Ameriganastan wrote:Freiheit Reich wrote:Many people in the south dislike Yankees (as Northerners are called) because of the Civil War (among other things). You can find many people use 'Yankee' in a negative way.
Buddy, I'm from the south and my favorite team
is the Yankees. So give it a rest.
Also, what do you think we are down here? Believe it or not, we have other interests/concerns that aren't related to the Civil War.
I meant team names that might offend some. It is an insult to tradition to change the Cleveland Indians name. Think of the great Indians teams in the past and the legends that played for them. The 1948 and 1954 Indian teams are among the best teams of all times. Think of legends associated with the team name like Bob Feller, Lou Boudreau, Larry Doby, Early Wynn, and Joe Sewell.
If just one person has a valid reason to be offended by the Yankees team name, it must be changed because in today's woke culture it is vital to avoid offending everybody. I am sure I could find at least one person that finds the Yankees team name offensive.
Yankees is just as bad as Redskins
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.htmlThe Confederate States of America used the Y-word as an insult as well. In fact, the Y-word is still used today in the South, to refer — usually in a disparaging manner — to Northerners.