that. HATED it. I am not a big sports fan and football would be my least favorite except for Patrick Mahomes. I have to say that because I am not a true fan so what I say likely means nothing to anyone who supports them as their team.
It is disgusting, that chant. The pre game beating of the drum that is either for some rich person or a winner of something but it is also disgusting. Then there is the costuming and the tomahawk chop. It is wrong but I can tell you knowing people who are absolutely NOT racist that it will not end even if the team calls for an end to it. I actually heard fans of another team doing that same chant.
There are a lot of us out here who would LOVE to see it ended. There are plenty of people but no where near enough to stop it. The people who make such a deal out of it will never stop unless they start kicking people out for doing it and I do not see that happening. There are still people I consider people who would never do anything like this but they do it, tradition (BS) or just "their" team (BS) the remainder are those you see at Trump rallies. They are going to have to start hauling them out of the game and I just do not see that happening.
I watch Mahomes and only when he is on the field. I could not care less who actually wins. He is a dancer with amazing talent and he is fun to watch. My entire family will be here and the feelings about the chop and chant and all the other things is mixed. Mostly it is something like, "that is not offensive it is honoring the toughness" or some such, they know better. It goes like this, if you don't like it don't watch it (I never have until Mahomes). I KNOW they know better but they have grown up with this. To me that is NO excuse.
I am old enough to remember the "Indian" dressed in full costume with the full headdress flying around the field on a painted up horse. I think they did that for baseball? I never paid much attention actually but my whole family did. I thought getting rid of that would be the start of the change but so far it has not.
So, it DOES bother me and I am never silent about it but after all these years I wonder if there are enough of us to change it. I am hoping that when or if they get that new stadium they will feel able to change it because they certainly do not have the guts to do it now.
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