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Hugh_Lebowski

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4. We might have slightly different definitions

Reply to NoRethugFriends (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 02:15 PM

Oct 2021

I really am not a fan of taking very serious words/accusations ... and cheapening their impact by calling every edge case ... that word.

Examples:
Having a pic taken where your hand appears to be on a sleeping woman's breast (thru a flak jacket) is not 'sexual assault'
An adult sleeping with a 17 year old is not 'pedophilia'
Having a team named after a positive/supportive term like 'Braves' ... is not 'racism'. The WFT teams previous name ... THAT was racist.

I find the chop and chant nauseating and fully understand if the Native population finds it offensive, and I do not approve.

That said, I don't know that it ascends to the level of 'fucking racism'.

You feel differently, I understand.

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I find the name questionable but not terrible, but the chant and chop are lame Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #1

it's fucking racist and nauseating. NoRethugFriends Oct 2021 #3

We might have slightly different definitions Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #4

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