pic: The Fighting Rednecks

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by joshsmithers

Back in 07, when our team was re-naming ourselves, I proposed the team name "Hick Town Thunder." (It would be awesome, designing our logo to mimic T3's...) But my idea was easily shot down by the same argument Jane has pushed. To this day, I do not understand how these similiar ideas are offensive to people, especially those who are not rednecks.

I like the logo. I support it because it is funny, clever, and eye-catching. I see nothing wrong with it and cannot understand why anyone would take offense to it, especially if you aren't a redneck. Therefore, the only people who are qualified to say whether this logo is offensive are rednecks. I really hope 2883 will have the guts and confidence to keep this their team name and logo.

Words have meaning. And I'm not just talking about Websters definitions of words, but instead I'm talking about deep personal meanings from our experiences and life.

I am happy that you do not understand why the word 'Redneck' could be offensive, because that means that you have never had reason to be offended by, or be stygmatized as being, one.

We, as a people, need to rise above our biases and our societies biases if we are to grow as a people. Should this team choose this name they will have a lot of work ahead of them to change the culture. I doubt they've thought about that and it really is something they'll need to understand.

To the Fighting Rednecks, I wish you well ... for you are far braver than most of us here, should you stick with that name.