pic: The Fighting Rednecks

[Rich Kressly]

I smiled at the creativity when I first saw this logo. There are many times I also wish the world would not be so overly "PC" at times. However, I also wondered, before any of this discussion started, if a potential line may have been crossed here.

Practically, as a public school teacher for the past 15 years I will tell you that people in my profession get called into meetings for "improper" use of terms/language/images like this. I personally know of situations where employee discipline took place for what the individuals thought were innocent, funny, and well intentioned behavior.

Part of me absolutely understands where some are coming from here, but I've also come to realize from very up close examples that we as individuals don't get to decide what is, or may be, offensive to others.

(I do also wonder about the possible copyright issue here, but that's a separate topic...)