Posts posted by mdmost
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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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1 hour ago, Pancho said:
Holy Shit
CNN is reporting that Trump is doubling down on racial culture wars as being a good strategy that will help him in November. There are no plans to unify the country because it would be bad for him politically.
These people are simply UnAmerican
It's his only move. Everyone knows he's not a uniter. His entire rise was built on fomenting division around Obama's legitimacy to be President. He got elected on dividing people and using white man rage over the changing of society. The upside is he'll play this move into defeat as he'll keep the rift open until November.
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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
The knee jerking from a lot of you on this is wild. Change the name of buildings and a school song is met with OH MY GOD, GET RID OF AMERICA!