the cheif has to go

present address
present address Posts: 72
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
cheif illiniwik or however you spell it ......... well he cant do his dance and now the soix want the costum back and the eagle feathers from the head dress....... this is just crazy stuff going on.... the original reason for the cheif was to pay homage to the indians of illinois and now its degrading.......... ok so if i hit you for 50 years or so in the face your not going to do anything about it until year 51? that is when you stand up and say hey stop hitting me..... come on native americans should be happy they get to live on in mascots ..... not hate mascots that represent them..... seminole indians where upset when the ncaa wanted to get ride of the indian names...... well i guess we will always have the redskins..... thank god
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  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    present address wrote:
    cheif illiniwik or however you spell it ......... well he cant do his dance and now the soix want the costum back and the eagle feathers from the head dress....... this is just crazy stuff going on.... the original reason for the cheif was to pay homage to the indians of illinois and now its degrading.......... ok so if i hit you for 50 years or so in the face your not going to do anything about it until year 51? that is when you stand up and say hey stop hitting me..... come on native americans should be happy they get to live on in mascots ..... not hate mascots that represent them..... seminole indians where upset when the ncaa wanted to get ride of the indian names...... well i guess we will always have the redskins..... thank god

    Yeah, I think it's kind of silly that liberals try and teach us to respect other cultures. Yet when we use native american symbols and heritage as representation and inspiration for victory we're being assholes.

    I wonder if the Seminole tribe will change their mind after Florida State's .500 season this year? Nobody likes to be associated with a loser.
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

    Camden 5-28-06
    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    I want to keep the Indian mascots. Next, animal rights activists will want to get rid of the Wolverines and the Badgers!
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  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    Milestone wrote:
    I want to keep the Indian mascots. Next, animal rights activists will want to get rid of the Wolverines and the Badgers!

    Good call on Riot Act. It's my favorite CD right now. The base line in Can't Keep is rediculous in the car. Save You.... etc etc... Not sure why everyone hates the album.
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

    Camden 5-28-06
    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    present address wrote:
    cheif illiniwik or however you spell it ......... well he cant do his dance and now the soix want the costum back and the eagle feathers from the head dress....... this is just crazy stuff going on.... the original reason for the cheif was to pay homage to the indians of illinois and now its degrading.......... ok so if i hit you for 50 years or so in the face your not going to do anything about it until year 51? that is when you stand up and say hey stop hitting me..... come on native americans should be happy they get to live on in mascots ..... not hate mascots that represent them..... seminole indians where upset when the ncaa wanted to get ride of the indian names...... well i guess we will always have the redskins..... thank god

    yeah, I'm sick of those f-n liberals...why does everything have to be so PC...I'm sick of it....everyone should be able to use racial slurs when talking about people different from them....I mean who cares if somebody makes fun of native americans....and you're right, native americans should be thankful for the attention...

    warmonger pompus neocon fuckhead douchbag sit at home and cheer war chickenhawks are right, this PC stuff has to go....
  • present address
    present address Posts: 72
    they already want are guns........ then they will want are guitars........
  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    inmytree wrote:
    yeah, I'm sick of those f-n liberals...why does everything have to be so PC...I'm sick of it....everyone should be able to use racial slurs when talking about people different from them....I mean who cares if somebody makes fun of native americans....and you're right, native americans should be thankful for the attention...

    warmonger pompus neocon fuckhead douchbag sit at home and cheer war chickenhawks are right, this PC stuff has to go....

    Beautiful example of being off topic. What the Florida State Seminoles have to do with racial slurs may be a question you can answer for us?
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

    Camden 5-28-06
    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • present address
    present address Posts: 72
    inmytree has fallen out of the tree..........wow........big breathe in through the nose out through the mouth........
  • ThumbingMyWay32
    ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    present address wrote:
    inmytree has fallen out of the tree..........wow........big breathe in through the nose out through the mouth........


    lol well... Obviously the first thing I think of when someone shouts, "Let's go 'NOLES!," is racist.
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

    Camden 5-28-06
    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    ThumbingMyWay32 wrote:
    Beautiful example of being off topic. What the Florida State Seminoles have to do with racial slurs may be a question you can answer for us?

    hey man, you missed my point...I think it's great that 1000's of people can, in unison, scream:

    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH aaaaa ooooooooooooooo

    while waiving their arms like tomahawks....

    good stuff in indeed....

