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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Evidently is a racist, sexist mascot....according to some professors and experts. Tell that to Corey Soloman, Fred Whitfield, black cowgirls, and the thousands of black cowboys and cowgirls over the past 150 years.
The world has gone mad.
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | you are trying to apply logic to ilogical beings.
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Oh we are a terrible lot here in WY. This kind of crap that makes the rounds and news is just ignorant. Makes me realize all over again how truly stupid some of the people are in America. They dig pretty deep to have something to cry about. | |
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| So let me get this straight Wyoming IS the Cowboy State. And their state university uses that as their mascot and that is some how racist. Is it not by this vary statement bigoted on the professor's part. | |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2018-07-12 11:57 AM Oh we are a terrible lot here in WY. This kind of crap that makes the rounds and news is just ignorant. Makes me realize all over again how truly stupid some of the people are in America. They dig pretty deep to have something to cry about.
Don't be fooled. This is strictly a liberal thing. They slam Trump endlessly and viciously. If we as conservatives took issue with Barry, liberal heads spun off. We were racists and bigots. I get tired of the use of the word "racist."
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| I am truly asking this in earnest - how are we going to protect ourselves against this type of asinine thinking/behavior? It seems the more we protest or complain against it - the worse it becomes. Our son is a mechanical engineer that graduated from University of Wyoming, and he is proud to be a Cowboy!!!! And now this s---!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | run,run,run - 2018-07-12 2:40 PM I am truly asking this in earnest - how are we going to protect ourselves against this type of asinine thinking/behavior? It seems the more we protest or complain against it - the worse it becomes. Our son is a mechanical engineer that graduated from University of Wyoming, and he is proud to be a Cowboy!!!! And now this s---!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pay attention to local elections. Get involved with committees at schools, (after your regular work), even if you feel like it is a lost cause.
We have allowed these people to "run us over" by looking the other way since it didn't affect us personally. Now it has come to bite us in the a.........
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | or you could stop being a bigot and a racist and consider others feelings for a change.
Words can hurt.
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Frodo - 2018-07-12 12:25 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2018-07-12 11:57 AM Oh we are a terrible lot here in WY. This kind of crap that makes the rounds and news is just ignorant. Makes me realize all over again how truly stupid some of the people are in America. They dig pretty deep to have something to cry about. Don't be fooled. This is strictly a liberal thing. They slam Trump endlessly and viciously. If we as conservatives took issue with Barry, liberal heads spun off. We were racists and bigots. I get tired of the use of the word "racist."
Very true. Funny thing is there are maybe 1% liberals in WY and I think they all work at the U of WYO. This is a Republican state if there ever was one. If they aren't freaking out about how unfair it is to label a restroom as men or women's then they have to blow a gasket over "Cowboy."   | |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | THE WORLD NEEDS MORE COWBOYS
"Dear disgruntled faculty at UW,
Guess you missed something.I am wondering what drew YOU to our beautiful state. Because of your current statements, it obviously WASN’T Wyoming’s culture and heritage. I can only surmise that you landed here on your way to somewhere else.
My advice is continue on to that destination.
Wyoming is not going to ‘change’ because you brought with you some crazy idea of what this state SHOULD be. She is what she is.
She is the COWBOY state.
Which, by the way, is a state of mind.
Surrounded by mountains as old as time itself and prairies as far as the eye can see, Wyoming is not so much about a place on a map but a place in your soul. Her streams and rivers weave themselves into your psyche. Her vast blue skies are the pallet for all your dreams. Her crisp, clean air will make your lungs drunk.
Of course, she’s not for everyone.
She can be harsh. In an instant, those same blue skies can be filled with a thunderhead that reaches Heaven but is full of Hell. And her gentle breeze can turn into gale force in a nanosecond. She can bury you in a foot snow before you can even swear. She can destroy all that you have worked for in a two minute hailstorm. She can forgo rain for months at a time and turn your world into dust.
All that in one year. Easy.
It’s her way of testing her inhabitants. She chooses you; not the other way around. If you can handle her at her worst, you will be rewarded with the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Your breath will belong to her because she will steal it with every perfect blanket of new fallen snow. And when she gives it back to you, it will have the fresh smell of rain, sage, lilac, pine and Russian olive. Her perfume will sear your soul and her beauty will brand your heart.
That’s how cowboys are made.
But I guess you’ve missed that sitting in your little cubicle tucked inside a building on the campus.
