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5 minutes ago, hammerva said:

Wait Eskimos is a slur?

It has been in some circles for a few years, I guess equivalent to Indian but not as offensive as Redskin (or similar word choice). 

Inuit used to be the preferred term. Not sure about in 2020. 

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Equivalent to Indian on the scale is probably about correct.

It definitely brings up strong feelings for Inuit of a certain generation because "Eskimo" was the assigned term to a lot of kids shipped off into the fucked up residential school system.

The team has clearly known this was coming for a while. I think it's the whole reason they started the "One Empire" PR thing a few years ago now, because it gives them an easy name transition that spares having to redo the logo.

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I was typing up a whole thing, but DFA pretty much nailed it. It's a colonial name foisted on a people, not a name they would use for themselves. I'm not sure when Canada stopped using the term on official documents, but we were definitely taught in elementary school (so 80s/early 90s for me) that it was an outdated term and Inuit is preferred.

Calling yourself the Empire is tone deaf in its own way and I hope they choose something else. I vote for Elks.

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To be honest I'm kind of dreading going to games now because Alberta is already full of Those People that refuse to change how they sing the anthem because they were super-attached to the word "sons", and I guarantee you there's going to be half-drunk white dudes starting "Go Esks Go" chants for at least 5 years. It's gonna suck.

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Pending final approval, Winnipeg will be the hub city for a shortened CFL season. No fucking thank you.

It's all part of the Provincial Government spending $8M to encourage large events to come to Manitoba while also debating loosening restrictions at the borders.

Fuck all of that noise.

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If there was a way to do it safely, I am on board with it. Unfortunately, our cases are going up, and they aren't going to make anyone who travels here do the 14 day quarantine. 

I still don't think the season is happening anyway. Simply no money to be made, and they will lose way too much. 

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It's honestly sounding more and more like there won't be a season. There's clearly a ton of tension between the PA and the league right now and there doesn't seem to be a lot of optimism.

I hope this isn't a lethal injection for the league. I've seen it come through a lot of weird times but this feels like the most serious one.

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