In a pre-arranged D.C. hotel showdown, fans of the Washington football team were confronted by the Native American activist/sketch comedy group the 1491s for a segment on The Daily Show.
The Washington Post describes the confrontation as “so intense that one fan left in tears.”
“This goes way beyond mocking,” said a 56-year-old former teacher and huge football fan from Alexandria, totally unaware of the irony. “Poking fun is one thing, but that’s not what happened.”
According to the Post, the native group accused the fans of “sounding like an alcoholic, someone who’s in denial and who doesn’t want to believe what they’re doing is not right.”
The segment was filmed Sep. 13 and was slated to air last week, but was bumped for some guy named Bill Clinton. It will air this week and should feature footage of the 1491s attending a few tailgates the following day, complete with all the abominable insults we’ve come to intimately know (and in many cases defend) in Cleveland.
This issue’s not going to disappear, especially when all the late-night hosts are tapped into the absurdity. Here’s one of our favorite segments, from John Oliver in June.
This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2014.
Snyder is wrong, but our constitution protects his right to be wrong. I am delighted the Native Americans are getting the visibility they have always deserved.
Whatever happens now, the Native peoples win and Snyder looks like the poster child for the whiney, self-important rich white guy.
Don’t be that guy, people. We all hate that guy, and decent men and women will not fuck such a person.
Start a “no nookie” campaign to bring the Cleveland Indian’s mascot, Chief Wahoo, to a satisfactory end. Which almost certainly will blend everyone’s POV into a humorous new mascot.
No nookie for owners, players, staff or fans. If you attend even one game, no man or woman in the NE Ohio area with any sense of decency will fuck you, lovely readers.
Take the pledge, folks.
My body, my choice.
Let every Native American in the US vote on whether or not the mascot is offensive. Take the results and go from there. Whatever way the vote goes, I’m pretty sure it will be conclusive. In the meantime, feel free to bang/not bang whoever you do or don’t choose.