07-05-2020, 12:06 PM
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#3881
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I think you have to do it though. Those monuments were not intended to glorify southern pride, or bravery or heroism, or independence, or state rights, or anything of any historical importance. They were not intended to remind us of history so we don't repeat it. They were created to further a segregated agenda and Jim Crow. Leaving them up in the face of what's going on is just sort of weird.
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I don't disagree, all I am saying it can't be the only thing done because if it is, it is nothing but a symbolic gesture that changes nothing.
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07-05-2020, 12:10 PM
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#3882
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Franchise Player
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I'm waiting for the rappelling with chisels at Stone Mountain.
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07-05-2020, 02:37 PM
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#3883
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Getting pretty off-topic here, but SFU are dropping the name 'Clan' from their sports teams, because apparently the existence of the KKK means nobody can use the word 'Clan' any more.
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07-05-2020, 05:59 PM
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#3884
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SebC
Getting pretty off-topic here, but SFU are dropping the name 'Clan' from their sports teams, because apparently the existence of the KKK means nobody can use the word 'Clan' any more. |
Never heard of SFU but if it’s not the Wu your Clan is garbage anyway.
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07-05-2020, 06:06 PM
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#3885
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
Never heard of SFU but if it’s not the Wu your Clan is garbage anyway.
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Clan Fraser disagrees!
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07-05-2020, 07:45 PM
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#3886
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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I don't see why sports teams wouldn't jump at the chance to totally re-brand their team. New logo. New jerseys. New merch. New dollars.
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07-05-2020, 08:30 PM
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#3887
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach
I don't see why sports teams wouldn't jump at the chance to totally re-brand their team. New logo. New jerseys. New merch. New dollars.
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For the same reason Coca-Cola hasn't appreciably changed their logo in eons. Brand recognition is a big deal.
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07-05-2020, 08:42 PM
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#3888
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Edit. Nah.
Last edited by Scroopy Noopers; 07-05-2020 at 08:46 PM.
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07-05-2020, 09:04 PM
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#3889
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
For the same reason Coca-Cola hasn't appreciably changed their logo in eons. Brand recognition is a big deal.
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Not just that but some sports teams have their logo and name all over the arena/stadium, new signage and in some case new seats (I've seen team names spelled out in different color seating) aren't exactly free and neither is the manpower to make those changes.
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07-05-2020, 11:16 PM
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#3890
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Toronto
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Universities have plenty of money.
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07-06-2020, 12:13 AM
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#3891
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activeStick
Universities have plenty of money.
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Evidently not.
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07-06-2020, 02:44 AM
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#3892
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
Never heard of SFU but if it’s not the Wu your Clan is garbage anyway.
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Actually, the Wu appears to have dropped the Clan from their name too. Their newest album was put out as Wu-Tang: The Saga Continues, their recent documentary series was Wu-Tang: Of Mics and Men, and the TV about them is Wu-Tang: An American Saga
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07-06-2020, 03:37 AM
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#3893
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God of Hating Twitter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
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Don't kink shame us BDSMers!  
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07-06-2020, 08:41 AM
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#3894
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Lifetime In Suspension
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1280117571874951170
The American president really helping things out by not fanning the flames of hatred and ignorance. Surprised he didn’t call it a “Jussie Smollett situation”
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07-06-2020, 09:03 AM
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#3895
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
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When he says "flag decision", he's talking about NASCAR banning the Confederate flag at races, right? Even if one ignores the racist history behind the use of that flag by the Klan and other white supremacists, do we really have a sitting president of the United States complaining that a private company is banning the flag used by traitors against America who were responsible for the deadliest war in US history? Is that what the USA has come to?
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07-06-2020, 09:07 AM
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#3896
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Yeah I'm surprised more people haven't picked up on that part. It seems like everyone is focused on defending Wallace, which, fine... but the dude thinks that banning the confederate flag from Nascar races was the wrong call. Who does that appeal to? Is that even a majority opinion among Nascar fans? I tend to doubt it.
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07-06-2020, 09:13 AM
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#3897
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Lifetime In Suspension
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Yeah I'm surprised more people haven't picked up on that part. It seems like everyone is focused on defending Wallace, which, fine... but the dude thinks that banning the confederate flag from Nascar races was the wrong call. Who does that appeal to? Is that even a majority opinion among Nascar fans? I tend to doubt it.
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https://morningconsult.com/2020/06/1...rate-flag-ban/
Your faith in American nascar fans is misplaced.
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The survey, conducted Tuesday into Thursday, found that a plurality of the sport’s fans disagree with the ban. Forty-four percent of self-identified NASCAR fans said race attendees should be allowed to express themselves however they want, including by displaying the Confederate flag. By comparison, 30 percent of fans supported a move to prohibit the flag at the track and 27 percent either didn’t know or had no opinion on the matter.
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07-06-2020, 09:23 AM
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#3898
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by activestick
some universities have plenty of money.
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fyp
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07-06-2020, 09:24 AM
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#3899
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
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Sounds like the majority is at least ok with them banning it.
Trump is doubling down on a position only supported by 44% of NASCAR fans. What is that going to accomplish?
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07-06-2020, 09:26 AM
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#3900
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Looooooooooooooch
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Sounds like the majority is at least ok with them banning it.
Trump is doubling down on a position only supported by 44% of NASCAR fans. What is that going to accomplish?
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Fodder for his deplorable base.
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