Name Reveal 2.2.22

[rocnrik]

The vast majority of fans relate the name commanders solely to the military etc .. and that very well may be what the team wants( if the do indeed go with the name)
There also is another slant to the name .. The city was named after George Washington the first President .. He was the Commander in chief of the country ( in peace time and war) ..
I could be totally wrong but the name could be a Nod to the First President.. just a thought

[Pervis_Griffith]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

The vast majority of fans relate the name commanders solely to the military etc .. and that very well may be what the team wants( if the do indeed go with the name)
There also is another slant to the name .. The city was named after George Washington the first President .. He was the Commander in chief of the country ( in peace time and war) ..
I could be totally wrong but the name could be a Nod to the First President.. just a thought

You mean the guy who owned slaves?

There are people already protesting any "nod" to our founders. So ... sadly ... that would take us from one frying pan to another.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Pervis_Griffith

You mean the guy who owned slaves?

There are people already protesting any "nod" to our founders. So ... sadly ... that would take us from one frying pan to another.

Wait til they find out in American Indian culture before Europeans ever stood foot here that captured Indians were treated as slaves. Slavery was apart of American Indian culture. And Indians also had Africans slaves as well once chattel slavery was introduced to North America.

Also The America Indian were savages which committed unspeakable atrocities to each other long before any other stepped foot here.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Wait til they find out in American Indian culture before Europeans ever stood foot here that captured Indians were treated as slaves. Slavery was apart of American Indian culture. And Indians also had Africans slaves as well once chattel slavery was introduced to North America.

Also The America Indian were savages which committed unspeakable atrocities to each other long before any other stepped foot here.

All the more reason to not name a team after people. People by nature are fallible and therefore always assholes. Groundhogs however are pure and saintly

[rocnrik]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Wait til they find out in American Indian culture before Europeans ever stood foot here that captured Indians were treated as slaves. Slavery was apart of American Indian culture. And Indians also had Africans slaves as well once chattel slavery was introduced to North America.

Also The America Indian were savages which committed unspeakable atrocities to each other long before any other stepped foot here.

You can’t educate folks who don’t want to hear the truth ..

[Summo]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

You can’t educate folks who don’t want to hear the truth ..

History will teach us that “Vikings, Raiders and Buccaneers” were just as ruthless and you don’t hear any complaints about them. Probably because SpongeBob and Disney made them cute lol