Left is losing its mind that history is written by sociopaths. Right is losing its mind that it’s no longer cool to be sociopaths. I wish they found a way to destroy each other so sanity reigns again.
These people need lives. The Rangers were a protective force created by Stephen F. Austin because the Mexican govt wasn't protecting people well enough. But hey I didn't read for a whole week. Give her a doctorate in history already! One thing to note, if we can't name a team after anything tied to oppressors then we can't have animals that mean anything of significance because they are oppressing other animals... tigers, lions, bears... they are absolutely oppressing the rest of the animal kingdom. Also we can't have eagles because Nazis too had eagles.
As I said, that's not what they ended up being. I stand corrected, if that's the truth, on how they were formed. Doesn't mean I'm ready to change the team name. As others have said. That only leaves a couple handful of team names we can actually use. Maybe we should just cancel everybody. Hasn't everyone here done or thought something bad at one point?
You know who talks more about changing the Texas Rangers team name more than any Democrat or political leftists? People on the right who want to be upset about it.
Spoiler: Person on the right who wants to be upset about it Karen Attiah Washington, D.C. Global Opinions editor, writing on international affairs and social issues Education: Northwestern University, BA in communication studies, minor in African Studies; Columbia University, master's in international affairs Karen Attiah is the Global Opinions editor at The Washington Post, where she commissions and edits commentary on global issues from a variety of international writers. She joined The Post in 2014 as a digital producer in the Opinions section. Attiah often writes on issues relating to race, gender and international politics, with a special interest in Africa. Previously, she reported as a freelancer for the Associated Press while based in the Caribbean. Attiah was a Fulbright scholar to Ghana and holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University. She received her bachelor's degree in communication studies from Northwestern University. Honors & Awards: Fulbright fellow, 2008 Foreign languages spoken: Spanish
I don't get it, if they were formed to essentially perform ethnic cleansing, and then in the 60's they were used to support white supremacy, and in fact there were protests in the 70's against naming the team Texas Rangers as well - why do you still support it? The Rangers can name their organization whatever they want. But if I were Latino, Black, or Native, I definitely would not support a team with that name after knowing the history. It's disgusting.
Do you really think it's as simple as if you did something bad at one point? I am not on board by the name change but you sound very shallow boiling the conversation down to that simple point. And you know that actually there is no groundswell of support for changing the name it's one person with an oped.
If we go by the Clown Suit era, we'd be the Flying Sharks. If we want to stick with your motif, we'd be the Sharky Dildos.
Interesting article. These pieces will serve less to change team names: which is definitely not happening with a non-racial team name and existing law enforcement agency, but are obviously an interesting means of discuss the subjects' transgressions. People who complain about erasing history seem exceptionally troubled having to hear it.
