George Washington University changes nickname

[LadyStanley]

George Washington University announces new 'Revolutionaries' nickname - Yahoo Sports

George Washington University had been known as the Colonials for nearly 100 years.

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From "Colonials" to "Revolutionaries"

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[BigBadBruins7708]

I can't eye roll hard enough at this...

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Makes sense anyway to me. "Colonial America" really feels like it ended with the French and Indian War. Washington played a notable role in instigating that conflict, but he's far more associated with the revolutionary era and the early federalist era.

I would've suggested "Continentals" instead, though.

 

[ichbinkanadier]

George Washington University announces new 'Revolutionaries' nickname - Yahoo Sports

George Washington University had been known as the Colonials for nearly 100 years.

sports.yahoo.com

From "Colonials" to "Revolutionaries"

Wow. Just... freaking...wow.

Said to myself, "Now wait, maybe there was a legitimate reason for the change", let me go take a gander at the article...nope....university students being university students....whatever

 

[KevFu]

I'm all in favor of students voting to change school nicknames.

I just think they're picking the wrong ones to change.

How about one of the 78 teams named Tigers or Bulldogs saying "This is dumb, let's get something unique and cool"

 

[CTHabsfan]

My house is a colonial. Should I now refer to it as a revolutionary?

 

[JMCx4]

Pfffffftttttt

 

[TheGreenTBer]

My house is a colonial. Should I now refer to it as a revolutionary?

No, because you're not a pathetic loser with no responsibility.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Makes sense anyway to me. "Colonial America" really feels like it ended with the French and Indian War. Washington played a notable role in instigating that conflict, but he's far more associated with the revolutionary era and the early federalist era.

I would've suggested "Continentals" instead, though.

Really?

 

[Seattle King]

"Colonials" were the Colonial militia, actual title, that Washington was a Colonel of during the French + Indian War that is probably called something else now due to political correctness and its mission to destroy the English language as we know it.
Collateral damage from the woke mob that wants to indiscriminately erase all history if a white male was involved doing something.
Would have been better off changing to "Colons" as the mascot. Certainly more accurate.
Sad that a formerly good school like GWU doesnt have a single individual in the history department who could explain to the mob what the "Colonials" were and what they did for America at that time in our history. Really, take personal initiative, just read The Last of the Mohicans in sixth grade like everyone else and you have all the information you need to know what a Colonial was.

 

[Boris Zubov]

"Colonials" were the Colonial militia, actual title, that Washington was a Colonel of during the French + Indian War that is probably called something else now due to political correctness and its mission to destroy the English language as we know it.
Collateral damage from the woke mob that wants to indiscriminately erase all history if a white male was involved doing something.
Would have been better off changing to "Colons" as the mascot. Certainly more accurate.
Sad that a formerly good school like GWU doesnt have a single individual in the history department who could explain to the mob what the "Colonials" were and what they did for America at that time in our history.

LMAO @ Colons.

Well said on everything else.

 

[MasterofGrond]

Who cares, lol. Students wanted it changed so they changed it.

Is the name important or significant enough to you personally? Or do you just want to be riled up about something that materially affects you personally not at all?

Colonialism has (rightfully) been getting a bad rap lately. Totally reasonable to want to dissociate from it some.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Complaining about a woke mob is totally a good faith argument. They had a vote and made a change to something more time appropriate for Washington anyway, big whoop.

And c'mon, how many of you remotely cared about George Washington University sports prior to this topic? Nonsensical thing to spend more than five seconds on if your complaint is anything more substantial than a "that's odd."

 

[KevFu]

Complaining about a woke mob is totally a good faith argument. They had a vote and made a change to something more time appropriate for Washington anyway, big whoop.

And c'mon, how many of you remotely cared about George Washington University sports prior to this topic? Nonsensical thing to spend more than five seconds on if your complaint is anything more substantial than a "that's odd."

