So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to remove me from whatever Circle he has me in where he posts the animated gifs and cat pictures. It was either that or unfollow him and I didn't see any reason to unfollow him. Me asking https://plus.google.com/112885755521259735422/posts/78dwnvvgh4p Then he plusses me onto Public posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/EuuR1tnU3vJ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/8r6Grcm2Jpj https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/74PgSu6iL2s Then one of his friends (or Circlers) starts plussing me into posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107120198886093172821/posts/gRW9JhWLs5T Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sarcasm and messing with people, but this seems sort of childish to me. Am I the only one who thinks so? So far I have only blocked people who have overtly spammed a thr...
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Why? I was a census worker in New Mexico and an RN in Arizona. I am by no means an expert, but there are few things you notice. Many of the tribes in the Southwest take serious pride in their warrior heritage and entirely support anything that supports that perception. Others honor the differences (namely the Navajo) and embrace them. I have found that the northern and northeastern tribes are far more sensitive to such issues.
With respect to the article, I had a hard time following his logic with how his experience meant that the NFL should change the team name. If anything, what I got out of it was "people should want to be Indians" which an NFL team is more likely to provoke than being called "The Calvary".
Would you want that? Change the name of the "Redskins" to the "The Cavalry"? Seems a bit odd to suggest such a thing.
At the same time, the NFL is entirely a white man trying to make money and I see the relative evil that is.
I think ultimately I think I fall into the "we have bigger problems than worrying about NFL team mascots" since I have been up close and witnessed how bad it is to live on a reservation for most tribes. If you ever wanted to see what life was like in a 3rd world country, go no further than the vast majority of reservations in the southwest.
It's one of those strange "it's a privilege to be able to care" privileges that so many do not have.
But, look at it from a different angle. Would a team name called "Blackskins" be considered racist?
Probably. I consider both of them to adjectives, myself, but most people will call it racist. If it's racist to have a "Blackskins" then why is it not racist to have a "redskins?"