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Originally Posted by clydepepper
People need to toughen-up. Words are just that words.
Like most Dogs, I respond to the TONE of what is being said.
Humans should respond to the CONTEXT within which the word is being used.
BRAVES & CHIEFS are honorable titles in just about any context I can think of.
When Cleveland had a farm team here, we had to change the name to REDSTIXX and virtually nobody knew the meaning. ( 'Native' Americans used them for signaling. )
'Native Americans' needs to be changed to 'Earlier Americans' since us late-arriving, party-crashing Europeans wiped them out (aka 'genocide')
so there you go...IMHO
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Most Indians do not call themselves 'Native Americans' - that's white people trying to be politically correct when no one asked them.
You make great points about sound and context - most people do not associate anything with a team name other than the city. How many non-NY'ers give the word 'Mets' any thought as it relates to what it really means? or Astros? Do you envision gigantic football players when you think of the Giants?
The Utah Jazz and other teams that moved and kept their name, are good examples. Of course, some really stupid names might conjure up images, but I can't think of any at the moment.
Anyway, as I promised - "Bye". you guys have fun
