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In reply to the discussion: Since the Atlanta Braves are again using their 'screaming savage' logo, I've created one of my own.. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)59. It's every bit as racist as this....
All they needed to round this spectacle out was a soundtrack of "Pow Wow, the Indian Boy."
Published on Sep 25, 2012
9/22/2012, nearby Eire Pub in Boston, at a rally for Scott Brown including former Mayor Ray Flynn. Some supporters of Elizabeth Warren were also gathered around with signs. Here you can see Brown's staffers making "war whoops" and "tomahawk chops", presumably in reference to Warren's Cherokee heritage. Identified in video making the chop are Brown's Constituent Service Counsel Jack Richard (camoflage shirt) and -- we believe -- Massachusetts GOP operative Brad Garrett, front and center with tan baseball cap and gray hoodie, leading the whoops and chops.
This kind of stuff helped to fix Scottie's little "red" wagon but good--the people of the Commonwealth understand racism when they see it, even if some fellows here seem incapable of appreciating precisely what it is.
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Since the Atlanta Braves are again using their 'screaming savage' logo, I've created one of my own.. [View all]
wyldwolf
Dec 2012
OP
So what? Why is the logo of the Brave synonymous with 'screaming savage'? Isn't 'noble warrior' or..
marble falls
Dec 2012
#9
You didn't bother to click on the doggone link, did you? That's the name of the offensive logo.
MADem
Dec 2012
#17
I think he celebrating victory and joy in competition, but he just may be laughing at the high ....
marble falls
Dec 2012
#23
The folks using the word savages are the ones most offended by the word. Atlanta hasn't used it....
marble falls
Dec 2012
#29
Marble Falls, this is an important issue to a lot of people including people
roguevalley
Dec 2012
#54
My oldest niece got her nursing degree paid for by the Cherokee nation. Because between ....
marble falls
Dec 2012
#63
I agree. What has happened to our native peoples is a stain on our national honor that
roguevalley
Dec 2012
#68
then again as all my Native American relatives point out to me, making a human
roguevalley
Dec 2012
#53
Read the link--it's the name of the logo. It is as "official" as "official" gets--and it is
MADem
Dec 2012
#38
At the time Notre Dame adopted the "Fighting Irish" nickname the majority of the staff and student
dflprincess
Dec 2012
#56
Because of the NY ownership of the long ago Boston Beaneaters/Pilgrims/Doves, the team was nicknamed
byeya
Dec 2012
#15
how about "The Fighting Stereotypes"? The mascot would be a person in a mylar body suit and hood.
marble falls
Dec 2012
#24
I was referencing your remark about General Sherman having the "right idea" about Atlanta.
cordelia
Dec 2012
#64
Are you kidding me. I see no insult at all. With any of it. Are there folks who really believe the..
marble falls
Dec 2012
#34
Not at all, I see the obvious bunch some have have their personal sensitivities tied into.
marble falls
Dec 2012
#44
Plainly you do not--it's not "sensitivities" to be offended by racism and bigotry. nt
MADem
Dec 2012
#45
From 1901 until 1965 Atlanta was the home to the minor league Atlanta Crackers
auburngrad82
Dec 2012
#31
I like your suggestion and might also offer up the Red Necks or maybe even the Ragin' Ofays.
marble falls
Dec 2012
#35