| Shakespeare could wax poetic about
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| | as much of a pioneer for minority
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| 'What's in a Name?' because he didn't
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| | involvement in major sports as the great
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| have to contend with sports mascots
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| | Jackie Robinson was fifty years
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| ...It's the politically-correct issue in
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| | later.Yes, the team uses a caricature of
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| America that refuses to subside. I
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| | a Native American as its logo now. In
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| consider myself to be an enlightened
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| | fact, Chief Wahoo is perenially one of
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| cyberbeing, but I contend there are just
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| | the hottest-selling logos on sports
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| some topics that blur the bigger picture
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| | merchandise. It far outsells the NHL's
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| of an ethically responsible society, and
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| | Columbus Blue Jackets orginal logo, which
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| complaining that mascots can be degrading
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| | is honoring the valiant Ohio battalion
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| is near the top of the list.A quick check
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| | that fought so honorably in the Civil
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| of Webster's Twentieth Century Unabridged
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| | War. We haven't heard historical
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| Dictionary defines 'mascot' as 'any
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| | societies from that great state howling
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| person, animal or thing supposed to bring
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| | with indignation that this is done by
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| good luck by being present.' So, it would
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| | putting a green insect in a Union
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| seem that a team mascot is an honorable
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| | soldier's uniform. Instead, the odds are
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| title. Most mascots in American sports
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| | they're pleased that more of the North
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| had their origins in the early 1900s.
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| | American public has become aware of the
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| Back then, teams fumbled around with
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| | Blue Jacket history than ever before,
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| quaint monickers until they gradually
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| | just as the Cleveland Indians can keep
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| realized the tremendous marketing value
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| | alive the memory of Sockalexis.
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| they carried. The New York Highlanders
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| | Some protestors say Chief Wahoo has
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| became the more regionally-identifiable
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| | 'shifty' eyes and that makes him even
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| Yankees, for instance, and the Chicago
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| | more demeaning. I, for one, never drew
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| Cubs took their nickname so newspaper
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| | that connection, but if anyone else did,
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| editors could more easily fit it into
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| | why wouldn't they be laughing and
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| headlines. Distinguished symbols like
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| | demeaning the Oklahoma University
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| Tigers and Giants appeared. Unique
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| | Sooners? After all, that term originally
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| features like White Stockings and Red
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| | implied cheaters getting a jump on
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| Stockings evolved into the more
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| | staking claims to land being opened for
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| headline-friendly and spelling-special
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| | settlement.There are many more examples.
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| White Sox and Red Sox.One of the earliest
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| | I simply don't see Native Americans being
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| attempts at humor in mascot-anointing was
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| | unduly isolated in this context, and no
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| made by the Brooklyn nine of baseball's
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| | one else involved is feeling
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| National League. Urban legend wasn't a
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| | belittled.The Washington Redskins
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| known phrase back then, but it farily
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| | originated in Boston, home of baseball's
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| describes the allusion to fans who
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| | Red Sox and Braves in the 1930s. They
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| 'dodged' trolley fares to get a free ride
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| | were also called the Braves back then,
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| to Ebbetts Field and watch the game.
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| | because they played in that team's
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| Those 'bums' were called Dodgers, and
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| | stadium. However, when they wound up
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| their favorite team became christened as
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| | getting better terms to locate in Fenway
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| such.Ironically, that drift toward the
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| | Park, they didn't want to confuse the
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| whimsical --- probably intended to
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| | paying public by being Braves but playing
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| portray sports in its proper context as a
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| | in the Red Sox stadium. Their solution
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| divertissement of life --- may have been
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| | made sense: they incorporated references
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| the root of indignation two generations
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| | to their origins and their new game site
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| later.The social upheavals of the 1960s
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| | by changing their name to Redskins. The
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| and early 1970s were certainly justified,
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| | logic apparently didn't register with
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| in my view. Civil rights needed to come
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| | enough fans, though, and the team soon
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| to the fore, and the resultant
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| | exited to the nation's capital.The point
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| improvement in how all peoples were
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| | here is that the Redskins name wasn't
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| perceived was a great step forward for
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| | derived as a slur, but as a facilitation
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| mankind. Still, there's a difference
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| | to distinguish the team's new --- albeit
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| between significant awareness and
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| | transitional --- home. Furthermore, to be
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| pedantic perception in any movement.
