Worst quote from @phillipfmorris: "Once we rid ourselves of this noxious caricature, will the anti-Wahoo brigade roll up its sleeves and move on to the punishing life-and-death issues that continue to bedevil the real American Indian, not a midmarket baseball team?" I wrote. 2/
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Or maybe this is worse: "Now, freed from the stresses created by Wahoo, perhaps these determined activists will double-down on their pursuit of essential issues, such as the staggering rates of school dropouts, suicides, and sexual assaults on reservations." 3/
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And: "Now that Wahoo will soon be out of the picture, perhaps these activists will devote their passions to reversing the sad reality that Native Americans have the lowest life expectancy rate among all U.S. ethnic groups." 4/
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And: "He outlived his purpose and became a contrived distraction. But, can his detractors now move on to some heavy lifting? Perhaps, we can find a way to donate Wahoo's legacy to science -- and the study of pointless division." 5/
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Seriously, dude. Could you be more obvious expressing your contempt for Native Americans and their concerns than this? You'd have to work really hard at it. Your critics are right: Protesting Chief Wahoo and working on the problems you list are not mutually exclusive. Idiot. /end
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Wait. Had to add one more: What makes Mr. Morris think that Native American activists are NOT working on the problems on reservations that he listed? Does he speak with them? Did he do any research? Or did he just assume that they all protest Chief Wahoo and do nothing else? /end
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