So is The Auburn mascot racist too? How about Mizzou? Clemson? Exc.

Y so racist LSU? This is dumb btw

Clemson's mascot is a druggie not a racist.

Elephants are from Africa. Alabama's mascot is racist

Bama's mascot is cultural appropriation. Wouldn't expect anything less from the gumps.

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So is The Auburn mascot racist too?

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Well by his argument's logic, we aren't named after the Louisiana Tiger regiment of the confederacy so probably not

Can we please just shoot all left wing liberals? Put them out of their misery? They aren't happy unless they're bitching about something.

Is Crimson Tide sexist ?

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A good rule of thumb to live by these days: Everything is racist.

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Don't tell Al Sharpton that.

While the term "Louisiana Tigers" was originally used only by Wheat's Battalion, it was eventually applied to all CSA troops from Louisiana. Hence, "Louisiana Tigers" is indeed a title with links to the WBTS and Louisiana troops.

"The origin of the term came from the "Tiger Rifles," a volunteer company raised in the New Orleans area as part of Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat's 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry (2nd Louisiana Battalion). "A large number of the men were foreign-born, particularly Irish Americans, many from the city's wharves and docks. Many men had previous military experience in local militia units or as filibusters. They (and the regiments that later became known as the Tigers) were organized and trained at Camp Moore.

"One disgusted observer proclaimed that many of Wheat’s recruits were “the lowest scum of the lower Mississippi...adventurous wharf rats, thieves, and outcasts...and bad characters generally."

Nothing much has changed about New Orleans...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Tigers.

Missouri WBTS troops nicknames had no links to the name "tigers." The Missouri troops were apparently sometimes nicknamed "the Owls." This is thought to have been a disparaging reference by other southern troops. "Taken by the owls" was a period expression referring to troops who deserted their command in the middle of the night.

Auburn "pussycats" nickname also had no links to the WBTS. Auburn adopted the "War Eagle" from ... get this ... a damn-yankee regiment, the 8th Wisconsin who burned and pillaged their way through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Never understood why the Aubs did that except maybe to emphasize that Tuscaloosa and the U. of Alabama was burned by the Yankees and Auburn probably welcomed them.

"March 26, 1881), a bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. Later, his image was adopted as the eagle appearing on a globe in Case Corporation's logo and as the screaming eagle on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Abe