Meanwhile in my little Republican hellhole

[gibraltar72]

hard by Christstain Nationalist Hillsdale College. In Camden Michigan a petition will move forward to remove school board members who committed the mortal sin of deciding to not belittle indigenous people any longer. The school board decided to do away with mascot and name Redskins. For the knuckle draggers that was a bridge too far.
I was embarrassed to hear it announced on local radio station and I'm embarrassed to post it, but that is living in a deep red county.

[Demovictory9]

1. I hope the action will fail

[catbyte]

2. Ugh. Hllsdale College is a blight on the planet.

So glad I live in Ingham County. Condolences. And, as an Ojibwe, I find that name hurtful and offensive but, sadly, I will be shocked if the name is actually changed, but I certainly hope the School Board resists the pressure of the willful ignorant.

[Bayard]

3. Have you noticed there are no worthwhile discussions anymore?

Rethugs immediately hit the nuclear button.

[Redleg]

5. I believe one prominent Republican likened compromise to rape

I don't recall who it was but I think it is a common sentiment among these blowhards.

[Mr.Bill]

7. That's because many of them think

rape is merely a compromise. You know, if you can't fight it, you might as well lay back and enjoy it, right?

(just to be on the safe side)

[Freddie]

26. Grover Norquist

“Compromise is like date rape.” What a loathsome excuse for a human.

[Redleg]

4. The battles that these pricks choose to fight

What is so difficult about changing the name and/or mascot to something less insensitive? This reminds me that I should start a movement to change the name of one of our local high schools from Boone County Rebels to something less confederate sounding. After all, Kentucky did not secede from the Union and the majority of the Kentuckians who fought in the Civil War fought for the Union. Yet this state is littered with confederate war memorials, place names, etc.

[JoseBalow]

10. Just don't choose a poisonous shrub

Worst mascot ever...

The inedible seeds contain tannic acid and are poisonous to cattle and humans. The young foliage, shoots, and bark are also poisonous to some degree.

Buckeyes

[maxrandb]

17. Haters gonna hate

The nut may be worthless, but my mom's chocolate and peanut butter "Buckeyes" are to die for.

Plus, Brutus is the effing coolest college mascot and when you hear "The Best Damn Band in the Land", you know they are taking about "THE" Ohio State Buckeyes!

[JoseBalow]

18. It's a nut...

[yardwork]

24. To be fair, buckeyes are trees, not shrubs.

And the nuts are pretty, even if they are poisonous. It's not as good a mascot as a Wolverine, though.

[erronis]

15. My brief foray into work in KY (Louisville and Frankfort) made me feel they are more southern

than even those white people from Alabama or South Carolina.

There was something about being on a border state that brought out the worst in those types.

And looking at the history of Kansas/Missouri makes me think that "southerners" are just wired for hatred.

[Redleg]

19. An interesting point about the border states

I think you may be on to something. While Kentucky never seceded from the Union there was a good deal of sentiment behind secession and violent clashes between the pro-Union and pro-confederate people.

[multigraincracker]

6. I feel your pain.

I’d move to Ann Arbor in a minute if I could afford it.

[Warpy]

8. Go to their next meeting, propse a name change to Whiteskins

and find someone with a little talent and a really bad attitude to draw a mascot image.

Heh heh heh.

[murielm99]

9. A potbellied dude,

holding a beer. For starters, anyway.

[Warpy]

12. GMTA

in a stained T shirt, one of those hard hats with the beer cans mounted on it.

[rubbersole]

14. While picking his ass.

With flies buzzing around his head.

[erronis]

16. If you do it subtly, they won't even notice.

Well, shucks. That sounds like a might fine ideah. Wonder why we had all those other critters there before!

Maybe the whiteskin can be holding a hunting rifle - perhaps an ar-15!

[Tickle]

21. The whites would love that

just like the Irish love Notre Dame the "Fighting Irish"

Listen to them when they are asked question about the "How would you like ...." They want to see their whiteness on T Shirts bumper stickers etc.
The idea to be screaming "Go Whiteskin" would give them pride, I shit you not.

[waterwatcher123]

11. Can you get the tribal governments to pack a school board meeting when this is on the agenda?

[surfered]

13. Also Texas

Where our Governor persists in pushing through school vouchers because his Christian Nationalists, white supremacists base don’t want their kiddies rubbing shoulders with “those” people in public school.

Fine, send’em to a private charter school. But no, they want a voucher for their property taxes to pay for admission to private school.

This will reduce funding for public schools, which are already underfunded .

We will have a class system for education in Texas, if our Governor gets his way

[Tickle]

20. Are they Native Americans in your republican hellhole?

NAGA (Native American Guardian's Association) Surpassed 101,000 signatures to restore the team's original name.
Seems like the Native Americans liked the name and want it back.

Google it, I just did.

[Niagara]

23. My hometown and home state is roughly 30 minutes from Hillsdale, MI.

I know indefinitely that there were originally several bands of Indigenous Americans/Native Americans, mainly the Huron Band of Potawatomi, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, along with the related Ottawa and Ojibwa living in this surrounding area.


They were forced off their land to walk the Trail of Death so if there's any future lineage that came back to their original land, I have no idea.


Although, I also googled and I found that there are in fact Indigenous Americans /Native Americans that were surveyed and were in fact offended by the Redskins team name.


Obviously, people will never agree with each other and not everyone has the same thoughts or opinions.


Redskins' Name Offends More Than Half Of Native Americans: Study link:https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/redskins-name-offends-more-half-native-americans-study

Washington Redskins' name, Native mascots offend more than previously reported link:https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/02/04/native-mascots-survey/

[TSExile]

22. Dear Lord...

...I know someone who goes to school at Hillsdale. Her parents sent that sweet girl to that...that place. SMH.

[gibraltar72]

25. Tell them to look at current sexual assault lawsuit

against Hillsdale College. Actually trying to get class action designation, it is that rampant.

[TSExile]

27. I sure will.

The Detroit Free Press ran a very extensive article about the sexual abuse there. I'll hunt down the link and pass it along to her parents.