Cleveland Indians changing their team name

[Second Base]

I'd like to see them go more politically incorrect if that's possible, while sticking with the native theme. Not sure how though.

 

[eligrba]

Cleveland Buckeyes.....

[Cosmo_Kramer]

22 minutes ago, Second Base said:

I'd like to see them go more politically incorrect if that's possible, while sticking with the native theme. Not sure how though.

 

The Cleveland LeBron Jameses.

Native to Ohio

Upsets people with political speech

Yeah?

[Angelsjunky]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

Has Elizabeth Warren chimed in yet?

1/1024th of her has.

[Brandon]

If they want to get away from offending people, they should be the Cleveland Negros with recognition to Frank Robinson.

[redoctober2002]

Calling it now, Cleveland is going to be the first team named after a sponsor. The Cleveland Progressive Insurance.

[John Taylor]

2 minutes ago, redoctober2002 said:

Calling it now, Cleveland is going to be the first team named after a sponsor. The Cleveland Progressive Insurance.

The Cleveland Manscaped Ball Shaver 4000's

[Brandon]

[oldguy]

Cleveland Steamers

[Lou]

Cleveland Steamers 

[oldguy]

We have a winner

[UndertheHalo]

Steamers is also a winner 

[Lou]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

Steamers is also a winner 

Too late. I said it third. 

[Chuck]

3 hours ago, John Taylor said:

For fucks sake I'm a quarter Salish Indian and my family call each other Indians, and literally nobody I know who lives on the Rez have any issue with the Cleveland Indians name.

 

The 2020 Cancel Culture tour bus is full steam ahead!

 

[Chuck]

This is stupid, for the record. 

[kevinb]

2 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Ya very cool.  I hope they do it.  
 

as far as the Indians, it’s a big who care from me.  I do wonder whether the people who actually matter on the topic - native Americans - called for this in any substantial way.  It seems like an excess answering a call from people who don’t matter on the issue.  Anyway.  The Spiders would be cooler anyway.  

This is 100% done by the outrage of middle America looking to be upset about something. Rage! America bad everyone else good. But not outraged at the millions of Muslims being sent to concentration camps in China. Look the other way be upset at random names and things that happened 100s of years ago, not actual things happening now. Nope way too much energy for that shit. 

[Pancake Bear]

Were Indians in this country oppressed? Sure. Almost every people group was at some point in history. The one common denominator is virtually no one from those oppressed people groups is currently living and no one living even knows anyone personally in those groups who were oppressed.

Probably every team name would have some group that is offended by it especially if they can feel powerful by forcing it to be changed. Angels offend atheists and other religions. Padres are stereotypes. If this goes on much farther, animal rights groups are gonna have a field day with the Cubs, Dbacks, and Rays. Sound stupid? So is this.

The problem with empathy is not in the thing itself but in who is actually fighting for it. SJW's are just trying to get power and money - stirring up popular resentment among the dumbasses of society is how they get both.

Personally, as a name, I don't really give a crap whether they keep the name or change it. I have zero investment either way in the name as such. But I detest cancel culture and the owners being coerced into it. It's a cancer and those who practice it - regardless of political ideology or party - are freedom-hating fascists.

[Cosmo_Kramer]

4 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

Were Indians in this country oppressed? Sure. Almost every people group was at some point in history. The one common denominator is virtually no one from those oppressed people groups is currently living and no one living even knows anyone personally in those groups who were oppressed.

[ScottT]

The Atlanta Crackers are pissed about this.

[Lou]

I have an Atlanta Black Crackers shirt.

[Angels in 2030]

Cleveland Redskins 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Fourts said:

Cleveland Redskins 

That's a great idea!

[T.G.]

I’m surprised they didn’t follow the other creative names in the state... Browns and Reds. They could have been the Grays.

[ScottT]

I just searched for offensive team names. As that annoying Mariners announcer would say...

My oh my

[ukyah]

ugh, this thread.

this is why i stay out of the political forum. all it does is make me like people less.

lock and burn this p.o.s. thread.