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Offline Squidward von Squidderson

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Re: McGIll Redmen
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2019, 01:46:44 pm »
Say's you. Ever been to Iceland? Iceland even has a naming committee that keeps a register of approved Icelandic names. https://www.island.is/en/family/having_a_baby/name_giving/Just because Scandinavians don't dress like Vikings and travel around in longships doesn't mean they aren't descendent from them or that isn't part of their history. Who are we to decide what should  be offensive to other cultures?

Yes, I've been to Iceland.  I am 1st gen Canadian; family came from Norway.  I am related to people named Thor.

I said in my post that their descendents are there today.   I don't know if I'm descended from vikings...  probably not.  My family roots in Norway were more recent... came from the east...  northern Finland, maybe Russia.

But can you find a viking, or viking culture?  Sure...  Icelanders are proud of their heritage.  But they aren't vikings...  they're Icelanders.

The vikings also came from Sweden, Denmark and Norway.  Is there even a slur for viking?  The term itself isn't a slur.  The caricature of a viking is from a German opera, as you said.  You seem to be trying really hard to find an equivalent  caucasian offensive symbol...   I think you've failed with vikings.  Mayber Fighting Irish may be more of a slur...    but redmen is an actual racial slur, while Irish is not. 
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