Nativeamerican - SquareOffs

Should public school teams be barred from having Indigenous names?

Asked by ABC 17 News

447 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?

Are Native Americans owed an apology from the U.S. government?

Asked by News-Press Now

111 Votes

Are Native Americans owed an apology from the U.S. government?

74%

YES YES

26%

NO NO

74%

YES

The pope's words in Canada should provoke more soul-searching about what happened to indigenous peoples.

The pope's words in Canada should provoke more soul-searching about what happened to indigenous peoples. Show Less

1 Comment

Patricia Bond

Certainly, after committing genocide and trying to destroy their culture, we owe them a lot and the least we can do is to apologize to them.

26%

NO

An attempt at apology was buried in the 2010 Defense Appropriations Act.

An attempt at apology was buried in the 2010 Defense Appropriations Act. Show Less

0 Comment

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Do you believe most social media viral posts?

Asked by KTVZ

608 Votes

Do you believe most social media viral posts?

5%

Yes, it's unfiltered Yes, it's unfiltered

95%

No, it's often rumor No, it's often rumor

5%

Yes, it's unfiltered

The real story typically comes from the real people involved. If they express their opinions and tell their story on social media, it's unfiltered.

The real story typically comes from the real people involved. If they express their opinions and tell their story on social media, it's unfiltered. Show Less

1 Comment

95%

No, it's often rumor

Social media's a hotbed of misinformation! I'd never believe a post until I saw it confirmed on a news outlet.

Social media's a hotbed of misinformation! I'd never believe a post until I saw it confirmed on a news outlet. Show Less

8 Comments

Khara H.

People like to share things that are "shocking" and feed into their fear and filter bias. I always fact check or see if I can at least find the story on other sources.

Sam Ackerman

First off a "opinion" is just that. It's not fact, it's not news, it's just what some one thinks or feels. The same goes for "media outlets" No one gives a damm about your "opinions"