Really? You think the only thing standing between people "on the rez" and prosperity is the name of a sports franchise? If tomorrow they changed the name to the Cleveland Buckeyes, what exactly is it you think changes? Let's say all the teams with Native American names and mascots decide to change, exactly what difference do you think that's gonna make "on the rez"? Rampant unemployment, crippling poverty, a failed education system, and a skyrocketing suicide rate, but you're right, we should totally worry about what Cleveland calls its baseball team because that'll make all the difference.
Oh, your 'what-about-ery' has blindsided and confused me, terribly! All-of-a-sudden Chief Wahoo is no longer as grossly offensive as it so very obviously has been for all of its seventy-odd years. You, your crew of strawmen arguments and your beloved racist caricature triumph yet again! Boy, is my face red. Let's say your team did the decent thing, moved past its trademarked bigot pride, and changed its branding. How does that put you out one whit? Or is that simply the stew you prefer to simmer in?
Lol, the typical progressive nonsense, always fighting to make the world a better place... so long as you don't have to actually do anything. With the time and money this guy spent filing this pointless injunction- and make no mistake, it was entirely pointless, he could've: Started a mentoring program, bought some books or school supplies, bought items for direct donation to needy native families, or any one of the dozens of other things he could've done instead of wasting everyone's time. It's self-serving activism, he gets to feel all warm and fuzzy without actually getting his hands dirty. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
Whereas the real heroes wear redface and warbonnets and pay those kind of prices for beer? Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't actually play the game for the Cleveland Indians, do you? You pay, is that right? To delight in the so-prestigious brand we know as Chief Wahoo?
Tell me, who are you to shit on the man who just built the new National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. and the Canadian Museum of History, huh Champ?
Tell me, who are you to shit on the man who just built the new National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. and the Canadian Museum of History, huh Champ?
Exactly my point: Native Americans are dealing with crippling socioeconomic challenges and this guy's building fucking museums. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns. And as for who I am, I'm just a guy calling him out for what he is: A grandstanding, self-serving, jackass who's more concerned with looking like he's doing something than he is with actually doing something.
I don't know man, you might want to give a bit more credit to Cardinal than that. He certainly can relate, and has tried to bring to light his native background more than me, or you, or most others I know.
Really? You think the only thing standing between people "on the rez" and prosperity is the name of a sports franchise? If tomorrow they changed the name to the Cleveland Buckeyes, what exactly is it you think changes? Let's say all the teams with Native American names and mascots decide to change, exactly what difference do you think that's gonna make "on the rez"? Rampant unemployment, crippling poverty, a failed education system, and a skyrocketing suicide rate, but you're right, we should totally worry about what Cleveland calls its baseball team because that'll make all the difference.
Oh, your 'what-about-ery' has blindsided and confused me, terribly! All-of-a-sudden Chief Wahoo is no longer as grossly offensive as it so very obviously has been for all of its seventy-odd years. You, your crew of strawmen arguments and your beloved racist caricature triumph yet again! Boy, is my face red. Let's say your team did the decent thing, moved past its trademarked bigot pride, and changed its branding. How does that put you out one whit? Or is that simply the stew you prefer to simmer in?
Lol, the typical progressive nonsense, always fighting to make the world a better place... so long as you don't have to actually do anything. With the time and money this guy spent filing this pointless injunction- and make no mistake, it was entirely pointless, he could've: Started a mentoring program, bought some books or school supplies, bought items for direct donation to needy native families, or any one of the dozens of other things he could've done instead of wasting everyone's time. It's self-serving activism, he gets to feel all warm and fuzzy without actually getting his hands dirty. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
Whereas the real heroes wear redface and warbonnets and pay those kind of prices for beer? Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't actually play the game for the Cleveland Indians, do you? You pay, is that right? To delight in the so-prestigious brand we know as Chief Wahoo?
Tell me, who are you to shit on the man who just built the new National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. and the Canadian Museum of History, huh Champ?
Exactly my point: Native Americans are dealing with crippling socioeconomic challenges and this guy's building fucking museums. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns. And as for who I am, I'm just a guy calling him out for what he is: A grandstanding, self-serving, jackass who's more concerned with looking like he's doing something than he is with actually doing something.
I don't know man, you might want to give a bit more credit to Cardinal than that. He certainly can relate, and has tried to bring to light his native background more than me, or you, or most others I know.