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re: Anti-Confederate Movement turns on Tigers
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:51 pm to BlueFalcon
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:51 pm to BlueFalcon
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, Wheat returned to New Orleans. Financed by backers of his previous Nicaragua adventures, he scoured the wharves of New Orleans to organize what became known as "Wheat's Special Battalion", or the "Louisiana Tigers", a hard fighting, hard living unit that performed well on the battlefield but was renowned for its lack of discipline. The battalion, which numbered 500 men, consisted of immigrants from Ireland and Germany, as well as natives of New Orleans. Most of the men were "street toughs". They were generally considered to be at the "bottom of the barrel" socially. They were very loyal to Wheat, who was a charismatic and remarkably humble leader of men.
Sounds about right.
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Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:52 pm to Mulat
National media calling LSU racist? Boycotting?
Ole Miss had fictional character as a mascot. LSU's mascot has history.
Ole Miss had fictional character as a mascot. LSU's mascot has history.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:52 pm to graves1
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So money is more important than black peoples feelings?
quote:
black people
African American
Short answer - YES
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:52 pm to LSU Patrick
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:54 pm to BlueFalcon
So Missouri or Auburn Tigers are OK but LSU Tigers are racist?
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:54 pm to TheFolker
LSU Fighting Racists
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:55 pm to antibarner
LSU Klansman. Uniforms all white.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:56 pm to BlueFalcon
Link or I'm calling bullshite.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:57 pm to BlueFalcon
It wouldn't bother me at all if people who got pissed about nonsense like this stopped going to LSU.
But people like that can't let things be.
But people like that can't let things be.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:57 pm to BlueFalcon
Can I get a link or source for this image?
Methinks you created it and are pushing fake news to advance an agenda.
Methinks you created it and are pushing fake news to advance an agenda.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:58 pm to BlueFalcon
And still not a peep about the Fighting Irish.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 12:59 pm to BlueFalcon
How is the Tiger racist btw?
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:00 pm to northshorebamaman
This is the Thought Police from 1984 in real life..if the Dems come back any time soon and take power we will end up having to shoot the whole bunch, or they will have us in chains.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:01 pm to Lsupimp
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Some Progressive will appear to tell you that you are being ridiculous though, and in three years the same progressive will be here telling you why the name has to be changed or we are all going to die
The Law of Merited Impossibility as coined by Rod Dreher of the American Conservative (also LSU grad)
It will never happen and when it does you bigots sure do deserve it.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:02 pm to MontyFranklyn
If true it's about the Civil war and not the animal.
Seems that the left is going to slowly but surely wipe out any reference to the Confederacy in any public forum.
The lady in GA seemingly followed the mayor of BR. These things go in waves. It's just getting started.
Seems that the left is going to slowly but surely wipe out any reference to the Confederacy in any public forum.
The lady in GA seemingly followed the mayor of BR. These things go in waves. It's just getting started.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:03 pm to BlueFalcon
I know you guys have been hoping and praying that someone would try to change the Tiger's nickname for a long time so that you can have another thing to bitch about to justify your victim complex. I hate to disappoint you, but it's not happening.
The Tigers are not named after a confederate unit. Louisiana volunteer units have used the nickname "Tigers" since well before and well after the civil war. Our tiger logo (not toonces, but the real logo) is based on the logo of the Battalion Washington Artillery. That logo was for sure in use for the Mexican American War well before the civil war (and probably long before that too).
The Tigers are not named after a confederate unit. Louisiana volunteer units have used the nickname "Tigers" since well before and well after the civil war. Our tiger logo (not toonces, but the real logo) is based on the logo of the Battalion Washington Artillery. That logo was for sure in use for the Mexican American War well before the civil war (and probably long before that too).
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:04 pm to BlueFalcon
I'm willing to bet the house you just threw that Meme together.
A simple Google search shows there's no movement against this and it has no legs at all.
A simple Google search shows there's no movement against this and it has no legs at all.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:05 pm to BlueFalcon
I said this was coming when the tRant was beating the Ole Miss racist drum and was told it would never happen 
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:07 pm to roadGator
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eems that the left is going to slowly but surely wipe out any reference to the Confederacy in any public forum
They'll succeed as long as people are fat and comfortable.
If hard times come again and the fed gov tap dries up, people's real feelings are going to turn into real actions and this shite will stop.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 1:09 pm to graves1
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Ole Miss had fictional character as a mascot
Actually the OM character was based off....
(wait for it)
An old black gentlemen named Blind Jim Ivy.
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 1:11 pm
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