Should public school teams be barred from having Indigenous names?

Asked by ABC 17 News

446 Votes

Should public school teams be barred from having Indigenous names?

21%

Yes Yes

79%

No No

21%

Yes

New York officials voted to stop the practice this week.

New York officials voted to stop the practice this week. Show Less

1 Comments

79%

No

School teams around the country, including Mid-Missouri, have such names.

School teams around the country, including Mid-Missouri, have such names. Show Less

4 Comments

Ray Weber

Because schools should have the freedom to choose whatever name they want because this falls under the 1st amendment Freedom of Speech.

Max DeYoung

"New York officials voted to stop the practice this week." That, in a nutshell, describes how messed up New York is. They would prefer names like Lambs, Opossums, Fawns and names similar to that. I can't say the other names that they would approve of because it would be removed.

sandra zollman

We need police officers not cameras. Our city council has a defund the police mentality and it's showing. We used to see vehicle stops all the time. Rarely do you see them anymore. The police don't even respond to some calls anymore. We will soon be Portland unless we decide to vote for better optio

Toasty

I wonder if anyone asked the regular indigenous folks how they feel? Random guess, 99% would say "Dude, I don't care...I got more important things to do." Only the 1% get time on the mainstream media to spark this fake outrage.

Sandra Carmony

I agree with Toasty. It's all fake outrage. Indian tribes have all indicated that they are either honored or indifferent to the team names, so who wants to ban them?

Do you support what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing?

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835 Votes

Do you support what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing?

43%

Yes Yes

57%

No No

43%

Yes

11 Comments

Matthew Gregory

Cleaning up all the bloat, fraud and corruption in our federal government all while helping with the massive over spending causing inflation.

Tim Kennedy

People need to get back to acting on what’s good for The country and sop asking what the country can do for them. We are in a me society we need to get back to a we society.

Scott Keel

Long overdue!!!!

Eric Smith

Absolutely! Long overdue.

Maria Gose

Accountability is way past due. Keep forging forward .

Melissa Hill

I think government spending has gotten out of control and needs over site and their own audit.

James Lucas

The Democrats, since Clinton have talked about doing what DOGE is not doing. Yes, Clinton and Obama did some EO, but always gave more lip service than action. Now we have action from Republicans' and still Democrat lip service.

Max DeYoung

Best thing that's ever happened for our government.

Rodney Scott

Taxpayer dollars have been wasted for decades. Time to stop it! I am 73. This problem goes all the way to local politicians. Hundreds of thousands spent on ev busses and maintenence vehicles! WASTED MONEY!!!

Fat Guy Outdoors

Who is against fraud, waste and abuse unless you are benefitting from it.

Scott Keel

Long overdue!!!!

57%

No

7 Comments

Sara Kalinowski

I don't support. Things I'm against: 1)They feed women crumbs to nibble, as a tactic to keep us thinking we aren't losing rights.2)Racism & hate is worse &must go.3)Hacked in to sensitive info, causing safetyconcerns. 4)Defunded and fired many. No jobs+No $=economy toworsen. 5)They're clueless.

Max DeYoung

You just defined a democrat.

Ellen Jarvis

Think before you act!

Connie B.

Horrible what they are doing to people. I don't understand how firing people would take care of fraud and abuse. They are stripping people of their livelihoods and it will come back at us because the government will have to cover their unemployment stipends and we will have many more homeless ppl.

Max DeYoung

That's the problem. You don't understand.

Connie B.

Max DeYoung

About 14.5% of the US workforce, or 20.2 million people, work in the public sector. This includes state, local, and federal government employees. That's way to many people working at a job that produces nothing.

Fat Guy Outdoors

Maybe you should turn of the news and research. Why pay 5 people to do the job of 1. Why keep lazy employees who don't produce when you can keep highly productive workers and increase there pay. See its called rewarding hard work and punishing lazy people. Hard work does pay off.

Varyanna Ruthengael

Elon is not an elected official, not even a cleared contractor for what he is doing. This sabotages democracy.

Max DeYoung

Elon is only exposing criminals. He is doing nothing else. Become informed, instead of brainwashed.

Varyanna Ruthengael

Elon is not an elected official, not even a cleared contractor for what he is doing. This sabotages democracy.

Max DeYoung

While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic.

Fat Guy Outdoors

Just like Dr. Fauci right.

Ashley Edelen

Unilateral decisions from the Executive branch cannot go unchecked (on BOTH “sides”). Just like when Biden shouldn’t have bypassed the SC with student loan forgiveness. Democracy is fragile and we cannot lean towards dictatorship.

Fat Guy Outdoors

Please explain how exposing fraud, waste and abuse is harming democracy in a republic?

Can the Mizzou Tigers remain perfect for the rest of the regular season?

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124 Votes

Can the Mizzou Tigers remain perfect for the rest of the regular season?

67%

Yes Yes

33%

No No

67%

Yes

2 Comments

Eric Smith

What an incredible turnaround from last years season. So proud of them this year!

Ed Thompson

They are relentless

33%

No

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ABC 17 News

Should public school teams be barred from having Indigenous names?

21% Yes Yes

79% No No

21% Yes

79% No

Do you support what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing?

43% Yes Yes

57% No No

43% Yes

57% No

Can the Mizzou Tigers remain perfect for the rest of the regular season?

67% Yes Yes

33% No No

67% Yes

33% No

21%

Yes Yes

79%

No No

21%

Yes

79%

No

43%

Yes Yes

57%

No No

43%

Yes

57%

No

67%

Yes Yes

33%

No No

67%

Yes

33%

No