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