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Offline wilber

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Re: McGIll Redmen
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2019, 02:34:18 pm »
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.

Icelanders are probably the closest thing to pure Vikings there are. I'm trying to make a point here and it's not that Scandinavians should be offended by the Vikings logo. I don't know what should be offensive to other cultures. Personally, I see nothing offensive about the Redskins logo but can certainly see why the name could be offensive. Same goes for the Eskimos.On the other hand, I don't see anything particularly offensive  about the Indians or Braves name but can certainly see that the logos could be offensive. Either way, it is not for me to say.

As far as the Irish go, everyone is Irish on St Patricks day and none of your SJW's take umbrage if Li in Nanjing dons a kilt, plays the pipes badly and recites the Ode to a Haggis while knocking back a bottle of single malt on Robbie Burns Day. Why is that?
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