Godwin's Law alert!b, 21b, 21""I'm sure you can appreciate the inappropriateness of asking children to dress up like slaves (and kind slave masters), or Jews (and friendly Nazis), or members of any other racial minority group who has struggled in our nation's history."b, 21b, 21That said, I agree with the point being made. The only reason situations like this exist at all is because Native Americans don't have a powerful political lobby (thanks to, you know, their genocide). Same reason we still have Indian mascots even though it'd be wholly inappropriate for any other racial group. b, 21b, 21img src=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/FightingWhites.jpg1
Quote:h, 21b, 21Yeah, pity how the Irish and Vikings were subject to genocide in America. b, 21b, 21Oh wait.b, 21b, 21They weren't. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21I'm not arguing that depictions of the Fighting Irish or Vikings are the same as depictions of various Native groups among sports mascots. I'm saying that this is simply not a completely accurate statement:b, 21b, 21
Quote:h, 21b, 21we still have Indian mascots even though it'd be wholly inappropriate for any other racial group. b, 21 b, 21b, 21h, 21
whoa... had to double check for a second. i thought i went to mountain view, but it was mountain [i]avenue./i1b, 21b, 21i think we were forced to mock the oppressed there too. b, 21b, 21i thought the whole dressing kids up like that was over years ago?
The Indian Thansgiving Prayer:b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21"Thanks for nothin."b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21I heard that on Fox News of all places. Funny.
The same English who settled AmeriKKKa starved my Celtic ancestors. So if you wear a green derby on St. Patrick's day, you might as well just put a baby in the oven.
Quote:h, 21b, 21The same English who settled AmeriKKKa starved my Celtic ancestors. So if you wear a green derby on St. Patrick's day, you might as well just put a baby in the oven. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21My Neanderthal ancestors were enslaved by Cro-Magnons........I weep everytime I see one of those Geico commercials.
Quote:h, 21b, 21"My son was so proud," she said. "In his eyes, he thinks that's what it looks like to be Indian."b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He doesn't look drunk at all.b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21********************b, 21Spoiler Alert.b, 21I'm leaving this post up but I want to alert everyone to the fact that I apologize for it on page 9.
part of me says let kids be kids and have fun dressing up...they know nothing of blankets infected w small pox, the slaughtering of the buffalo, etc etc....theyll have plenty of time in the future to discover such nasty historical truths, how their grandparetns rediscoverd nature, smoked dope, claimed Indian ancestry and changed their last name to Littlefeather in the 60s...let the kids play dress up
Quote:h, 21b, 21"My son was so proud," she said. "In his eyes, he thinks that's what it looks like to be Indian."b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He doesn't look drunk at all. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Take this from a man with partial Irish heritage: the irony of you casting that stone is epic in proportion. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21I always thought that Notre Dame fighting dude looked like he was in the bag.
Quote:h, 21b, 21"My son was so proud," she said. "In his eyes, he thinks that's what it looks like to be Indian."b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He doesn't look drunk at all. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Take this from a man with partial Irish heritage: the irony of you casting that stone is epic in proportion. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Its almost like I did it on purpose.
Quote:h, 21b, 21Jesus christ, here we go again.b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21Wasn't this exact same discussion, down to comparisons to the Irish, done last year, or the year before on soulstrut? b, 21b, 21At least the woman in the article is complaining about something that directly affects her. But sabadaba complaining just for the sake of complaining is kind of pathetic.
Quote:h, 21b, 21"My son was so proud," she said. "In his eyes, he thinks that's what it looks like to be Indian."b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He doesn't look drunk at all. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Take this from a man with partial Irish heritage: the irony of you casting that stone is epic in proportion. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/oof.gif" alt="" /1b, 21b, 21Insert tired internet meme about ownership*b, 21b, 21*Ironic, coming from a man of African heritage.
Quote:h, 21b, 21Jesus christ, here we go again.b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21Wasn't this exact same discussion, down to comparisons to the Irish, done last year, or the year before on soulstrut? b, 21b, 21At least the woman in the article is complaining about something that directly affects her. But sabadaba complaining just for the sake of complaining is kind of pathetic. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He's bored and trolling. As usual.
Quote:h, 21b, 21Jesus christ, here we go again.b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21Wasn't this exact same discussion, down to comparisons to the Irish, done last year, or the year before on soulstrut? b, 21b, 21At least the woman in the article is complaining about something that directly affects her. But sabadaba complaining just for the sake of complaining is kind of pathetic. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He's bored and trolling. As usual. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Avoiding an inconvenient fact. As usual.
Quote:h, 21b, 21Jesus christ, here we go again.b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21Wasn't this exact same discussion, down to comparisons to the Irish, done last year, or the year before on soulstrut? b, 21b, 21At least the woman in the article is complaining about something that directly affects her. But sabadaba complaining just for the sake of complaining is kind of pathetic. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He's bored and trolling. As usual. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Avoiding an inconvenient fact. As usual. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21What, the fact that you at some point in your life decided that an insufferable personality was better than no personality at all?
Quote:h, 21b, 21Jesus christ, here we go again.b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21Wasn't this exact same discussion, down to comparisons to the Irish, done last year, or the year before on soulstrut? b, 21b, 21At least the woman in the article is complaining about something that directly affects her. But sabadaba complaining just for the sake of complaining is kind of pathetic. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21He's bored and trolling. As usual. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Avoiding an inconvenient fact. As usual. b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21What, the fact that you at some point in your life decided that an insufferable personality was better than no personality at all? b, 21b, 21h, 21
font class="post"1b, 21b, 21No. The fact that you have penis-breath. But that's not what's important here.
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