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Shirts That Go Hard

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[–] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 98 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I can't speak for all of Caucasia but I'm not offended.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago

I will speak to my fellow caucasians and say, "if you're offended, lighten the fuck up, honky."

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 27 points 9 months ago

I think the way it works is someone who is not a member of that group tells you it's offensive

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

He got it wrong though. The shirt should says "CRACKERS".

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Also not offended by this.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Me either, but it's actually meant to be offensive whereas Caucasians is just a classification.

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[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cracker isn’t an epithet that native Americans have ever used though.

Paleface would be the matching slur to redskin.

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[–] angrymouse@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem with the football teams is that usually the name of team is the name of a group of ppl that was almost exterminated and their descendants still pay the price and nobody cares while their name is used as something cool. Just using the name should not be that offensive.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Except redskins is offensive. It's not the name of a group of people, it's an epithet describing them.

[–] smooth_tea@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name

It's offensive to gen z victim mentality complex people who want to define themselves through misery.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (57 children)

Were you going to show us this poll or were you just going to expect us to believe that quote of yours isn't one you just made up?

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm all for it. I want the mascot to be just a normal guy named "Steve." It's just some white guy in a cardigan. His catch phrase is "Hi, I'm Steve, nice to meet you."

When the players score a touchdown, the fans all chant "Hi, I'm Steve." The customary celebration is for the player to mime a normal handshake.

[–] Thranduil@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah it gotta be dave. Everyone knows Dave

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My favorite team is still the Cincinnati Cracker-Asses

[–] Dusktracer@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I am okay with the rebranded Honky-tonks too.

[–] Apprehensive@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

Whiteskins seems like a more appropriate name

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Shouldn’t the shirt say “Red Necks” or anything more offensive?

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I read that a more apt metaphore would be a shirt that says Paleface, with a skinny white dude on it. Cause this shirt actually goes hard.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I see 'paleface' more as a response to something morbidly shocking versus ID'ing a group of people. Similar, if the original were 'redface,' it would be being uncontrollably angry.

Wouldn't swapping in white to have whiteskins, fit better?

[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (6 children)

"red necks" is usually referring to a specific lot of folk, whereas the original context (of what this is poking at) "referred" of an entire group of people, so saying "caucasians" is more 1:1.

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[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

They would gather a following all to fast

[–] Stunning@lemmy.zip 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it racist for me a white guy to wear this?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd be worried people wouldn't get the joke and think I was some sort of Nazi.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Yeah, that was my thought too.

There are dumb right wingers who would wear it "see theres nothing offensive about this" as opposed to "See how fucking weird this is"

[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 12 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Only sport that team would play is disk golf

[–] SnuffleUpagus40@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm in this comment, and yea I'm ok with that and the post

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

I would wear that shirt

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Can we do this? I want this team. It's gotta be full of burly black guys though. They're clearly better at football. I would start watching football.

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Caucasians doesn't roll off the tongue at all. Need something shorter.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 30 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago
[–] Crismus@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pinkskins fits more of us, but that gets into Enterprise territory.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm just glad they didn't meet Travis Mayweather first...

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I'm okay with that.

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[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago
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[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Should go harder IMHO. This ad from the National Congress of American Indians does a good job.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Yeah the only issue here is "Caucasians" is roughly similar in emotional weight to "native Americans."

Shirt should say like, "crackers" or something

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wanted to support the team, but they're so damn unathletic.

[–] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most certainly can’t jump.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

That guy (and likely his entire extended family) gets it.

[–] sarmale@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Why is caucasian used to refer to the white race, isnt that for georgians or something?

Misrepresenting the target group is just an added bonus. It's like referring to all indigenous people as "indians" - even if they were from India (which they're not), it's just taking a blanket term and making them all seem like they're the same. At least that's why it's even funnier in this context.

But generally speaking, when people unironically use the term to refer to all whites, well, that just shows that they don't really understand the meaning of the term they are using.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Hell yeah brother got one in a large long?

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