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<blockquote data-quote="Battle89" data-source="post: 1996155" data-attributes="member: 748721"><p>There seems to be an unbridgeable gap between those here that believe the former and those that believe the latter.</p><p></p><p>Those that think this is step 2 (step 1 being the Chief gone) in a long-game, multi-step process to change everything are branded as conspiracy theorists by (some of) those that see no harm in a goofy sideline mascot.</p><p></p><p>I don't know who's right, each draws their own line in the sand and many have chosen to do so here (or just outright don't want a mascot, period). I mostly land here, I find silly mascots diminishing in the light of what the Chief stood for, but the generation(s) that lived the Chief are slowly dying away. Others lacking this context just see a fun diversion for kids, and I get that too.</p><p></p><p>And I sure hope we never change the name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Battle89, post: 1996155, member: 748721"] There seems to be an unbridgeable gap between those here that believe the former and those that believe the latter. Those that think this is step 2 (step 1 being the Chief gone) in a long-game, multi-step process to change everything are branded as conspiracy theorists by (some of) those that see no harm in a goofy sideline mascot. I don't know who's right, each draws their own line in the sand and many have chosen to do so here (or just outright don't want a mascot, period). I mostly land here, I find silly mascots diminishing in the light of what the Chief stood for, but the generation(s) that lived the Chief are slowly dying away. Others lacking this context just see a fun diversion for kids, and I get that too. And I sure hope we never change the name. [/QUOTE]
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