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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
A First Nations band that wore the shirt was accused of racism. Honest.
A T-shirt mocking the name and logo of the Cleveland Indians baseball club is a hot item on Ontario First Nations reserves this summer.
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1. Pat Rapper's Delight (as quoted on MLB Network) Posted: July 29, 2014 at 04:08 PM (#4759835)That has never been a problem for us vikings, though it's a shame that they always downplay the raping and pillaging, nobody is properly afraid of Scandinavians anymore. Well, nobody but Austrian ski lodge owners.
Funny that the Romans don't get any love as mascots. The Centurions or the Legionaires would be a decent mascot. Just as good as Trojans (they got wiped out) or Spartans (unpleasant on all sorts of levels).
Sweden has this in the top league.
It has never been entirely clear which indian tribe inhabited Göteborg and environs.
White folks: we can dish it out, but taking it is another matter :)
I have a ticket to an Indians game later this week, and the thing is a little bit embarrassing to look at; I'm not exactly showing it off. I guess it won't look that awkward when I actually get to Cleveland. Meanwhile, this Caucasians logo lifts my spirits, for sure.
I don't think so, it's not from America, so it wouldn't be cool.
Cool as in hip, or cool as in socially acceptable?
Cool as in hip. Though I do think people would give a #### about something like that. Probably.
Another reason that won't happen is the Sami's unwarlike reputation, not suitable at all for a hockey team.
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Now, if Daniel Snyder had a sense of humor, he would roll out "The Whiteskins" logo for a preason game.
If the Deadskins changed the name to "Rednecks", they wouldn't have to skip a beat, not even in their fight song.
But the mascot could ride a reindeer. On ice!
The Ottawa Senators wave politely.
And after this ridiculously risible to claim a Spartan origin for their name, they are all about the Romans as far as history goes.
ursus minor has a Frolunda sweater via a friend in Goteborg. He couldn't figure out what it had to do with Sweden either.
Any team named for the Romans would totally get conquered by the University of Idaho Vandals.
Which brings up the Atlanta Black Crackers, a name that rings extremely strange to contemporary ears.
Indeed. And those Capital One ads just make a mockery of the whole thing.
Screw that, I'm preemptively offended at any association with that team.
Well, they definitely don't want to be associated with the real "Ottawa Senators".
Athenians would be good for an elitist coastal city. The Hoplites would be good if the name didn't sound wussy
Are you kidding? Their merch sales would quintuple and their fanbase along with it.
"we don't like that thing that, granted, we almost never see anymore!"
humor is all about timing
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