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War Chant has been retired
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<blockquote data-quote="mattcoldagelli" data-source="post: 1326509" data-attributes="member: 11524"><p>I mean, the War Chant is pretty much a not-distant cousin of the Tomahawak Chop. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I find the Chop to be creepy and in poor taste.</p><p></p><p>And why would you love to see the reaction? Let me spoil it for you: if you don't have the Seminole Nation giving this an explicit thumbs up, you can get bent or miss the postseason.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>See above - you can describe the Tomahawk Chop as just drums and horns as well. But it's less about it being offensive on its face, and more about it being distinctly Native American, especially after claiming to have dropped our Native American imagery 10 years ago. It's a wink and a nod to something we said we were retiring - which is also why people are so up in arms over it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattcoldagelli, post: 1326509, member: 11524"] I mean, the War Chant is pretty much a not-distant cousin of the Tomahawak Chop. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I find the Chop to be creepy and in poor taste. And why would you love to see the reaction? Let me spoil it for you: if you don't have the Seminole Nation giving this an explicit thumbs up, you can get bent or miss the postseason. See above - you can describe the Tomahawk Chop as just drums and horns as well. But it's less about it being offensive on its face, and more about it being distinctly Native American, especially after claiming to have dropped our Native American imagery 10 years ago. It's a wink and a nod to something we said we were retiring - which is also why people are so up in arms over it. [/QUOTE]
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