The south is at it again. Don’t get me wrong, I love being on the leisurely side of the Mason-Dixon line, but man, they need to hire an image consultant. Yes, all 17-ish southern states. One image consultant. Economies of scale there. And yes, it should probably be a minority. Anyway, the state legislature in Mississippi wants to bring back “Colonel Reb,” the not-exactly-racist mascot that its eponymous Oxford university started removing from the school’s identity since 2003.
House Bill 1106, authored by Duvall, would amend the state code, adding a provision that the University of Mississippi “shall bear the nickname ‘Ole Miss Rebels’ and its mascot shall be ‘Colonel Rebel.’ “[...]
In a post titled “Mark DuVall: Epic MetaTroll or Disgruntled, Slightly Empowered Redneck?” the Red Cup Rebellion blog writes: “Unless they’re trying to strip Ole Miss of the educational shackles enforced by the (state College Board) or beef up the school’s annual budget, the Legislature of Mississippi really needn’t meddle further with Ole Miss’ affairs.”
DuVall, it should be noted, is an Ole Miss alum and a freshman rep in the state House, so he may not be aware that the purpose of the state legislature isn’t to serve as a magic wish machine. Or, maybe it does. That would explain why their state is $13 billion in debt.
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Not even legitimately trying to secure Admiral Ackbar as a mascot is the single biggest FAIL in the history of college athletics.
he’s probably just pissed he has to get his tattoo changed.
SEC Rebal will forever mark he/she/it who sides against this effort.
In their defense, “Colonel Reb” is a lot less offensive than “General Treason against the United States” or “Major We Seceded from the Union Because We Really Liked Owning Black People.”
And I’ll bet $20 this idiot was a KA at Ole Miss. ($20 American. No confederate scrip.)
SEC Rebal is probably waiting for his erection to subside.
Or, as he calls it, bringing the Stars and Bars down from the ol’ flagpole.
The weird thing about the whole thing is that the legislator is an alum of Mississippi State, not Ole Miss.
I have wondered why they picked the Louisiana Black Bear as the Ole Miss mascot…
@Otto – if i dun culd reed gud i mite be offended by that.
i caint follo all this here fancy yanky luvin lawyer talk in here. yall abuncha meddling bassturds, stay out our freedoms or the south dun gun rise up again, cuz complete Southern autonomy and the establishment of a true confederate system is the only solution for the South that can remove the possibility of new encroachments against state rights by the Federal government. Devolution of central power back to the local and state level will remove an unneeded and unwarranted level of bureaucracy and provide the greatest amount of freedom and empowerment to the people. go ayeseesee!!1
And…thread closed. SEC Rebal wins.
Simple solution: the new mascot should be Rebal’s sweet Geraldine.