The cost to change the mascot is estimated to be around $200,000.
Weird, the minutemen were an actual group so I dunno why anyone is confused about the genderization, and if they musket is a concern just change the logo. The minutemen is way more badass than the Bears. Should have changed the logo to a Watchmen or fallout reference, though I suspect the real reason for changing the name was because of the sexual context of the name.
I’ve never in my life heard the term “Minutemen” and thought of anything sexual
The real reason is silly. They’re removing all people as mascots. Stupid but at least consistent.
No, I suspect the real change is performative anti gun bullshit.
$200,000 to change the mascot of a high school…
Think of all the branding at the school: the murals, signage, logos on apparel, and their websites. Plus the graphic design work. I don’t think $200,000 is egregiously expensive
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I’d bet that https://lemmy.world/c/photoshopbattles would do it for tree fiddy.
If you’re gonna use an animal, use something cooler than a bear
Like an aardvark!
Yeah, or the Mongooses, that’s a good team name! “The Fighting Mongooses”!
Or maybe a hellbender
That’s what I said. They’re same, aren’t they?
A salamander is just a cuter version of an aardvark. Apology accepted.
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Holy shit we are doomed as a country.
This is a perfect example of just how completely useless the Left in this country are. We have REAL problems that we face and this is the type of utter nonsense that far too many on the Left focus on.
In Europe and other parts of the industrialized world, liberal groups have given the people universal healthcare, and paternity leave, and strong consumer and labor laws. Those groups have their heads on straight, focus on important topics that everyone faces, and eventually get results. Because those groups focus on things that actually matter and that people want, the people respond by actually giving them some level of political power.
What do we have in the US? We have blue-haired idiots screaming about an honest-to-goodness patriot because his cartoon logo has a musket and the fact that the image is of a man. No wonder that even in some of the most blue cities in some of the most blue states in the country, liberal candidates can’t win local elections.
Some school district decided to change their mascot, something that happens all the time, and you turn into some big, catastrophic issue while screeching about how other people don’t have their priorities straight.
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It’s a legit problem when you look at the sum effect of all these local activists trying to “fix” local problems that should be waaaaaay down on the priority list. It pretty much paralyzed all grassroots activist groups for a good decade or so and let Trump run rampant most of his first term.
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/
Well become a leftist and be the change that you want to be in the world. I promise you don’t have to drink soy milk.
I am more left on most (but not all issues) than most people. I am embarrassed by the majority of people who also call themselves “liberal” in this country.
true that the left is inefficient
meanwhile the right is literally stifling and blocking any social progress
The left and right are fucked. It’s the political game altogether that’s worthless and criminal. Favors for favors.