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| | fair, the Redskins organization has only
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| Thus, in my view, when certain Native
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| | used a noble image as a symbol of the
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| Americans first raised the mascot
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| | name. Washington DC is one of the most
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| controversy in headlines of the time, the
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| | liberal cities in North America, with its
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| attention afforded was only due to its
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| | population's majority consisting of
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| being sucked into the backdraft of
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| | minorities. The connotation of that
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| searing human rights
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| | nickname being demeaning, as in the
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| campaigns.Personally, I've always thought
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| | Cleveland Indians case, just doesn't
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| the issue had as much relevance to their
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| | emerge from its context.My impression,
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| legitimate concerns as bra-burning did
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| | then, remains that the mascot controversy
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| for women's rights.Think about it. Native
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| | has its sole value in the publicity it
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| Americans aren't alone in being
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| | gives those organizations who are raising
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| designated as mascots. In accordance with
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| | it. Pro and college sports are more
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| Webster's Dictionary definition, other
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| | visible than ever in the USA, and what
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| persons given the distinction include the
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| | better way is there to affix one's
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| Irish (University of Notre Dame) and
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| | organization to higher 'page rankings'
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| Scandinavians (Minnesota Vikings). Both
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| | than making headlines in the Sports
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| of these ethnic groups endured their
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| | section of newspapers and broadcasts?The
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| moments of discrimination in the annals
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| | matter isn't going away anytime soon. Now
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| of American history, too. So far, neither
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| | the NCAA --- college sports' governing
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| has mounted a protest about being
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| | body --- has decreed that any university
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| characterized as a good luck symbol for a
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| | with a Native American mascot can neither
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| sporting organization.Don't even try to
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| | host a championship event nor use their
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| broach the 'caricature' argument as a
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| | mascot in any championship event. Some
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| reason why the Native American situation
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| | schools have successfully been granted
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| is different. Perhaps Notre Dame uses a
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| | exceptions, which makes even less sense
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| leprechaun logo now, but the term
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| | to me. Does this mean that Florida
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| 'Fighting Irish' was a clear reference to
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| | State's Seminoles, for example, are less
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| barroom brawlers, a stereotypical
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| | demeaning to Native Americans than North
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| low-life trait at which immigrants from
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| | Dakota's Fighting Sioux (a traditional
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| the Emerald Isle were perceived to be
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| | college hockey power)? How hypocritical
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| quite proficient. As to the
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| | is that? If they're contending that
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| Scandinavians, there is no evidence that
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| | degrees of discrimination exist due to
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| even one Viking was ever so dim as to go
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| | local circumstances, then they're
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| into battle with a set of heavy horns on
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| | admitting to a targeted sensitivity
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| his helmet; why would any warrior charge
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| | beyond society's pale, which is
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| into a kill-or-be-killed scenario wearing
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| | discriminatory in itself. How can such a
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| anything that could directly impede his
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| | position be rationalized with a clear
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| ability to win? (The image of horns came
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| | conscience?Mascots, no matter how
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| from priests' drawings of Viking attacks,
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| | commercialized, are still nothing more
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| attempting to equate them to the Devil
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| | than whimsical symbols. Society as a
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| incarnate, and it was Wagner who
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| | whole understands that, just as it
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| popularized this image when he staged his
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| | realizes the stylized violence in Grimm's
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| epic Ring of the Niebelung.)Cleveland's
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| | Fairy Tales leaves no lasting scars on
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| baseball team sorted through a number of
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| | the psyches of children who innocently
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| mascots in their early days. 'Spiders'
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| | absorb them. Those who claim to the
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| just didn't have that 'je ne sais crois'
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| | contrary only risk trivializing
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| of marketing sizzle. They were the 'Naps'
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| | themselves and the credibility of their
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| for a while, in honor of their star
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| | greater cause.Nowhere in the country do
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| player-manager, Napoleon Lajoie. So, when
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| | such topics remain in a lighthearted
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| they finally settled on 'Indians' in
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| | perspective more than in Orofino, Idaho.
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| correlation to one of their first star
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| | That's the site of the state's mental
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| players --- Louis Sockalexis, a Native
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| | hospital. The local high school's teams
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| American --- the monicker may not have
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| | are called the Maniacs.No one protests,
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| begun as a tribute to him, but it has
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| | unless the teams don't play hard.J Square
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| since memorialized his legacy. The
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| | Humboldt is the featured columnist at the
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| evidence indicates the term was
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| | Longer Life website, which is dedicated
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| derogatorily applied to all members of
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| | to providing information, strategies,
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| the Cleveland team in the 1890s because
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| | analysis and commentary devoted to
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| it dared to have the fortitude to allow
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| | improving the quality of living. His page
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| an Indian to play for them. Since then,
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| | can be found at and his observations are
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| Sockalexis has been recognized as being
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| | published three times per week.
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