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Is Landrieu also in favor of banning LSU's "Fighting Tigers" nickname?
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:43 am
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:43 am
If Landrieu is in favor of getting rid of Lee Circle, PT Beauregard, and other historical names then this has to be in play for him as well if he is elected Governor.
According to historians Arthur W. Bergeron and Terry L. Jones, the name “Fighting Tigers” is derived from a notorious group of Confederate soldiers from Louisiana whose drunk and rowdy behavior was tolerated only because of their incredible results on the battlefield. They write that the volunteer company nicknamed the Tiger Rifles, sometimes called the “wharf rats from New Orleans” and the “lowest scrapings of the Mississippi,” became part of the Confederate batallion commanded by Major Chatam Roberdeau Wheat. In time, Wheat’s entire battalion was called the Tigers, and the name was later applied to all Louisiana troops of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
That’s the same Confederacy that is today freely associated with slavery, hatred, and racism. Although only a tiny fraction of Southerners owned slaves during the Civil War (a/k/a the War Between the States), the NAACP vehemently protests at any public display of the Confederate Battle Flag, even when it is flown at a memorial site in honor of Confederate Memorial Day
According to historians Arthur W. Bergeron and Terry L. Jones, the name “Fighting Tigers” is derived from a notorious group of Confederate soldiers from Louisiana whose drunk and rowdy behavior was tolerated only because of their incredible results on the battlefield. They write that the volunteer company nicknamed the Tiger Rifles, sometimes called the “wharf rats from New Orleans” and the “lowest scrapings of the Mississippi,” became part of the Confederate batallion commanded by Major Chatam Roberdeau Wheat. In time, Wheat’s entire battalion was called the Tigers, and the name was later applied to all Louisiana troops of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
That’s the same Confederacy that is today freely associated with slavery, hatred, and racism. Although only a tiny fraction of Southerners owned slaves during the Civil War (a/k/a the War Between the States), the NAACP vehemently protests at any public display of the Confederate Battle Flag, even when it is flown at a memorial site in honor of Confederate Memorial Day
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:44 am to MrLSU
I wish Landrieu was in favor of banning himself.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:45 am to MrLSU
Just stop. None of this is helping. Let the b.s. die already.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:46 am to lsuhunt555
quote:
I wish Landrieu was in favor of banning himself.
Umm...
This post was edited on 7/10/15 at 11:46 am
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:47 am to MrLSU
He'd be a hypocrite if not..
I'd love to see him spin that though.
I'd love to see him spin that though.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:47 am to MrLSU
Holy shite tall are worse than the "always offended" crowd. You're literally finding stuff for them to be offended by so you can get mad at them.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:48 am to MrLSU
Keep laughing... this country has lost its mind. New Orleans has been changing anything named after a Caucasian for many years now. John Bevins Moisant has disappoint.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:50 am to TH03
quote:southern Christians are just as bad as blacks and gays
by TH03
Holy shite tall are worse than the "always offended" crowd. You're literally finding stuff for them to be offended by so you can get mad at them.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:50 am to The Mick
quote:\
Moisant has disappoint
Because they changed it directly from Moisant to Louis Armstrong without any time whatsoever in between.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:52 am to MrLSU
Can Landrieu ban these threads?
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:53 am to MrLSU
So what do we replace the mascot with? The Hypo-allergenic Pillow Fighters is my vote.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:53 am to nastynelly
quote:Why change it at all? What did Moisant do to lose the honor? So now the airport MSY (Moisant Stock Yards) = Louis Armstrong Airport. Everyone loves Louis Armstrong but his history has nothing to do with that airport. Moisant does.
Because they changed it directly from Moisant to Louis Armstrong without any time whatsoever in between.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:55 am to MrLSU
quote:
Is Landrieu also in favor of banning LSU's "Fighting Tigers" nickname
who cares? he means nothing to LSU
Posted on 7/10/15 at 11:59 am to Topwater Trout
quote:
who cares? he means nothing to LSU
You should care because he wants to be Governor and its a great question to ask other Democratic state-wide candidates for office.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:19 pm to The Mick
quote:
Why change it at all?
For tourists. Tourists who don't have the faintest clue who Moisant was, but do know who Louis Armstrong was and where he was from. It was a marketing move that had everything to do with name recognition, nothing to do with race.
Posted on 7/10/15 at 12:57 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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For tourists. Tourists who don't have the faintest clue who Moisant was, but do know who Louis Armstrong was and where he was from. It was a marketing move that had everything to do with name recognition, nothing to do with race.
I guess we are doing the same thing with Lee Circle then because every tourist knows who Norman Francis is right?
Posted on 7/10/15 at 1:05 pm to Cold Cous Cous
quote:So people come to NOLA because the airport is now named Louis Armstrong?
For tourists. Tourists who don't have the faintest clue who Moisant was, but do know who Louis Armstrong was and where he was from. It was a marketing move that had everything to do with name recognition, nothing to do with race.
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