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White Earth Nation
Just learned about it by accident; for more details, see http://whiteearth.com. My guess: They get some confused e-mail, which they find amusing. For a structurally similar example, check out the Oriental Republic.
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Eugene,
You've just solved the thorny problem of the Washington Football Team, (aka, the Redskins). It's been looking for a new team name. Solution: Change it to . . . [drumroll] . . . The Washington Whiteskins!!!
Indian tribes will like it, and, therefore, so will many liberals. White supremacists will like it, and, therefore, so will many conservatives. Here I go--healing a heretofore bitterly divided nation.
You're welcome, America.
"Indian tribes will like it, and, therefore, so will many liberals."
If that were true, the team would still be called the Redskins. And liberals would call latinos latinos.
Liberals do --LEFTISTS don't...
Indian tribes will like it, and, therefore, so will many liberals.
White supremacists will like it, and, therefore, so will many conservatives.
Do you actually believe even 10% of the nonsense that you spew?
Wuz,
In this case, no. It's a f*cking joke. (Obviously!!! I thought)
I will try to remember to add emoticons in the future, for the humor- and irony-impaired. 🙂
I'm guessing it's been a loooong time since you wuz young.
Don't be so permanently angry you don't get jokes.
But, but, the Indians just changed their names to the Guardians. Why shouldn't the Redskins become the Hooligans.
I’m still rooting for the Washington Insurrection.
This is DC, it should be the Washington Corruption, or the Washington Swamp Creatures.
Didn't one incarnation of the Klan call itself "the Guardians"?
I may be confusing this with some of the other vigilante groups that have arisen in our history, but I definitely remember "the Guardians" as being a problem somewhere, sometime...
I seem to remember that. I may be thinking of the Guardian Angels, but they're not associated the Klan.
Oh, now I understand why they rejected my membership application.
I am flying their flag to cause a racial incident in my scumbag Democrat neighborhood.
They refused to ship the flag. I ordered the big one.
Sounds like discrimination to me. You should sue for a big bag of wild rice.
Unfair advantage of White Earth privilege. I was profiled, and asked to represent my race. I need reparations, now.
Plan: Install video surveillance, and fly it proud at my front gate.
Go to Amazon. Search for White Earth Flag. It is much cheaper there, and they will send it.
Brings back memories of childhood when the White Earth Catalog would arrive and we would eagerly order our new robes and hats.
As a life-long Minnesotan (where this reservation is located), I was very confused to why this would cause confusion. I've grown up hearing about the White Earth nation all my life and never thought about any of the race implications referenced in this post.
Also, to DavidBehar and Jerry B, grow the F up. You sound like a bunch of impetuous, whiny, racist twelve-year-olds. Honestly, reassess your priorities in life.