08-16-2005, 01:03 AM
I agree on the ridiculousless of the Cindy Sheehan stuff but I disagree with some of the other stuff. Typical partisanship, typical hypocrisy, typical generalization.
And personally I don't agree with the naming of the sports team thing. The only people that can determine whether or not it is noble or a compliment to name a team after Native Americans is Native Americans. It is somewhat of an insult to say "they should be honored". Somehow being mascotized doesn't seem like a huge honor to me. Maybe we could see how people would feel if the University of Washington changed its mascot from the Huskies to the Whiteys and Knicks became the New York N@#%*s.
I do agree that political correctness is out of control but I think its silly to tell Native Americans that in spite of them getting the shittiest deal in America of all of the ethnic groups, they should be happy that they have sports teams named after them.
And personally I don't agree with the naming of the sports team thing. The only people that can determine whether or not it is noble or a compliment to name a team after Native Americans is Native Americans. It is somewhat of an insult to say "they should be honored". Somehow being mascotized doesn't seem like a huge honor to me. Maybe we could see how people would feel if the University of Washington changed its mascot from the Huskies to the Whiteys and Knicks became the New York N@#%*s.
I do agree that political correctness is out of control but I think its silly to tell Native Americans that in spite of them getting the shittiest deal in America of all of the ethnic groups, they should be happy that they have sports teams named after them.
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