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Originally Posted by pan6467
What about Notre Dame's "Fighting Irish"???????
Where and when does all this end? When people say enough and push back.
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This is the first thing that came to mind when I was reading this. If it's not okay to use the name "seminole" with the tribes permission, and even in a positive light, why is it okay to render all Irish as drunk, fighting midgets? Is this not abusive? Or hostile?
What if they put bagel eating jews on a team from New York? My gawd, there'd be howls of protests, and maybe rightfully so. But really, how far do you go to sanitize the nation?
I have no answers, bu tI would statr by asking schools to use there own common sense and encourage them to use other team names more in keeping with the spirit of sport. IF, then, the teams still use their native team names, like I'm sure the Seminoles would, then fine. Derogatory names like Redmen certainly seem a little out of place in the 21st century. What the hell are they thinking.
Just like the redskins in NFL football, time for a change methinks.
Peace,
Pierre