A speaker argues that renaming the Cleveland Indians to the Guardians and the Washington team's rebrand were driven by left-wing pressure, not Native American concerns. He cites a Washington Post survey suggesting most Native Americans didn't care about the old names, and says he'd oppose the new name regardless because it concedes to what he sees as a leftist narrative.
The greatest example, the most obvious one, was when they said that Washington Redskins, the name of the football team, was bigoted, was racist. And it turns out the Washington Post conducted a very, very extensive survey of American Indians and found out that the vast majority couldn't care less about the name Redskins. Same with Cleveland Indians, because cowards are bullied by leftists. By the way, I said at a speech in Cleveland last year how disgusted I was that the Cleveland Indians changed their name, and in the audience was one of the owners of the Cleveland Indians. I didn't know that. I still would have said it. It doesn't matter to me. I can't say Cleveland Guardians, or just, just for the record, because it means that I have bought into left-wing lies.
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