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marcstuart
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How'd they come up with this name?

Rhymes with Indians?
3/29/2022 2:28 PM
toysboys
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from wikipedia:

it was announced via Twitter on July 23, 2021, that the team will be named the Guardians, after the Guardians of Traffic, eight large Art Deco statues on the Hope Memorial Bridge, located close to Progressive Field.[156]
3/29/2022 4:37 PM
Got_Worms
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It rhymes with woke cancel culture.
3/29/2022 4:50 PM
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ArlenWilliam
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Did anyone poll American Indians about it? Please pardon if you're offended.

Guardians... I feel so safe now.

#safespace
3/29/2022 7:04 PM
fillies
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The statues are cool….not enough to rename the team
3/29/2022 7:25 PM
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Posted by ArlenWilliam on 3/29/2022 7:04:00 PM (view original):
Did anyone poll American Indians about it? Please pardon if you're offended.

Guardians... I feel so safe now.

#safespace
Which American Indians would they poll? Sanjay Gupta? Nikki Haley? M. Night Shyamalan?

They're called Indian Americans, by the way.
3/29/2022 10:05 PM
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Nothing is more snowflaky than people who are offended that a dated racist stereotype is being taken away from them....
3/29/2022 10:35 PM
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Polls show that most Native Americans don't give a damn about it. Draw your own conclusions as to why the Indian and Redskin franchises felt it necessary to change their names. I will refrain from posting my personal thoughts.
3/29/2022 10:38 PM
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One from a few years ago, 9 out of 10 didn't object to the Redskin mascot name

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-poll-finds-9-in-10-native-americans-arent-offended-by-redskins-name/2016/05/18/3ea11cfa-161a-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html
3/29/2022 10:45 PM
DoctorKz
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Some Nancy do-gooder politician felt it would be a good idea to not offend some Native Americans by changing the team names, although few objected to the names in the first place. Perhaps one day we emerge from the woke fog to wonder what the hell we were thinking...As I stated earlier, I won't bring my personal thoughts into this...
3/29/2022 10:57 PM
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It’s should have been Cleveland Spiders
3/29/2022 11:04 PM
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Mistake by the Lake
3/29/2022 11:05 PM
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Redskins become (Dan) Snyder's Pretzels
3/29/2022 11:06 PM
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Posted by DoctorKz on 3/29/2022 10:45:00 PM (view original):
One from a few years ago, 9 out of 10 didn't object to the Redskin mascot name

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-poll-finds-9-in-10-native-americans-arent-offended-by-redskins-name/2016/05/18/3ea11cfa-161a-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html
https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/02/21/a-new-study-contradicts-a-washington-post-poll-about-how-native-americans-view-the-redskins-name/
3/29/2022 11:08 PM
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