Should the Nationals be renamed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the problem, in this case, is that the DC baseball team has a name that has taken on racist connotations, and needs to be changed.

Only in the minds of some crazy liberals.

Let's change the name of.....

The National Geographic.... how about - A Magazine about Animals and Places
The National Weather Service..... how about - Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail, Wind and Weather across the Nation (or are we getting rid of "nation" too?)
National Car Rental..... how about - The Other Car Rental Place
The National Mall .. how about - The Quad in the Capitol

Do you know how ridiculous you sound?

No liberals I know, crazy or otherwise, want to change the name of the Nationals, or any other institutions called national. While "White nationalism" and isolationism have definitely made many young people think of nationalism negatively in a political context, that has not transferred to anything else that I can see. AFAICT this entire thread is trolling.

Ha! This must create a great moral dilemma for DC Millennial-Progressives when they fly from our close-in Airport. They can't bear to call it Reagan, but now they no longer can use National. Or the horror!

[Anonymous]

Put the blame where it belongs - on the nazis. They’re the ones who contaminated the word. Now we’re stuck with having to fix it.

I think the “Federals” would be a good alternative. Rolls off the tongue just as easy, abbreviates to Feds, and is understood across the whole country to mean “Washington”

But something has to be done, because it’s approaching the point of the team name essentially being like a confederate flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the problem, in this case, is that the DC baseball team has a name that has taken on racist connotations, and needs to be changed.

Only in the minds of some crazy liberals.

Let's change the name of.....

The National Geographic.... how about - A Magazine about Animals and Places
The National Weather Service..... how about - Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail, Wind and Weather across the Nation (or are we getting rid of "nation" too?)
National Car Rental..... how about - The Other Car Rental Place
The National Mall .. how about - The Quad in the Capitol

Do you know how ridiculous you sound?

No liberals I know, crazy or otherwise, want to change the name of the Nationals, or any other institutions called national. While "White nationalism" and isolationism have definitely made many young people think of nationalism negatively in a political context, that has not transferred to anything else that I can see. AFAICT this entire thread is trolling.

Ha! This must create a great moral dilemma for DC Millennial-Progressives when they fly from our close-in Airport. They can't bear to call it Reagan, but now they no longer can use National. Or the horror!

You didn't actually read what I said, did you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put the blame where it belongs - on the nazis. They’re the ones who contaminated the word. Now we’re stuck with having to fix it.

I think the “Federals” would be a good alternative. Rolls off the tongue just as easy, abbreviates to Feds, and is understood across the whole country to mean “Washington”

But something has to be done, because it’s approaching the point of the team name essentially being like a confederate flag.

can someone link to anyplace where anyone is actually calling to change the name of the nationals? Otherwise I assume this is all trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put the blame where it belongs - on the nazis. They’re the ones who contaminated the word. Now we’re stuck with having to fix it.

I think the “Federals” would be a good alternative. Rolls off the tongue just as easy, abbreviates to Feds, and is understood across the whole country to mean “Washington”

But something has to be done, because it’s approaching the point of the team name essentially being like a confederate flag.

can someone link to anyplace where anyone is actually calling to change the name of the nationals? Otherwise I assume this is all trolling.

Of course it is a troll. This is an anonymous message board populated by people with a ton of free time.

[Anonymous]

That doesn't change the fact that changing the name of the team to something that doesn't evoke thoughts of tiki torches and white hoods or swastika armbands isn't a bad idea.

What's the harm? It's a positive option. What is to gain by keeping a name that evokes unpleasant thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That doesn't change the fact that changing the name of the team to something that doesn't evoke thoughts of tiki torches and white hoods or swastika armbands isn't a bad idea.

What's the harm? It's a positive option. What is to gain by keeping a name that evokes unpleasant thoughts?

But to whom does it actually evoke these negative images? Who isn’t a troll?

- a dyed-in-the-wool liberal Jewish woman

[Anonymous]

It evokes those thoughts in me. A real, live, flesh and blood person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It evokes those thoughts in me. A real, live, flesh and blood person.

PP should have specified a sane person. Then the answer would be no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the problem, in this case, is that the DC baseball team has a name that has taken on racist connotations, and needs to be changed.

You've got to be the dumbest person on a site overrun with imbeciles.

A contender for sure, but have you seen the ones advocating for locking up kitchen knives or just banning them altogether? In the thread about the 12 y.o in CT who killled his twin sister.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And the problem, in this case, is that the DC baseball team has a name that has taken on racist connotations, and needs to be changed.

You've got to be the dumbest person on a site overrun with imbeciles.

A contender for sure, but have you seen the ones advocating for locking up kitchen knives or just banning them altogether? In the thread about the 12 y.o in CT who killled his twin sister.

I'm sure the 12 year old sister woulda probably thought it was a good idea

Just sayin.

[Anonymous]

I’ve followed this thread for days now. I thought it was stupid at first, but it’s contagious. When you are introduced to the thought, after that, every time you hear Nationals, you think white nationalists. I never considered it before, but now I can’t help but think about it. The team and MLB need to get in front of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an idea who's time has unfortunately come.

What are good alternatives? I think "Warriors" has a nice ring to it. "WASHINGTON WARRIORS"! It's catchy!

Plus, it always make me think of "social justice warrior", which is pretty much the polar opposite of a "national", so it works on a couple different levels at the same time.


But every time I hear "national" I think "racist"

Then, get a life!! "National" has nothing to do with racism. This country is becoming filled with over sensitive people. If it bothers you, then move.

[Anonymous]

There clearly are people with way too much time on their hands. Wow. Get a life! Nationals has nothing to do with White Nationalism. The Nationals' first Manager just passed away, and he was very proud to have managed the Nationals in their first years. Frank Robinson is one of MLB's all time greats, by any definition. He is an African American, for those on this thread.

[Anonymous]

We can talk about it once the redskins --an undeniably racist name--have changed their name