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Will there ever be a successful push to drop Ole Miss/Rebels?
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:09 pm
After watching our 30 for 30 tonight I can't help but wonder to myself, like Colonel Reb, will there ever be a successful push by any person or group to drop the University's affiliation with the nicknames Ole Miss or Rebels.
I'm on my phone so if you don't know where either came from just look it up.
I will say though, I personally am okay with Colonel Reb being removed. However, if we were ever to drop Ole Miss or Rebels I would be devastated; particularly Ole Miss. I understand the fact that where the term originates conjures up terrible feelings and emotions, but to me it's simply a term of endearment to the University I love.
I'm on my phone so if you don't know where either came from just look it up.
I will say though, I personally am okay with Colonel Reb being removed. However, if we were ever to drop Ole Miss or Rebels I would be devastated; particularly Ole Miss. I understand the fact that where the term originates conjures up terrible feelings and emotions, but to me it's simply a term of endearment to the University I love.
This post was edited on 10/30/12 at 8:10 pm
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Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:11 pm to Grateful Reb
No. Riots will start up again if they try that shite.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:11 pm to Grateful Reb
If it bothered today's generation of black kids, they wouldn't go to ole miss. That term isn't going anywhere. Our fricking president is black (for now)
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:11 pm to Grateful Reb
Someone please prove to me where Ole Miss comes from. Proof, thanks.
Until then, those whiners can STFU
Until then, those whiners can STFU
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:12 pm to Grateful Reb
Not. A. Chance.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:14 pm to Grateful Reb
They should not change Ole Miss or Rebels. Just like the Redskins will never change their name.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:15 pm to Grateful Reb
frick that shite.
I am an Ole Miss Rebel.
I am an Ole Miss Rebel.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:16 pm to Swoopin
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This post was edited on 10/30/12 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:17 pm to Grateful Reb
Luckily, "Rebels" isn't too incendiary right now.
Plus, there's always UNLV to validate the name
Plus, there's always UNLV to validate the name
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:17 pm to Grateful Reb
I don't think anything should have changed.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:18 pm to Grateful Reb
Then they've won already so you may as well quit now.
The first thing they needed to do was convince everyone why the American Civil War was fought.
Now that they've convinced everyone that its because everyone in the South are racists they can start stripping more of your culture away. You may as well petition Chicken to change Col Reb to a Bear because he'll be pressured by some group from Wisconsin or face business pressure from advertisers.
Why fight it. It's easier to give in and let them tell you how to think.
The first thing they needed to do was convince everyone why the American Civil War was fought.
Now that they've convinced everyone that its because everyone in the South are racists they can start stripping more of your culture away. You may as well petition Chicken to change Col Reb to a Bear because he'll be pressured by some group from Wisconsin or face business pressure from advertisers.
Why fight it. It's easier to give in and let them tell you how to think.
This post was edited on 10/30/12 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:18 pm to Rebelgator
quote:
I am an Ole Miss Rebel.
I'm an Oxford Yellow Jacket.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:20 pm to Grateful Reb
I doubt I'll see it in my lifetime, but I'm not going to say never.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:22 pm to Duke
What is wrong with ole miss? What is wrong with rebels?
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:31 pm to allin2010
Rebels obviously is a tribute to the confederacy. A bloody war that was fought in large part so that the south could continue the terrible practice of slavery. It should go away.
Tyler Lee high school in Texas gave up their rebel mascot years ago.
Tyler Lee high school in Texas gave up their rebel mascot years ago.
This post was edited on 10/30/12 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:31 pm to allin2010
I doubt it would happen in my time, and I don't think "Ole Miss" will ever leave. Rebels might but it would take a while.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:32 pm to allin2010
The whole getting rid of the Rebel thing is ridiculous. A small college here in LA (Nicholls State) used the Colonels as their mascot. Several years ago they decided the school couldn't have the Colonel as their mascot because it's racist. This country has become a bunch of cry baby pussies.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:32 pm to John Maplethorpe
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A bloody war that was fought in large part so that the south could continue the terrible practice of slavery. It should go away.
God damn liberal agenda infiltrating the schools...
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:34 pm to John Maplethorpe
Oh really? A high school? I bet the earth shook when that happened.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:37 pm to Rebelgator
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