    I'm looking foward to the next NFL franchise, I believe they will be called the L.A. Pailfaces...
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    this is a subject that i tried to bring up when i originally joined this board. it was stunning, given the amount of stupidity and callousness in the replies, to see how many ignorant racists there are who post here.

    i don't know if the original poster is being sarcastic or not, but if you can't see why a sports team shouldn't be named after a group of people or a race of people, then i hope someday you will become enlightened.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    ya know i dont see people irish people getting upset, when 75,000+ people say GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IRISH!!!!!!! and nd games
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    ya know i dont see people irish people getting upset, when 75,000+ people say GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IRISH!!!!!!! and nd games

    I do.

    Fight On!!

    ;)
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    cutback wrote:
    I do.

    Fight On!!

    ;)
    i dont see catholics getting mad when, nd fans reffer to jesus behind the north goal post as "touchdown jesus"
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    i dont see catholics getting mad when, nd fans reffer to jesus behind the north goal post as "touchdown jesus"

    Well then he should put his arms down.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    cutback wrote:
    Well then he should put his arms down.
    u know im being serious bout all this, its really odd the way they painted him. it really does look like jesus is giving the touchdown signal
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    u know im being serious bout all this, its really odd the way they painted him. it really does look like jesus is giving the touchdown signal

    sorry metsy just havin' a laugh.


    Why? Haven't a clue.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    cutback wrote:
    sorry metsy just havin' a laugh.


    Why? Haven't a clue.
    no worries, HUH
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    present address wrote:
    they already want are guns........ then they will want are guitars........

    as long as they don't want your spelling, they will be ok.
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    i dont see catholics getting mad when, nd fans reffer to jesus behind the north goal post as "touchdown jesus"

    there is a difference, being that ND is a Catholic institution, whereas FSU is not an Indian school.
  • mookie blaylock 10
    mookie blaylock 10 Posts: 4,042
    metsfan531941 wrote:
    ya know i dont see people irish people getting upset, when 75,000+ people say GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IRISH!!!!!!! and nd games

    see, there is a difference there metsy. the irish are no longer an opressed people in the US. the name was claimed due to the fact that the school's third president was a member of the irish fighting brigade. while there are stereotypes perpetuated at fighting irish games, they are not inherently degrading or intended to mock a people and keep them weak. they are more a charicature of myth. the name was originally intended to instill pride in a predominantly catholic student body and their sports teams.

    using native tribe names, however, has always been a way for the white people to keep their "power" over a culture they have oppressed, and in many cases killed, over the history of both our countries. to see tens of thousands of people dress up in what they believe to be traditional headgear, to chant in what they believe to be "indian" chants, and to do tomohawk motions is simply disgusting. it pays no homage to anyone, and there is no place for it in this day and time. there is no learning that comes from it. people will say, well the cheifs of the tribe have gone along with it, or the tribe agrees with it. well some of them have sold their history because they have to, because they are poor, because they have been oppressed for so long that they no longer know what it feels like to be free and not mocked or ridiculed. some of the cases are merely scams.

    people will say, well where does it stop? they'll throw around the term "PC" to make themselves feel better, when it has always been a case of right and wrong. you can't excuse what is wrong and stealing a people's heritage is wrong. naming teams after the colour of skin is wrong. perpetuating stereotypes on the grand scale that collegiate sports teams do is wrong.

    the names should never have been used in the first place, and it's high time they were changed, but it's a joke to most people. when atlanta and cleveland played in the world series and their racist mascots and symbols were protested against by native peoples, the ACLU turned a blind eye and the protestors were mocked, recieved racial slurs, and had things thrown at them as people went inside to cheer on their teams (which there is nothing wrong with) and to mock a culture (which there is something wrong with).

    we are not your fucking mascots.

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