The Cleveland Guardians ? Just another insult. Who s got a beef with Guardians? Disabled folk who have been screwed by one.
By Mike Ervin, Progressive Media Project August 4, 2021 5:30pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The owners of the Major League Baseball team in Cleveland, have announced that the name of the team will be changed from the Indians to the Guardians, beginning next season.
The stated reason for choosing that name is that it s a tribute to the iconic, 43-foot tall Guardians of Traffic statues on Cleveland s Hope Memorial Bridge.
But I have a feeling that name was also appealing to the owners because they re punch-drunk from protests and thus were looking for something completely uncontroversial. And maybe they figured that no one could possibly have a beef with the name Guardians.
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Since 1915, my adopted home city has been home to the Cleveland Indians, a name selected through a newspaper poll a very democratic method indeed. They were previously the Cleveland Naps and really, what greater cause is there to cheer for? (Sadly, “Nap” was just a popular player’s nickname.)
But the woke came for Indians and last week, they triumphed. Backlash against the Indians’ name started as early as the 1970s, with Native American groups arguing that Native nicknames and imagery make it difficult to teach people about their history and plight. Indeed, Ohio has a rich history of tribes, dating as far back as 12,500 B.C., that’s more than worthy of the public’s knowledge. The name “Ohio” itself is from the Seneca word for “beautiful river.” This history is, of course, not an entirely happy one. Moses Cleaveland, for whom the city is named, was responsible for “negotiating” with the local tribes to purchase land for a new city; he gave them abo