rickc rickc:
I just finished reading this article where my Governor has signed a bill banning racially offensive mascots, logos, and names.
I'm not sure where I stand on that, mainly because cancel culture is responsible for several teams losing their names in an unjust way. The one that bothers me the most is the Edmonton Eskimos, who had bent over backwards for the Inuit countless times to make sure they weren't bothered.
They had (the team) even done a study that found something like 90% (or more) of the Inuit didn't find it offensive at all. The Esks never had an Inuit or igloo or anything like that as a logo, using only the familiar 'EE' we all know. To suddenly capitulate because a lot of people these days (especially the younger generations with no grasp of anything) became offended all of a sudden isn't the way to do things.
It seems that we are throwing tradition into the garbage in this day and age just to make a few malcontents happy. Sometimes a sports team name is just a sports team name. Everyone needs to get over it and suck it up.
Yes, I'm hardline when it comes to sports.
-J.