Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

Why have the PC police chosen sports mascot names to attack and demand being changed?

Our country whether we know it or not or like it or not has very deep seated roots in Native American culture and language. Many of our basic food staples are of Native American origins, as are our customs, government, names of cities, states, lakes & rivers.

We have done this in honor of their culture and traditions as well as ours. Why then do they feel a need to attack only the ones they don't like.

Maybe we should change the names of all of the states listed below because it is offensive to assume we honor native Americans by using these names and words.

Alabama – named for the Alibamu, a tribe whose name derives from a Choctaw phrase meaning "thicket-clearers"[1] or "plant-cutters" (from albah, "(medicinal) plants", and amo, "to clear"). The modern Choctaw name for the tribe is Albaamu.[2]
Alaska – from Aleut alaxsxaq, "the mainland" (literally "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed").[3]
Arizona – may be from O'odham ali ṣona-g, "having a little spring", though it may come from Basque: aritz zonak ("Good oaks").[4]
Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze (see Kansas, below), which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw.[4][5][6]
Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River).[7][8] The name reflects Proto-Eastern-Algonquian *kwən-, "long"; *-əhtəkw, "tidal river"; and *-ənk, the locative suffix[9]
Hawaii - Hawaiian language name Hawaiʻi - from Hawaiki, legendary homeland of the Polynesians.[10] Hawaiki is believed to mean "place of the gods"[11]
Idaho – may be from Plains Apache ídaahę́, "enemy", used to refer to the Comanches,[12] or it may have been an invented word.
Illinois – from the French rendering of an Algonquian (perhaps Miami) word apparently meaning "s/he speaks normally" (c.f. Miami ilenweewa),[13] from Proto-Algonquian *elen-, "ordinary" + -wē, "to speak",[14][15] referring to the Illiniwek.
Iowa – from Dakota ayúxba or ayuxwe, via French Aiouez.[16][17][18]
Kansas – from the autonym kką:ze.[5]
Kentucky – from an Iroquoian word meaning "at the meadow" or "on the prairie"[19] (c.f. Seneca gëdá’geh [kẽtaʔkeh], "at the field").[20]
Massachusetts – from an Algonquian language of southern New England, and apparently means "near the small big mountain", usually identified as Great Blue Hill on the border of Milton and Canton, Massachusetts[21] (c.f. the Narragansett name Massachusêuck).[21]
Michigan – from Ottawa mishigami, "large water" or "large lake".".[22][23]
Minnesota – from Dakota mni-sota, "turbid water".[8][24]
Mississippi – from an Algonquian language, probably Ojibwe, meaning "big river" (Ojibwe misiziibi).[22][25]
Missouri – named for the Missouri tribe, whose name comes from Illinois mihsoori, "dugout canoe".[26]
Nebraska – from Chiwere ñįbraske, "flattened water".[27]
New Mexico – the name "Mexico" comes from Nahuatl Mēxihco, of unknown derivation.[28]
North and South Dakota – dakhóta comes from the Sioux word for "friend" or "ally".[27]
Ohio – from Seneca ohi:yo’, "beautiful river".[29][30]
Oklahoma – invented by Chief Allen Wright as a rough translation of "Indian Territory"; in Choctaw, okla means "people", "tribe", or "nation", and homa- means "red", thus: "Red people".[8][31]
Tennessee – Derived from the name of a Cherokee village, Tanasi, whose etymology is unknown.[32]
Texas – ultimately from Caddo táyshaʔ, "friend".[33][34]
Utah – from a language of one of the Ute tribe's neighbors, such as Western Apache yúdah, "high up".[35]
Wisconsin – originally "Mescousing", from an Algonquian language, though the source and meaning is not entirely clear; most likely from the Miami word Meskonsing meaning "it lies red"[36][37] (c.f. Ojibwe miskosin).[22]
Wyoming – from Munsee Delaware xwé:wamənk, "at the big river flat".[38]

PhilosophyMan Loc: Washington state.

While it may be honoring the roots of America, some may confuse that as mocking, to have a human being as a mascot implies that it is silly and wacky and not to be taken seriously.
I think that is the premise of their thoughts on that.
It is most likely misunderstood as being offensive by those without a sense of humor. a lot of people don't seem to have a sense of humor anyways.

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

No I think they want to force the rest of us to kneel to their way of thought without seeing the reality of how influential the Native American culture has been. How their culture that we do revere has molded and continues to inspire us even in today's society.

And yes some people have little sense of humor :-)

PhilosophyMan Loc: Washington state.

maybe you are right, but people these don't even know how that is, they were never taught the influence the culture had.

Ve'hoe

Not to mention,,, It doesnt matter or affect we indians at all, most could care less, just a few bigmouths with personal axes to grind.....who, of course, get ALL the medias attention.

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

Correct me if I'm wrong but you live in the Samamish area correct?

And that you were taught about the history of the area and of the great leaders that inspired many of the names of places and cities around you.

John C. Hyland

Several, really many, years ago, there was an objection to a school name -- an Indian name! At the time, a poll showed that over 90% of Native Americans didn't have a problem with that. Since then the liberals and the Media especially, has made it a gigantic problem and brainwashed the American Indian into believing that it is wrong.
Power of the press! Same as when they elected Obama!

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

That's kind of the question, are we honoring them with using their names like Seattle, Tacoma, Sammamish, Winona, Shakopee. Or even Battle Lake Mn that pays homege to an epic battle of courage and survival between the Lakota and Ojibiway back in 1795.