Political Correctness Getting Its Ears Pinned Back

[MikeBjerum]

I know that this is a gun forum, but I like to look at the whole forest and not just one tree.  Anything that happens in one area can hurt us in another.

I can remember fully the days when the PC crowd attacked the Indian heritage in America.  It was not Indians that did this, but it was a group of PC lawyers and activists.  At the time I was in Vo-Tech in Phoenix, and one of my very good friends was a Navajo Indian from Oklahoma.  He was offended by the movement to remove Indian from everything and to change them to "Native Americans."  He always said that it is true that they were here first, and that they were not treated fairly by the new country, but that was then and this is now.  They had been given a name when they were discovered by Europeans, and that was their designated name (I didn't put that in quotation marks because it was 1977 when I last roomed with him, and I lost track of him in the mid 80's and my old memory isn't perfect anymore).

Most Indians I know will state that the nicknames for sports teams and being called Indian is a non-issue.  And now we have a court that has joined in.  Read the article and see why the court is involved:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/69717782.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUX

Judge temporarily blocks higher ed officials from changing UND's Fighting Sioux nickname
By DALE WETZEL , Associated Press

Last update: November 10, 2009 - 10:37 PM

BISMARCK, N.D. - A judge has temporarily blocked higher education officials from changing the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname.

The president of North Dakota's Board of Higher Education, Richie Smith, said Tuesday that the order could delay the university's efforts to join the Summit League and re-establish its football rivalry with North Dakota State University.

Smith says he'll talk with the state attorney general about challenging the order, which was issued Monday.

The dispute has its origins in the NCAA's August 2005 declaration that the Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo should be abolished.

The judge's ruling came after a lawsuit was filed by eight Spirit Lake Sioux tribal members who support the nickname.

Bold is mine

We need to take advantage of every group that is a friend of ours in our fight for our Rights.