The death of a school's tradition?

#51
#51
therealUT said:
One thing to remember; quite another to glorify.

I feel that the Holocaust Museum is a great museum and am glad we have it; I would not advocate for Cambodia to name their national stadium "The Killing Field".
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I loled. Certainly a bit of a hyperbole, but salinr nonetheless.
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#53
#53
IPorange said:
Just curious, do you find the rebel flags, Ole Reb, or the rebel flag to be disrespectful or insulting, personally?

I understand if you'd rather not weigh in.
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I don't find Ole Miss or the rebel mascot to be disrespectful or insulting.

I could do without the Confederate flag, but that's just me.
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#62
#62
tvolsfan said:
Please don't tell me you're giving into PETA. That's not politically correct, that's just sad.
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Goodness, I hope not. I cannot support an institution that kowtows to such organizarions. May have to have you throw me an orange life preserver if that happens. :)
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#63
#63
DarthVisor said:
Goodness, I hope not. I cannot support an institution that kowtows to such organizarions. May have to have you throw me an orange life preserver if that happens. :)
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Not quite orange but it'll work. :)

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#64
#64
DarthVisor said:
Goodness, I hope not. I cannot support an institution that kowtows to such organizarions. May have to have you throw me an orange life preserver if that happens. :)
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You can always go the route Georgia did when PETA was on them about your mascot, basically just tell them to eff off. That seemed to work pretty well.
 
#66
#66
BigOrange15 said:
You can always go the route Georgia did when PETA was on them about your mascot, basically just tell them to eff off. That seemed to work pretty well.
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I would be cool with that, only I want it to come from SOS himself.
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#68
#68
It don't bother me, I come from a very small southern town and I've been around "good ol boys" all my life and that stuff don't bother me. But if they put their hands on me its on like a chicken bone. Hell I'm black and even I talk with a drawl!! That will be the next thing to go is the southern drawl. Soon everyone down here will talk like Yankees or fake ass californians!!
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#69
#69
therealUT said:
First, this is all conjecture from a junior at Ole Miss.

Second, what exactly do you think "Rebels" is historically referring to? If you guessed: the states that seceded in order to protect the institution of slavery, you would be correct.
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So you're saying the civil war was more about protecting slavery than states rights?
 
#72
#72
Coach Grizz said:
It don't bother me, I come from a very small southern town and I've been around "good ol boys" all my life and that stuff don't bother me. But if they put their hands on me its on like a chicken bone. Hell I'm black and even I talk with a drawl!! That will be the next thing to go is the southern drawl. Soon everyone down here will talk like Yankees or fake ass californians!!
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So you have a problem with talking like a yankee? :p
 
#74
#74
"States' rights" is the fig leaf that modern southerners press over their junk to pretend that the south didn't secede specifically to protect slavery.

The north certainly didn't go war to abolish it, but the south did go to war to preserve it. Nobody goes to war over something as theoretical as "states' rights." You go to war over money. Slavery was money, for the south. The north went to war over money too; the south was the economic engine of the United States and the north weren't just going to let them walk off without a fight.
 
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