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Redleg

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4. The battles that these pricks choose to fight

Reply to gibraltar72 (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2023, 03:10 PM

Nov 2023

What is so difficult about changing the name and/or mascot to something less insensitive? This reminds me that I should start a movement to change the name of one of our local high schools from Boone County Rebels to something less confederate sounding. After all, Kentucky did not secede from the Union and the majority of the Kentuckians who fought in the Civil War fought for the Union. Yet this state is littered with confederate war memorials, place names, etc.

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Meanwhile in my little Republican hellhole [View all] gibraltar72 Nov 2023 OP

I hope the action will fail Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #1

Ugh. Hllsdale College is a blight on the planet. catbyte Nov 2023 #2

Have you noticed there are no worthwhile discussions anymore? Bayard Nov 2023 #3

I believe one prominent Republican likened compromise to rape Redleg Nov 2023 #5

That's because many of them think Mr.Bill Nov 2023 #7

Grover Norquist Freddie Nov 2023 #26

The battles that these pricks choose to fight Redleg Nov 2023 #4

Just don't choose a poisonous shrub JoseBalow Nov 2023 #10

Haters gonna hate maxrandb Nov 2023 #17

It's a nut... JoseBalow Nov 2023 #18

To be fair, buckeyes are trees, not shrubs. yardwork Nov 2023 #24

My brief foray into work in KY (Louisville and Frankfort) made me feel they are more southern erronis Nov 2023 #15

An interesting point about the border states Redleg Nov 2023 #19

I feel your pain. multigraincracker Nov 2023 #6

Go to their next meeting, propse a name change to Whiteskins Warpy Nov 2023 #8

A potbellied dude, murielm99 Nov 2023 #9

GMTA Warpy Nov 2023 #12

While picking his ass. rubbersole Nov 2023 #14

If you do it subtly, they won't even notice. erronis Nov 2023 #16

The whites would love that Tickle Nov 2023 #21

Can you get the tribal governments to pack a school board meeting when this is on the agenda? waterwatcher123 Nov 2023 #11

Also Texas surfered Nov 2023 #13

Are they Native Americans in your republican hellhole? Tickle Nov 2023 #20

My hometown and home state is roughly 30 minutes from Hillsdale, MI. Niagara Nov 2023 #23

Dear Lord... TSExile Nov 2023 #22

Tell them to look at current sexual assault lawsuit gibraltar72 Nov 2023 #25

I sure will. TSExile Nov 2023 #27