; mascot; pc; politicalcorrectness; sheeruttermadness; wussinessreigns
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To: johnny7
Heck, seems to me Homer Simpson referred to Maggie as his little pork chop. Bad Homer! Bad, bad, bad Homer!
41 posted on 12/04/2007 9:28:09 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: weef

Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly get any more annoyed with the concept of political correctness. *rolling my eyes*

Oh when will the madness end???


42 posted on 12/04/2007 9:28:17 AM PST by LadyJMayo
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To: weef

This is so much bs. I like the name Pork Chop. It’s cute.


43 posted on 12/04/2007 9:28:49 AM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: weef

This is so much bs. I like the name Pork Chop. It’s cute.


44 posted on 12/04/2007 9:28:53 AM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: weef

In most cities, this wouldn’t be a problem, but the Hispanic/Latino population-mostly of Puerto Rican descent-in Allentown is almost 25%. The Iron Pigs are hoping that they will get a good cut of leisure spending by Puerto Ricans in the city.

IMO, this is not so much a “PC” decision as a marketing one.


45 posted on 12/04/2007 9:29:43 AM PST by randita
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To: weef

Are the Portuguese considered Hispanic? For some reason I bet if you called one a Hispanic ... it would fry his pork chops!


46 posted on 12/04/2007 9:30:43 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: weef

NO JUSTICE, NO CHULETA


47 posted on 12/04/2007 9:30:57 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: Hoodlum91
Actually, I think Ferrous is cuter.,

Ferrous Butler

48 posted on 12/04/2007 9:33:18 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Visions of sugarplums dancing in your head are probably caused by bad drugs.....)
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To: weef

I’m going to start my own religion. The derogatory word for it is “Clinton”. From now on, anyone who uses the word “Clinton” is being offensive to my religion.

They will have to call her by a different name, such as “She-devil”.


49 posted on 12/04/2007 9:34:38 AM PST by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: weef
You know why there are so many Portugese in the Santa Clara Valley?

That was the only thing the Donner Party wouldn't eat!

50 posted on 12/04/2007 9:34:44 AM PST by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: weef

Good Lord....

The slur in my area is ‘beaner’ which makes more sense than “pork chop.”
Pork chop??


51 posted on 12/04/2007 9:34:51 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: weef

I find this thread offensive. I demand it be about something else. But I’ll probably be offended by that too.


52 posted on 12/04/2007 9:36:02 AM PST by mojito
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To: PrkChps
Do I have to change my screen name?

Not since you had that big vowel movement...

53 posted on 12/04/2007 9:38:21 AM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: weef

LOL...I too thought it was the ROPers going after the great American pasttime. I don’t have time to read all 50 plus posts to figure out how or why Pork Chop is offensive to Hispanics.


54 posted on 12/04/2007 9:40:19 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. Jane Austen.)
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To: null and void

ROFLMAO! Good one!


55 posted on 12/04/2007 9:40:20 AM PST by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: TNCMAXQ

“If our society is getting so dainty and fragile then I wonder what sort of future do we face”....They will rename America Pantywasteland.


56 posted on 12/04/2007 9:41:12 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: weef
Why in the he** do people keep caving into these complainers? Why don't they just tell them to STFU? Pork Chop is offensive? I would guess the whole mascot is offensive to muslims, maybe they should change their name to something other than Ironpigs so as not to offend the muslims.

When are people going to learn, you cannot please everyone and so should stop trying.

If I was in charge of this team there would be a hardy GFYS to anyone who complained about the mascot name.

57 posted on 12/04/2007 9:41:27 AM PST by calex59
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To: weef
Dear Philadelphia Phillies:

I find the naming of your pig "ferrous" offensive to people like me who have metallurgically hard gonads. This is not a condition people like you would understand.

If I may offer an less offensive name - how about Roxanne or Rosie?

Kindly,
llevrok

58 posted on 12/04/2007 9:41:30 AM PST by llevrok (Born a ham and never cured.)
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To: weef
From my reading of the article, one guy, who was likely fat as a kid was called Pork Chop by bullies and now his feelings are hurt.

Maybe some people who have been struck by, or had family members killed by Lightning should protest the Tampa Bay Lightning.

I can only imagine the evil and untold suffering that the mere mention of my Carolina Hurricanes must bring to millions. (excluding the idiots in Buffalo and Edmonton of course)

59 posted on 12/04/2007 9:42:10 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: weef
General Manager Kurt Landes said he heard from several Hispanics who said PorkChop was derogatory.

Ignorant nutjobs now run our society?
It's enough to simply assert that something is offensive now? Without providing reasons or an explanation?

Perhaps the General Manager should hear from a few thousand Americans about "Porkchop" as the mascot.

60 posted on 12/04/2007 9:42:21 AM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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