Wait. You think the company ripping off nike to put out shoes with human blood is the same thing as sports fanatics dressing up as team mascots?
Please bear in mind that there is a burden that comes with your position. Simply put, I am not obligated to give 3/16 of a damn. Unless you can persuade me to change my mind, I am still not obligated to give a damn just because I heard a complaint.
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You seem to think this is a lot different from the point I made. But anyway...
Its also a matter of how survey questions are phrased. I'm sure if I asked "Is the Washington Redskins name offensive?" I'd get fewer yes answers than if I asked "Is it offensive for the NFL to use a racial slur in the name Washington Redskins?" as well just people's tendency to tell other people what they want to hear, so as it got more press people assume others want to be told how its offensive
There's absolutely two sides to everything. I have tried multiple ways to explain my thoughts. It's obviously not getting through why I think this way. Instead of me wasting my time, if you care so much about wearing a head dress at a cleveland indians game (something id bet none of you have or ever will do) you can research why they are important in tribal communities and how each feather has individual meaning , and that not even everyone in a tribe can wear one.
But do you understand that fans wearing one are not trying to convince anyone that they're a chief or even a warrior, right? They're just supporting their team as they have done for decades. That's why the "stolen valor" angle breaks down. Why is it only recently offensive? What has changed? Just like so many other things, like Confederate statues that have stood for decades and have been just fine, it's suddenly become fashionable to find them offensive. That's why so many people are calling BS on this stuff.
Yet here you are wasting our time.
Go through this thread. I didnt start a conversation with you. You continue to get involved in my replies to others. Yesterday at 9:45 pm est you quoted me. You chose that path. Then at 5:36 pm today you engaged with me again. I never sought you out. Once again you are quoting my comment to another.
You just get more and more sanctimonious. If you were intent on a private conversation, the software offers a way to do that. Educate yourself.
Yes, and we apparently have one!
Am I wrong? Show me where I brought you into the conversation and asked for you to spend your time on me.
You posted in an open thread genius. Stop b******g.
You have explained your thoughts. I am pretty sure I understand why some Native Americans find that offensive. I’ve told you that it’s not something I do myself. I kinda think wearing team mascot garb is silly, personally. It’s that I respect other people’s right to do it even if I did find it offensive myself, which I don’t in this case. They’re not doing it to be offensive. I think the people who are offended by it should consider not going to games if they are offended by it. Not all Native Americans find it offensive.
