At what point does it cross the line for you?

Im the same as you. If they did away with ole miss or rebels, then the school would never see a dime of money from me again

I won't stop supporting "The Ole Miss Rebels"

Do I like ANYTHING they are changing? frick no. But nothing I do will change anything. I love OM and I love the time I had there.

Even if they change "Ole Miss" "Rebels" or anything else they will always be and only ever be OM and the Rebels. Just like how I don't acknowledge the Black Bear my son will grow up knowing it as a faux mascot and he will only know Colonel Reb.

It's already "crossed the line" for me. But I try not to think about it.

It doesn't help us and it evidently hurts them so maybe taking it down is the right thing I'm not sure. What makes me mad is that eventually whatever is complained about will be removed without question.

Thanks for your input. And I definitley agree that whenever the KKK and other ignorant white trash people are upset and mad at you then you are probably doing something right. My thing is at what point are you supposed to let a dead dog lie and truly move on with a fresh mind. In no way do I think removing or building on top of a grave is necessary or progressive

Don't really care about Colonel Reb or the flag. Would be sad to see Ole MIss or Rebels go and would make a stink.

As for the monument. I am a former Soldier myself and feel pretty strongly about that. It memorializes the lowly fighting man, not the government they fought under. Do I have a problem with the Iraqis having monuments to soldiers who fought under Sadaam? No. Germans with monuments to soldiers from WWII? No. Regardless of what the powers that be got them into, the average soldier in most circumstance fights because they care about their people and that should be respected. I would really lose my shite.

I could give two shits about most of it. I honestly cant wait until they stop playing "dixie". I cant believe we still do that. Idolizing the civil war and those who fell just isnt important to me. And if I know more about civil war history than you, then it doesnt matter to you either, you just like to bitch.

I thought Rebels would be my line in the sand awhile back when I had this same discussion, but Im not sure it is now. It would be odd for me to say anything other than "lets go rebs", but idk. That one is iffy for me.

Where I draw the line is Ole Miss. I absolutely love it. It is unique and it distances our-self from simply Mississippi in the way that I feel Oxford differs from most of the state. It is different from the rest of the state and I like not having "Mississippi" in our name.

I unlike a lot of Mississippians, and Im sure some of you, do not take pride in the civil war and do not take pride in my home state. We are last in everything and the state as a whole brings down the school I love at least in perception.

For those who are sick of the Ole Miss comes from Old Missus, understand that that assumption is a theory that compared to another, doesnt hold a lot of water.

The woman who named the year book "Ole Miss" back in the 20's, where we got our nickname... her parents were not alive when people owned slaves. No one used that type of vernacular anymore. But you know what was in existence while she was at the University of Mississippi? A train that ran up and down the River from New Orleans to Memphis, named non other than "Ole Miss".

So out of those two theories which makes more sense? She named a yearbook "Ole Miss" from the saying "Old Missus" that hadnt been used in 80 years, or a train named "Ole Miss" that ran while she named the year book "Ole Miss".

I still think we are a ways away before they will touch Ole Miss or Rebels.

The administration has done everything they can to remove symbols on campus that are associated with the Confederate flag. Dixie would have stuck around IMO if that damn chant didn't begin in the early 2000s. Once that continued the administration had no choice but to shut it down. FDWL could have stayed if the students simply stopped the chant.

For those that really want to keep the name Rebels, having a replacement mascot like the Black Bear does more good than they realize. The Black Bear creates a buffer that they can point to and say, "See, this is how we define 'Rebels,' not the racist way you may think."

At the end of the day, I am a graduate of the University of Mississippi and I have been a lifelong supporter and will always be. That feeling doesn't go away when symbols are removed. At the heart of it, the people, the scenery, and the experiences are the most important attributes for me. Not a damn mascot, or logo, or even uniforms. I just want what's best for Ole Miss.

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I wish they would bring FDWL back because it gives me chills.

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I'm pretty sure the band played some form of Dixie on the field before the game this past weekend.

I'm on board with the changes, I think we have to be able to adapt and change to our environment.

But still, when all that is left to be oppressive is our whiteness, what then?

I was accused of causing an oppressive work environment because of an Ole Miss logo. Not the Colonel, not the Confederate flag and not even the word Rebels.

Just the "Ole Miss" lettering.