Oregon and Oregon State agree to remove 'Civil War' moniker from rivalry across all sports

[Statefan10]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...l-war-moniker-from-rivalry-across-all-sports/

I thought this was something interesting to talk about and get some other's thoughts on.

The best response I saw on Twitter was an Oregon Duck fan saying, "Whatever, we've resorted to calling this "The Bye Week Game" for years. Oregon has won 11/12 against Oregon State.

 

[Gunnerclone]

Don’t care either way. “Civil War” isn’t unique or proprietary to the US Civil War. And the north won so Non secessionist states can use it if they want to freely.

 

[CyCrazy]

I would stick with the Bye Week Game. Thats awesome.

 

[RoseClone]

I really have no words. smh

 

[Statefan10]

Don’t care either way. “Civil War” isn’t unique or proprietary to the US Civil War. And the north won so Non secessionist states can use it if they want to freely.

That's what I was thinking too. I think because of the current conversation, that name is being looked at a little bit too literally. It really doesn't matter to me because I have no dog in that fight, but I'm kind of scratching my head.

 

[Hoggins]

Just call it the Battle for the Platypus and move on. That was always way cooler than “civil war” anyway

 

[Sigmapolis]

The list of civil wars on Wikipedia is like a few hundred long...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_wars

"A civil war, also known as an intrastate war in polemology,[1] is a war between organized groups within the same state or country."

If people want to have a discussion about statues of Bobby Lee or campus buildings named after dead racists, then fine, we can do this.

But this is preposterous. We cannot even mention the generic term for the American Civil War -- the historical event that ended slavery once and for all?

Heck, the Canadians even had a civil war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_Civil_War

Who are we protecting here? What are we gaining? What falsely idolized rebel or traitor are we somehow removing from a place of honor?

We say we want to learn from the mistakes of the past but how the heck are we going to do that if we cannot tolerate even anodyne references to it.

 

[Gunnerclone]

The list of civil wars on Wikipedia is like a few hundred long...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_wars

"A civil war, also known as an intrastate war in polemology,[1] is a war between organized groups within the same state or country."

If people want to have a discussion about statues of Bobby Lee or campus buildings named after dead racists, then fine, we can do this.

But this is preposterous. We cannot even mention the generic term for the American Civil War -- the historical event that ended slavery once and for all?

Heck, the Canadians even had a civil war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian_Civil_War

Who are we protecting here? What are we gaining? What falsely idolized rebel or traitor are we somehow removing from a place of honor?

We say we want to learn from the mistakes of the past but how the heck are we going to do that if we cannot tolerate even anodyne references to it.

It’s their game, it’s their choice.

 

[Sigmapolis]

It’s their game, it’s their choice.

...and it is a stupid one.

 

[cyclone4L]

Oregon is my second favorite team. It stinks that they have to change the name, but I figured it would come sooner or later with the state that harbors Portland.

 

[Bader]

I can count on no hands the number of times I've sought out the UO-OSU game. People still call UT OU the Red River Shootout, you'll be fine

 

[abd4cy]

Its like when they changed the Red River Shootout to the Red River Showdown. People will still call it the Civil War for years to come, but it wont be written down anywhere.

Edit: Bader beat me to it by seconds.

 

[Gunnerclone]

...and it is a stupid one.

it’s Oregon vs Oregon St. it’s not kpop.

 

[Sigmapolis]

it’s Oregon vs Oregon St. it’s not kpop.

Someday pop culture is going to remember all the awful things Jimmy Page was known to do with underaged groupies and all the awful things Eric Clapton said about Indian and Pakistani immigrants into Britain -- none of it repented in the least.

Then we're not going to be able to listen to Led Zeppelin or Cream anymore.

Everything's foundation is rotten when you are dealing with human beings.

 

[Cyclonepride]

It appears that we, as a society, are doing about a thousand little things that have no bearing on anything, while allowing our leaders to do absolutely nothing that makes a difference.

 

[Bader]

Someday pop culture is going to remember all the awful things Jimmy Page was known to do with underaged groupies and all the awful things Eric Clapton said about Indian and Pakistani immigrants into Britain -- none of it repented in the least.

Then we're not going to be able to listen to Led Zeppelin or Cream anymore.

Everything's foundation is rotten when you are dealing with human beings.

You can't watch the Oregon Oregon State game anymore?

 

[Gunnerclone]

It appears that we, as a society, are doing about a thousand little things that have no bearing on anything, while allowing our leaders to do absolutely nothing that makes a difference.

LVM...



Libertarian votes matter!

 

[cstrunk]

Dumb.

 

[madguy30]

Name it 'Bills vs. Beavs'.

 

[Sigmapolis]

It appears that we, as a society, are doing about a thousand little things that have no bearing on anything, while allowing our leaders to do absolutely nothing that makes a difference.

You know me and you are aligned on this, Pride.

Stuff... governing, budgeting, policymaking... is hard and mindbogglingly boring.

There plenty of things we could talk about to make policing better or simply reducing its role in our society. But, nah, I can already hear their eyes glazing over. You all complain about post with more than 200 words from me.

Being angry on social media, though? That is easy. And fun!

What a crazy ******* world we live in that the libertarians are the ones a million times more serious about policy and governing than that self-declared mainstream.