OT: U of North Dakota releases official rejected nicknames list....
If you aren't a hockey fan, the North Dakota Fighting Sioux have been without a nickname since they were forced to drop the Fighting Sioux name back in 2012-13.
They're just simply known as "North Dakota".
The University of North Dakota in an OFFICIAL DOCUMENT released a list of every rejected suggested nickname.
Many of them are vulgar and it's unbelievable that the university would release them. To top it off, people put the reason for suggesting the nickname!
My personal favorite suggestions for UND's new nickname-
- Flaming Sex Panthers
- Big dick north dakotans
- Dicklickers
- Bush did 911
- asrffdsaasdffdsaasdffdsaa
I was so sure you were going to say they should Sioux each other.
Fight - n- sioux
the Fightin' Sue (reason given: no need to change the pronunciation).
Spell check looks good to me...
I'm referring to the misspelled version being included on the considered list and the correct spelling being put on the not considered list, but if the misspelled is included solely based on the reasoning provided then who cares.
was needling by pointing out that spell-checker doesn't catch that because Abdominal is spelled correctly. It's just the wrong word.
It's a nit being picked.
You're the grand prize winner.
Well crap. I can't read apparently.
AAAAAbdominals!
versus whoever lands that lineman pictured in Monday Recruiting...could be a great navel battle.
I always thought college nicknames were more about supporting your local heritage than anything. Wolverines, buckeyes, gators, volunteers, sooners, longhorns, nittany lions, gophers, badgers, hawkeyes, hoosiers, golden bears, all have connontations to their local and state nicknames.
There's tons of Spartans in the state of Michigan, man.
I think some of the 4chan crowd got a hold of the request form.
My vote's for Badgers, can never have too many of those.
Signature and comment don't compute.
Best listed alternative to Fighting Sioux? Admiral Ackbar of course. Ole Miss' loss could have been UND's gain.
snarf!
Not to be confused with PigBearMan.
Just change it to the Fighting Sues and call it a day...
HUH? Did ya think of that!?!
Mascots are intended to be fierce, difficult to defeat, and respected.
To me, the idea of naming the mascot the Fighting Sioux is a sign of respect. They were tough to defeat, earned the respect of their opponents, etc. It doesn't portray the Sioux in a negative light.
The Sioux were also almost wiped out, driven from their lands, and a lot of their descendents live in desparate poverty.
Why doesn't Germany have a team called the Fighting Jews, or Turkey have a team called the Fighting Armenians.
That is the mantra of today's liberal. They know what's best for everyone else.
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Basically treating people the way they want is now some how politics. Leave politics to, you know, political issues. Don't say that is why someone might be offended. I personally think it is an honor, but in the past it was not. I personally wouldn't be offended by the Alabama I&T Whities, but there is a good chance someone else might be. Doesn't make them wrong.
Not as much as they like to tell minorities when they shouldn't be offended.
We live in a country that has less freedom than most of Europe now.I do love me some grand exaggerations backed up by no facts. Whether UND gets to keep their mascot name or not and the politics behind it impacts your personal freedom not a bit.
Your friends are pretty much telling partially true stories that they want to hear. The Spirit Lake tribal council endorsed the name, the Standing Rock tribal council didn't.
http://www.indiancountrynews.com/news/mascots/1318-standing-rock-sioux-…
There's certainly no consensus among Indian people about Indian mascots. For example, the Seminole Tribe of Florida endorsed FSU's nickname but the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma has denounced it. The NCAA has allowed FSU to maintain the name because of the "local support."
My sense from talking with folks reporting and writing about the UND issue is that the fairly overt racism and inequality experienced by many Indian people in the Dakotas, plus Engelstadt's in your face effort to plaster the logo everywhere, plus the fact that he was kind of a Nazi sympathizer*, has led to more opposition.
*On Engelstadt... http://deadspin.com/5256436/deadspin-classic-north-dakotas-nazi-loving-…
and weren't overjoyed about that whole march to the sea...yet there is Ole Miss? PC is for soft small minds and small dicks
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Ole Miss discontinued using their Colonel Reb mascot in 2003 and installed a replacement in 2010. I'm sure many people would prefer it if they'd change their name, too, but good luck getting any traction on that in today's Mississippi.
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I can tell you why there is no team of "Fighting Albanians".
I think the Sioux have a particularly bad history (not that many tribes don't) so they have never been fond of the way the university used their likeness.
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then it is your mision to seek out things that can be construed as offensive and exploit them.
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Fighting Lawyers is rather creative; they can still be the "sue"
Wow, you guys read all that? I got to D's and couldn't look at it anymore. Props to you all, or sympathys whichever is more appropriate.