School Mascot Change

You want to mock changing a racially insensitive mascot? You are an a**hole.

Lincoln Lampreys!

umm ..... wrote:

You want to mock changing a racially insensitive mascot? You are an a**hole.

Oh please. What is so "racially insensitive" about the Red Raiders? Perhaps they could be the Purple Raiders instead? Why don't you call them the White Raiders? Or would Caucasians be offended?

How about the Lincoln "PCs"? For Politically Correct, of course.

I'm not the one deeming it racially insensitive. If it has offended racial groups, which it must have, it is appropriate to change it.

You called the OP an a$$hole. I'm sure you have offended him as well. It's appropriate for you to apologize. Amazing that now you are the sweet voice of reason.

umm ..... wrote:

You want to mock changing a racially insensitive mascot? You are an a**hole.

I don't know what is so insensitive about this name.

You and the other tight ass people put the negative connotation on the term. It didn't even cross my mind till I read your comment. I was trying to figure out what was wrong.

So because it has red as the lead word, it's completely different than say, the Oakland Raiders? What kind of Raider are you talking about.

If a team is named the red comets, should they change that to blue comets to be PC in your mind?

This is another example of people with too much time on their hands looking for something to do to bring more attention to themselves, not the supposedly offended group.

What's wrong with Red Raiders?

just call yourself the Lincoln Towncar(s) and be done with it...

you can put it to a vote whether to use it plurally or not.

Next thing you know the NAACP will say they are offended by the Army Black Knights. Someone want to tell me why the Central Florida Golden Knights is OK but not the Black Knights? What if Satan gets pissed off and files a lawsuit against Duke University and their "Blue Devils"?

The Lincoln Nebraskans?

The Lincoln Pennies?

The Lincoln Five-spotters?

The Lincoln Memorials?

The Lincoln Tunnels?

Actually, no, as far as i know nobody has formally brought any complaints to the school board. There's one person who works in the district who is native american who claims to be offended by it, but other than that, it's mostly all white people bringing the complaints--we actually have the official OK from the local indian groups as a whole, and back when we had an actual school mascot on the field (they've long since taken that away) it was actually a native american person in the suit, not some white kid trying to make a mockery of indians.

Really, the only support they have for it is that last year, 72% of people who answered a voluntary survey during lunch said they wanted a mascot--note that the survey made no mention that a "raider" mascot was out of the question. This survey (in which less than 1/6 of the school took) is the sole basis for the mascot change.

And for those of you who don't understand what's racially offensive about the raiders, the complaint is that it gives everyone the idea that all native american people are raiding, pillaging, senseless brutes. i think anyone with a brain bigger than the size of a grain of rice could see through a name like that--we don't even have any arrowheads/feathers/anything indian associated with anything except our school's "coat of arms" which has a picture of an indian with a mo-hawk. unless they're offended by that one picture, there's really no other place where the term "raiders" is anything more than a name, unless you're paranoid enough to analyze the school's history when we may have been a tad less tactful, but those days are long gone for crying out loud!

The Lincoln Logs

The Linc from Mod Squad

The Lincolns Mole

You could be the Lincoln Homosexuals since Abe Lincoln was gay.

I don't see how anybody could be offended by that.

I'm assuming that the people offended by "red" are either native americans or bolsheviks.Here in PC California, we still have the Redskins of Gustine High School right across the valley from us

creative thinking wrote:

The Lincoln Nebraskans?

The Lincoln Pennies?

The Lincoln Five-spotters?

The Lincoln Memorials?

The Lincoln Tunnels?

I think that the gay pride crowd might get upset at the lincoln tunnels. Maybe not. Maybe you wouldn't have even thought of it unless I suggested it.

How about the Lincoln Lame***es

This has got to be a joke... wrote:

And for those of you who don't understand what's racially offensive about the raiders, the complaint is that it gives everyone the idea that all native american people are raiding, pillaging, senseless brutes.

Thanks for the explanation, trust me, I am not ragging you about this....but....this argument is so ridiculous.

If there was a survey taken in this country about what people associate the word "raider" with, I doubt the native American reference would even break the top 20. I'd guess the Oakland football team would be first by a wide margin.

Someday these PC nuts will realize the only people perpetuating these stereotypes are them when they squint their eyes and pick out an insult only they can see and bring it to everyones attention.

I think that the gay pride crowd might get upset at the lincoln tunnels. Maybe not. Maybe you wouldn't have even thought of it unless I suggested it.

You're probably right.

Which makes me wonder how the Florida Gaytors get away with it...

You are hereby notified that the use of the Purple Raiders will result in a cease and desist order filed against your high school as well as a civil suit asking for amounts of compensation that would bankrupt your puny little school district. I would suggest calling yourselves the Cavaliers and then have a dog as a mascot that has nothing to do with your city, school, or team name.

I'm for "Lincoln Towncars" (very original, that!) or "Lincoln Loggers."

"Lincoln PC's" is good, also.