Go Sioux Go Sue!

Dakota Huseby mentions the issue of the impending Fighting Sioux/ NCAA legal battle today in her blog. And I am happy to see she considers the NCAA's action to be hypocritical, as do I. She goes on to say that as an issue, this is not the most pressing thing we could be expending private and public funds, time, and energy on.

Well, yes, you could make that argument- there may be higher priorities. There's always a higher priority lurking in the bushes somewhere. But maybe settling this will allow us to get on to those higher priorities. To wit:

When it comes down to it, maybe it is time to hash this out in the liberal's favorite forum- the courts. Their second-favorite forum, the Herald Letters page isn't really working, is it? Public opinion isn't turning their way, either, as most people dismiss it as so much liberal claptrap. However, the seemingly never-ending dredging up of this issue does serve as a constant distraction to UND administration, the State Board of Education, and students interested in an education, and it takes away from more important issues in the context of Native American lives. High unemployment, alcoholism, tribal government corruption, retention of talent on the reservation, where to get good fry bread- these are far more pressing issues,and addressing the root causes of these should have a much higher priority than something like a nickname. Now the NCAA inserting itself in this issue accomplishes nothing, save poking a stick in the eye of UND's greatest benefactor's memory.

There seems to be no end of agitation amongst the guilt-ridden liberals who are constantly regurgitating grievances, and who seem to always be ready at a moment's notice to bring this issue back to life. Maybe its just never over for this group? I wonder about that sometimes, too. I made a comment some time back about the group that signed a letter protesting the Sioux name, and I'll say it again- If you people are so torn up inside, so incensed, so indignant over this issue of a school mascot name, then show us the true depth of your convictions:

Leave your posts right now, your tenured positions, everything, behind. Resign in protest of this horrible injustice, this cruel and abusive treatment of the gentle indigenous people that once roamed this land. Give all your possesions and money to the cause of changing the name Fighting Sioux. Show us you really mean it, that you are ready to spend yourselves in the cause of liberation. After all, what caring human being could bear to see their name yoked to a racist, oppresive institution like UND?

If you are unwilling to do this, if you are happy to only write an occasional letter to the editor when Mike Jacobs feels like reviving the issue, if talking amongst yourselves about this outrage salves your guilt-ridden liberal sensibilities, then what good are you? Apparently your station in life, comfort, and income, truly means more to you than you can bring yourself to admit. What oh what has become of you children of liberation, fighting against the systemic oppression of freedom? I'd guess probably you've grown fat, happy, gray, and spoiled by the system you enjoy railing against now.

That the legal bills for the pro-Sioux name side will be funded by private money tickles me no end. Here somebody is putting their money where their mouth is- a trait sadly lacking on the other side. Somebody who went to school and is proud to be part of the Fighting Sioux tradition. People who have gone out armed with their wits and a UND education and made something of themselves. Fight on, Sioux!

Disclaimer: The Good Ol' Boy did not attend UND. He is just tired of race hustlers in his back yard.