Posts posted by mdmost
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2 minutes ago, Luka Skywalker said:I mean I watch football for entertainment. I don’t give a shit about their voices or value as people. I don’t know any of these people personally So why would I care? I care about the people I know and care about. If you say otherwise then you’re just a self-righteous person who in my estimation is full of shit.

Yeah, the players are aware of this. So is Tom Herman.
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Just now, Iconoclast Texan said:
You haven’t lit the cabal bat signal yet. Where is @Brisketexan with his long-winded narcissism to back you up. You’re fighting on the hill alone with no back up
You poor tortured soul. They hurt you, Icono. They hurt you bad.
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3 minutes ago, sunset87 said:
I seriously doubt many people know the history of the origins of the song. But they will now. Do you think with this new understanding most people will have a different reaction to players, coaches, whomever not singing the song?
Of course not. It will be NFL kneeling all over again.
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4 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:
question, before I get wrecked here for asking this. But did these guys just decide to wake up today and say you know this 100 year song that we've been singling. I dont like it and im not gonna play until you change it. Perhaps these are the guys going to chaz next i dunno. but this should provide quality recruiting ammo against us, you know if the no draft pic shitty decade donestt work you can use this recent stuf against us
I highly doubt the University points out all of this on campus tours. So perhaps in the mass awakening and call to action that our players are getting, they learned things about the University that they don't like and want changed.
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6 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:
Fuck off. The Eyes of Texas is our fucking fight song. You might be fine with sacrificing anything the cultural Robespierres might want to chop off but maybe the rest of us who value our history don’t. I’m waiting for you and the rest of the cabal to chime in and agree with your bullshit position. This isn’t the same thing as the traitor Confederate flag or statues
Ha. Yes, it's about history. And the black players are saying they want it changed because its history was founded on making fun of people like them.
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2 minutes ago, formermav43 said:
All the, “it’s just a song” responses are amusing. You know that argument cuts both ways, right?
No, it's a just a song that they are forced to stop down and sing before and after every game. So if they're saying they don't want to sing it because it has racist undertones, want it gone, and you still force them to sing it, what do you think that makes them want to do?
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1 minute ago, Luka Skywalker said:
I’m all for renaming the buildings. I hate the idea of a percentage of revenue going to BLM or any far left or far right political organizations.
Getting rid of the song is overkill. America and pretty much the entire world has some form of racism in its past. It’s terrible but getting rid of a song because it had a similar lyric to a song sung at Washington & Lee? When does it stop? Jeans outlawed because they are made of cotton and that Has racial undertones? Dumb. Again fake activists smelling blood in the water and capitalizing on outrage.
No, you're missing the obvious point. Maybe take a look at this.
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2 minutes ago, Tex Long said:
Beat me to it. Fuck it, at this point I'm pretty much gonna give that one a try.
I'd say shut the entire Athletics Department down, except for student-run club sports, and all that needs is a little oversight, if that much.
So you're going to take your ball and go home?
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1 minute ago, formermav43 said:
Stephen F. Austin owned slaves and the name “Texas” is a supremely ironic example of cultural appropriation (hey, “friends,” mind if we drive you from your land?).
We should probably burn the whole University to the ground and start over.
You could set yourself on fire in protest.
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2 minutes ago, UncleBuck said:
Honestly, and this isn't a mad reaction or anything, but.... shouldn't the players, if they feel this way about the university's history, just walk off the campus and go play somewhere else less raycess?
No. They can work to affect change within the University they love playing at. There's a lot of bad shit in UT's history that people need to face and reconcile.
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Texas athletes petitioning University to replace "The Eyes of Texas" and to no longer require athletes to sing it
in Football
Are you by any chance related to J Edgar Hoover?