From: kebarnes@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: RUSH'S 'HIT' LIST (additions)
Date: 11 Jan 93 09:32:20 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

As the self-designated Keeper of the 'Hit' List, I feel obliged to clarify
for the readers what this "Indian Update" discussion is about.

First, let me thank Mr. Hoover for bringing this up, since it is an
update that was not dealt with in the current edition of the list.

The politically correct name for the update is (and was) the "Native
American Update", and it aired during the brief slow-news-day controversy
about the fans of the Atlanta Braves and their "tomahawk chop." Most
prominent in this story is that broadcasting mogul Ted Turner and
his wife (the former N.V.A. groupie turned workout mogul, and sometimes
actress) Jane "shoot the American plane" Fonda were in fact_doing_such
a Politically Incorrect thing.

[BTW, for those of you in Rio Linda, "N.V.A." was the North Vietnamese
Army, now known as the Vietnamese Army.]

I'm not certain of the name of the aggrieved party, I believe his name
was Russell Means, and a few of his fellow "Native American" "civil
rights leaders" decided that the best thing to do was to stand outside
the stadium beating drums, (no doubt borrowed from the anti-Gulf War
protesters in Lafayette Park after their Cause was moot), and get
the attention of Mr. Turner and his worldwide broadcasting conglomerate,
which is conveniently located in Atlanta, "Home Of The Braves".

When they got the media attention they felt they so richly deserved,
they proceeded to read the list of grievances they had prepared during
the drumbeating protest, among which was that all references to
their offended minority be stricken from the names and practices
of sports organizations. Someone mentioned earlier that Mr. Means,
as I recall, was not in fact a "Native American," but like Marlon
Brando at the Oscars (tm), could play one on T.V.

This may not be a fair criticism of the man, since, after all, we
Americans are a mongrel lot, myself included, and he may have
had sufficient blood relationship to one of the Nations for him to
qualify for the usual Andy Warhol entitlement quota of news coverage.
However, as Rush observed during this grave "crisis," the "Native
Americans" are not the only group of people to have a team named
after them. Most prominently, there are The Fighting Irish (an obvious
slur), the Packers, the Oilers, the Cowboys, etc.

Closer to home, here in the South the University of Mississippi "Ole Miss"
has as their name "The Rebels" which, one would assume, is an attempt to
disparage an entire region :-).  But, I suppose the people in NY/NJ
must be hopping mad to be so close to "The Yankees"...

Anyway, I'm running out of quarters on this modem, so I'll leave you with
this brief recollection of the Update:

Native American Update:
"Cherokee Nation"? by ?
w/ added sound effects of war whoops and drums, and soundbites
sampled from Atlanta Braves crowd noise
Aired during the controversy about the "tomahawk chop" and the
names of certain sports teams.

Dittos, and keep that email coming in!

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