By Selwyn Duke
Earlier this week I wrote about North Dakota’s extraordinary referendum to ban all property taxes. Quite predictably, the state’s residents reacted to it in a very ordinary way: They defeated it by a wide margin.
This isn’t surprising since people, especially conservatives, are generally uncomfortable with revolutionary ideas. Well, good ones, anyway. This is why only a third of colonists supported the American Revolution; the rest had to be dragged along to the Promised Land kicking and screaming. It’s also why our Founding Fathers were not conservative — or Conservatives.
Assenting to thoroughly stupid but fashionable ideas is a different matter, however. And this is why 67 percent of North Dakotans also agreed on Tuesday to allow the abolishment of the University of North Dakota’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname and Indian-head logo.
In fairness, it should be mentioned that the pathetic, politically-correct NCAA had threatened the university with sanctions if it didn’t comply. Really, though, not only would the sanctions not be that severe, whatever happened to the old American spirit of spending “millions for defense, not a penny for tribute”? Today we spend millions for social engineering, but I guess a penny of sacrifice in the sports arena is too much to ask.
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Great article, Selwyn, as I'm catching up with my reading on your blog.
My favorite part is: "The nickname isn’t Drunken Sioux or Wimpy Sue or Indians Will Sue, but something acknowledging a virtue: the Sioux’ reputation for being brave warriors. Is it better if all Indian references are stricken from our cultural landscape, as if Indians never existed?" because I really needed a laugh tonight.
God bless you. (even though I'm an agnostic so it doesn't mean much ;0) )
Posted by: peachykeen | June 26, 2012 at 02:11 AM