To this, I say...BORED. Ok, so critics of the decades-old Cleveland Indians symbol have found new ammunition now that the Washington Redskins are being rather publicly flogged and forced to change their wildly racist name. Heck, even President Obama felt the need to lend his opinion here. And you know what? The President is not wrong: the term "redskin" is racist and needs changing,,,maybe to something like the Warriors or even (gasp) the Braves. Their symbol meanwhile hasn't been talked about, mainly because it looks exactly like a brave or warrior. So, now that a blatantly offensive racial slur will be leaving the NFL, critics in MLB are taking aim at Chief Wahoo, a symbol that is now only sparingly used by the Indians and MLB, with the large block "C" being opted for most of the time. While it has been said many times, allow me to reiterate: the Wahoo symbol was created by a cartoonist and meant to be cute and comical. Simply put: there was never any racist intent. The Redskins, meanwhile, have employed their name with perpetual historical nastiness. There is no way to characterize the term "redskin" in any way other than being offensive and disparaging. Not only are the arguments comparing Chief Wahoo in relation to the NFL franchise name debate flawed by simplistic logic, it is also a mute point, as the Indians have already defacto changed their symbol (or at very worst, are using two)...and at the end of the day two things are true whether opponents of Wahoo want them to be or not: 1) even if changed, Tribe fans will continue wearing the symbol and it will become a collectible to be worn maybe even more often (a truth Redskin advocates should also acknowledge and be prepared for) and 2) the Indians have no control, as in zero, zip, nada, as to which symbol MLB uses in its broadcasts. So Chief Wahoo critics, give it a rest. I'm happy you found a hobby, but really. Please pick a new one, because I'M BORED!
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