I'm an A-10 guy, so I did. Which is how I know that Revolutionaries was one of TEN options they put on the table and ALL of them were really terrible.

They had a game where they let each fan pick their favorite by taking a pennant with the name. So all the fans were holding pennants and they counted which name got picked the most.

Revolutionaries didn't win that, but they wanted the data.

Most people thought the best name of the 10 was "Blue Fog". Which is really bad. How you gonna make a logo out of that?

 

[joelef]

Who cares, lol. Students wanted it changed so they changed it.

Is the name important or significant enough to you personally? Or do you just want to be riled up about something that materially affects you personally not at all?

Colonialism has (rightfully) been getting a bad rap lately. Totally reasonable to want to dissociate from it some.

Only European colonialism. Any other group, like Japan’s and arabs , are not suprisenly absent from the colonialism conversation

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

I am definitely entertained by the people who get really riled up over nothing talking about how ridiculous it is that other people got riled up over nothing.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Most people thought the best name of the 10 was "Blue Fog". Which is really bad. How you gonna make a logo out of that?

A farting smurf?

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I'm an A-10 guy, so I did. Which is how I know that Revolutionaries was one of TEN options they put on the table and ALL of them were really terrible.

They had a game where they let each fan pick their favorite by taking a pennant with the name. So all the fans were holding pennants and they counted which name got picked the most.

Revolutionaries didn't win that, but they wanted the data.

Most people thought the best name of the 10 was "Blue Fog". Which is really bad. How you gonna make a logo out of that?

Ditto, I don't root for them but I know the basketball program well as an A-10 fan (URI).

 

[daver]

It gets scary when, to use a Don Cherryism, "these people" are going to be, and already are, influencing society as a whole with their incredibly misguided passion for seeing everything though their own modern, narcissitic, and uneducated lenses.

Next up, McDonald's changing the name of the Big Mac to the "Brave Mac".

 

[ponder719]

Complaining about a woke mob is totally a good faith argument. They had a vote and made a change to something more time appropriate for Washington anyway, big whoop.

And c'mon, how many of you remotely cared about George Washington University sports prior to this topic? Nonsensical thing to spend more than five seconds on if your complaint is anything more substantial than a "that's odd."

I went to GW for grad school, roughly concurrent with our most recent NCAA tournament win in case anyone cares how old I am (God, does that make me feel old.) Happy to know that the students actually care enough to say "we don't want this to represent us anymore." Is this a good name? Eh. Was the old name a good name? Eh. The only thing "Colonials" had going for it was inertia. In a decade or two, "Revolutionaries" will have inertia, and if they want to change again, all the people bitching about this name change will be bitching about that one.

Team names aren't sacred relics handed down from a perfect, divine creator on high. They're labels for what we truly care about, which is the sense of community and competition. If the old name no longer suits the people who rally to that banner, then dump it in the trash and find one that does.

 

[SomeDude]

I think Revolutionaries is actually a pretty cool name.

The amount of people so upset about something that has zero impact on their life is pretty funny, though.

 

[daver]

Who cares, lol. Students wanted it changed so they changed it.

Is the name important or significant enough to you personally? Or do you just want to be riled up about something that materially affects you personally not at all?

Colonialism has (rightfully) been getting a bad rap lately. Totally reasonable to want to dissociate from it some.

Why not change the name of the university? GW was a slave owner.

 

[Albatros]

The Colonials was a stupid name to start with.

 

[tucker3434]

The old name was stupid and the new name is stupid, although I understand being GWU they were going to try to stay within the theme. I’m just glad my alma mater has a totally inoffensive mascot, at least until PETA gets really, really bored.

 

[GindyDraws]

Makes sense anyway to me. "Colonial America" really feels like it ended with the French and Indian War. Washington played a notable role in instigating that conflict, but he's far more associated with the revolutionary era and the early federalist era.

I would've suggested "Continentals" instead, though.

Fun fact, George Washington High School in Indianapolis go by the Continentals. I know that because I was rivals with the school.