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Just to be clear--I still think you're on the same path as the previous statement.
A consensus or majority is not and should not be required to do the right thing.
I'll leave the "people like you" comment alone.
If you haven't heard people have a problem with the name, what do you think that says? To me, that doesn't say anything about the name, or the problems people have with it--it just tells us more about the specific bubble you live in.
The Wahoo caricature is part of the team's history. Yeah, it's been changed, but that's always going to be a part of the Indians--and why the name is going to be changed, while other names like the Braves and Chiefs, which more or less pay homage and represent their communities in a positive light, won't be.
I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I don't think switching to a better representation is viable--just like how the Washington Football Team isn't going to change to a name representative of indigenous people. Best to make a clean break.
I refuse to accept your statement that changing the team name is the same as dismissing the people. Those are not equivalent, and it's just inflammatory rhetoric designed to make an emotional appeal.
And, while we're on the topic of eschewing reasonable discussion in favor of emotional appeal, I never "told you what your thoughts and intentions were following a team name." I guess we're both in agreement that that's something that won't happen!
They have been protesting both the Braves and the Chiefs just as much as the Indians. Even the Seminoles are being protested even though their is an agreement with the Seminole nation to use their name (They are even going after car names)... Though we don't need to go farther in that. I do hope they draw the line in the sand and say that's as far as we go changing the names of sports teams...