[knightdreamer2k]

Originally Posted by Antonin

For crying out loud. No, the movie Major League is not banned. It's very sad that comments from people with your point of view descend so quickly into the absurd.

I don't really understand why you guys are so emotionally attached to these names. If you really want to "honor" the people who were here when the Europeans arrived in North and South America, why not learn about their culture(s)? Learn one of their languages. Contribute to a charity that addresses problems on the reservations like alcoholism and opioid addiction.

When I see hundreds of people doing that silly "tomahawk chop" gesture, it seems like they just do it to poke their thumb in the eye of racial minorities and those evil libs. You are nervous because the world you thought you dominated is changing. You don't control the entire planet any more. People of color are sick and tired of "going along to get along." When I was a kid, the white players on my little league baseball team used to rub my head for luck. I'm black. I put up with it then, because "going along to get along" was a primary component of survival strategy for African-Americans. You just did what you had to do to get by. But I doubt that sort of thing would be tolerated now. Enough is enough.

You guys can't order and rearrange peoples and cultures anymore, and that makes you feel insecure.

In a way, it's sad. And it makes me very pessimistic that American society will become more harmonious during my lifetime. You guys just don't listen. You don't want to listen.

You guys are angry because you think people who don't look like you want to censor you. That's why you complain so bitterly about "woke" this and "woke" that.

But you censor yourself every day. If you have a female boss, you certainly don't use the "b" word when she's around. You don't use certain language around your female co-workers. If you did, the HR department would call you in within minutes, and you would be fired.

You don't tell dirty jokes around your young daughters, your elderly relatives or your priest/rabbi/minister.

And you definitely don't use the "N-word" anywhere a black person can hear you. Not if you care about your personal safety.

Total freedom to do and say whatever you want to anyone and everyone just can't exist if you intend to live in society. This is (or should be) common sense. To exist as human beings we have to respect each other. Self-restraint is a good thing. It separates human civilization from the way animals live.

Enough of the silly ethnic stereotypes. Treat people who are different the way you yourself would want to be treated.

You have said everything I wanted to say, so thank you. I tune out those who use the word "woke" as I see it as childish and it speaks to their insecurities.