Yes and no. Can you really find anything offensive in Eagles, Jaguars, Wildcats, etc?? I admit I'm not sure about this particular case, but the imagery is kind of undeniable. And I'm not comfortable telling a group (especially a large group of people like a minority) what should or shouldn't be offensive, especially if I don't have any skin (no pun intended) in the game.

 

Maybe I'm in the minority, but when I hear "Rebels", I don't feel there is any racial undertone.

The better question is why are adults so easily offended these days.

 

How does a school mascot affect anyone ?

 

BINGO!!

The are two schools in Alabama named for confederate leaders that are now predominately black. I wonder how they feel.

 

George Washington was a slave owner should we rename D.C.

The better question is why are adults so easily offended these days.

 

How does a school mascot affect anyone ?

 

I wouldn't consider myself offended. I don't need smelling salts when I see it. My life goes on (I am also white). But if someone wants to say the Confederacy represented something other than slavery then I'll call out it out. You can call me whatever name you want to because of it, but it begs another question in response to yours: Why are so many people affronted by the questioning of some of these representations and symbols that romanticize the Confederacy? What is so personal about some of these things that people devolve into name-calling tantrums because someone else points out not everyone in the United States finds the Confederacy worthy of such revered commemoration (as if Southerners can conjure no other symbol of their heritage than the ill-born Confederacy of slave states and their flag)?

I think a lot of people consider the confederate flag as just being from the south. I am sure not everyone from the south believed in slaves. I am sure a lot did. A lot of people will defend the confederate flag just because they are from the south.

 

I think of it like this, I have an idiot brother in law that I want to kick his butt most days, but if you call him an idiot and try to kick his butt, I'm going to have his back.

 

Now flying a confederate flag at a statehouse is a different matter.

I wouldn't consider myself offended. I don't need smelling salts when I see it. My life goes on (I am also white). But if someone wants to say the Confederacy represented something other than slavery then I'll call out it out. You can call me whatever name you want to because of it, but it begs another question in response to yours: Why are so many people affronted by the questioning of some of these representations and symbols that romanticize the Confederacy? What is so personal about some of these things that people devolve into name-calling tantrums because someone else points out not everyone in the United States finds the Confederacy worthy of such revered commemoration (as if Southerners can conjure no other symbol of their heritage than the ill-born Confederacy of slave states and their flag)?

 

The king of the mic drop strikes again.

George Washington was a slave owner should we rename D.C.

 

Just call it DC. Drop the Washington if you ask me. Been saying that since high school though so don't mind me. I go deeper than most people.

Just call it DC. Drop the Washington if you ask me. Been saying that since high school though so don't mind me. I go deeper than most people.

 

TMI.

I wouldn't consider myself offended. I don't need smelling salts when I see it. My life goes on (I am also white). But if someone wants to say the Confederacy represented something other than slavery then I'll call out it out. You can call me whatever name you want to because of it, but it begs another question in response to yours: Why are so many people affronted by the questioning of some of these representations and symbols that romanticize the Confederacy? What is so personal about some of these things that people devolve into name-calling tantrums because someone else points out not everyone in the United States finds the Confederacy worthy of such revered commemoration (as if Southerners can conjure no other symbol of their heritage than the ill-born Confederacy of slave states and their flag)?

 

You mistake my point. I'm not a fan of the Confederacy. I'm just sick of the culture of everyone being offended by everything.

Just call it DC. Drop the Washington if you ask me. Been saying that since high school though so don't mind me. I go deeper than most people.

 

If people want to void everything confederate I can live with it. Doesn't bug me. We start abolishing founding fathers then I'll start caring.

If people want to void everything confederate I can live with it. Doesn't bug me. We start abolishing founding fathers then I'll start caring.

 

I'm good with voiding all things confederate but if we are all going to be honest then the founding fathers have the same flaws as the confederacy. They enabled the confederacy and gave them grounds and laws to prosper.

I'm good with voiding all things confederate but if we are all going to be honest then the founding fathers have the same flaws as the confederacy. They enabled the confederacy and gave them grounds and laws to prosper.

 

I feel the founding fathers good far out way the bad. They created the greatest breathing document in the history of the world and the greatest country. They had flaws but the good allowed us to be who we are today.

 

If we ever get the point where we want to void Washington Jefferson or Franklin what is the point in this country.

I feel the founding fathers good far out way the bad. They created the greatest breathing document in the history of the world and the greatest country. They had flaws but the good allowed us to be who we are today.

 

If we ever get the point where we want to void Washington Jefferson or Franklin what is the point in this country.

 

It's all about perspective. For all of the talk about the Bible and morals(and I don't mean that in a religious sense but more so in a human sense in that humans are all flawed no matter how hard we try to live in the image of God and Jesus) slavery and its repercussions were allowed for almost 100 years of our country's birth and the inequality of the white man compared to women and blacks was allowed for another 100 to which women and blacks are still trying to truly catch up in 2015.

 

The founding fathers built this country off of their beliefs, faith, fortitude and determination. They did much good but it also seems they did nothing to curb the bad. Whether that was outside influences or political power and capital for centuries those people who looked like them flourished and got a huge leg up in the establishment of our country and its values. It's not a pretty story and there is a strong balance of good and bad. Depending on your particular perspective(not condemning, just being honest) goes a long way IMO.

It's all about perspective. For all of the talk about the Bible and morals(and I don't mean that in a religious sense but more so in a human sense in that humans are all flawed no matter how hard we try to live in the image of God and Jesus) slavery and its repercussions were allowed for almost 100 years of our country's birth and the inequality of the white man compared to women and blacks was allowed for another 100 to which women and blacks are still trying to truly catch up in 2015.

 

The founding fathers built this country off of their beliefs, faith, fortitude and determination. They did much good but it also seems they did nothing to curb the bad. Whether that was outside influences or political power and capital for centuries those people who looked like them flourished and got a huge leg up in the establishment of our country and its values. It's not a pretty story and there is a strong balance of good and bad. Depending on your particular perspective(not condemning, just being honest) goes a long way IMO.

 

If we are going to look for perfect people to honor outside of Jesus Christ who would we honor ?

It's all about perspective. For all of the talk about the Bible and morals(and I don't mean that in a religious sense but more so in a human sense in that humans are all flawed no matter how hard we try to live in the image of God and Jesus) slavery and its repercussions were allowed for almost 100 years of our country's birth and the inequality of the white man compared to women and blacks was allowed for another 100 to which women and blacks are still trying to truly catch up in 2015.

 

The founding fathers built this country off of their beliefs, faith, fortitude and determination. They did much good but it also seems they did nothing to curb the bad. Whether that was outside influences or political power and capital for centuries those people who looked like them flourished and got a huge leg up in the establishment of our country and its values. It's not a pretty story and there is a strong balance of good and bad. Depending on your particular perspective(not condemning, just being honest) goes a long way IMO.

 

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