ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

Political Correctness Sinks Mark Twain
By United Press International May 19, 2014 12:23 pm


A cove in Lake Tahoe will not be named for American writer Mark Twain, after the Washoe Tribe complained the caucasian author was prejudiced against Native Americans.

"Samuel Clemens had racist views on the native people of this country and has captured those views in his literature," wrote Darrel Cruz, head of the Washoe Tribe cultural resource department, in a letter to the Nevada State Board on Geographic Affairs. "Therefore, we cannot support the notion of giving a place name in Lake Tahoe to Samuel Clemens."

Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, objected to naming the lake "Tahoe," which comes from the Washoe word for lake.

"People say that Tahoe means 'Silver Lake' -- 'Limpid Water' -- 'Falling Leaf,'' Twain is credited as saying. "Bosh! It means grasshopper soup, the favorite dish of the digger tribe -- and of the Pi-utes as well." The word "digger" is considered a racial slur by Native Americans.

Board member Robert Stewart, who first introduced the plan to name the cove for Mark Twain, fully supports tabling his initial efforts.

"I have a great deal of respect for the Washoe Tribe. And if their cultural committee is unhappy with naming the cove for Mark Twain, I'm not going to fight them," Stewart said. "We need to show sensitivity to the tribe."

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buddy42 Loc: Bonita Springs, Fl

I personally side with the Native Americans. I was taught in school that it was their land originally.

Brian Devon

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Actually God promised all of America to Cheney and the Koch brothers. Would you expect any different??? The native Americans were just usurpers with photo-shopped birth certificates.......

oldroy Loc: Western Kansas (No longer in hiding)

So you don't know that what we call American Indians came across the Bering Straits at a time when it was easily crossed by people from the area of eastern Asia and they moved along and took the nation from those they found here? Yep, it seems that they had better weapons than the old Stone Age people they found. That would be kind of like the shooting irons the British brought with them and started taking land away from American Indians, wouldn't it?

Brian Devon

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Roy, google: sarcasm. You don't quite seem to understand the concept. I bet you didn't understand the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, and Mae West.

You seem like the type of man who would view Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh as major comedians.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

Brian: Actually when you open your mouth...it is amazing all the bullshit that comes out!!! You know that you will never be half the man these extremely successful men have become! Their patriotic contributions to society and donations to worthy causes....ah you get my drift....Watch that blood pressure!