Wyoming brings out the best in folks because you have to be tough to live here. And perhaps you’ve discovered that fact living in Laramie. But it’s not just the freezing cold and the bitter wind that toughens our skin, it’s the lifestyle that toughens our souls.
Cowboys endure broken limbs and broken hearts. Nothing like trudging out in the dead of night during a May blizzard to carry a newborn calf to a warm mudroom. Or watching your field of beautiful hay get beat to death with a three minute hailstorm.
While one has to be quite dependent upon oneself in this state, we are even quicker to rally around each other. Cry for help and we come a- runnin’.
So if a bucking horse and rider is going to be slapped on your chest, we here in Wyoming are going to expect you to pull your fair share. And personally, we could not care less whatever your gender, your skin color, your religion. Do the work; reap the rewards.
My suggestion is that YOU ‘cowboy up’ and sweep the snowflakes from your front stoop and your persona. And if you are still unsure as to what that means, come on up and we’ll show you.
'Once a Cowboy, Always a Cowboy'
Marty Ertman
BS Animal Science, College of Agriculture 1988"
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | This is just a very small example of what’s really going on in this country of ours. What’s important to really understand is that the real people behind things like this are not the perpetrators of this kind of idiocy.....like the professors, and “experts” who make these ridiculous claims. Whether it’s “Black Lives Matter”, #Metoo, Antifa, the plight of illegal immigrants, or these race-baiters, they are unwittingly carrying out a much more sinister plot, in my opinion. I think at the heart of all of this turmoil is a select relatively few wealthy plutocrats whose only real goal is to secure power. I used to be reluctant to openly admit my belief that this country is quite possibly headed toward a civil war. It might not be one where there is an actual boarder separating one side from the other, as was the case in 1861, but a civil war for all practical purposes. We are all basically frogs inside a kettle of water on a stove, unaware of the rising temperature that will eventually come to a boil. The increasing hatred and deep divisions are the worst we’ve seen in America in over 150 years. I don’t see a change in our trajectory. If things continue, we will see chaos and anarchy.
History tells us the next step would be an oligarchy, and that’s the end game for the plutocrats.....power. I’m not alone in this thinking.
Recent polls show that 1/3rd of all Americans see a civil war within 5 years. That’s a shocking revelation to me, and it explains, in part, the degree of hatred toward Donald Trump exhibited by roughly half of the citizens of this country. I grew to become a Trump supporter over the course of 2016, and even I am surprised at the vitriol and hate directed toward this man. In my opinion, he has really exceeded my expectations in many ways. Trump doesn’t give a sh!t about political correctness. Call him a populist, or conservative, or whatever you want, I find myself liking his agenda. In reality, as far as I’m concerned, he is a pragmatist. He has seen what’s wrong and how we were headed in the wrong direction, and came to the realization that nobody in politics has the balls to step up and do the right thing. I think he has focused on “America First” and “American Exceptionalism”. Those are two concepts I never thought I would see brought back to life, but he’s doing that.
Trump is a clear and present danger to the plutocrats. They have one goal right now....get rid of him.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bear - 2018-07-12 5:19 PM This is just a very small example of what’s really going on in this country of ours. What’s important to really understand is that the real people behind things like this are not the perpetrators of this kind of idiocy.....like the professors, and “experts” who make these ridiculous claims. Whether it’s “Black Lives Matter”, #Metoo, Antifa, the plight of illegal immigrants, or these race-baiters, they are unwittingly carrying out a much more sinister plot, in my opinion. I think at the heart of all of this turmoil is a select relatively few wealthy plutocrats whose only real goal is to secure power. I used to be reluctant to openly admit my belief that this country is quite possibly headed toward a civil war. It might not be one where there is an actual boarder separating one side from the other, as was the case in 1861, but a civil war for all practical purposes. We are all basically frogs inside a kettle of water on a stove, unaware of the rising temperature that will eventually come to a boil. The increasing hatred and deep divisions are the worst we’ve seen in America in over 150 years. I don’t see a change in our trajectory. If things continue, we will see chaos and anarchy. History tells us the next step would be an oligarchy, and that’s the end game for the plutocrats.....power. I’m not alone in this thinking. Recent polls show that 1/3rd of all Americans see a civil war within 5 years. That’s a shocking revelation to me, and it explains, in part, the degree of hatred toward Donald Trump exhibited by roughly half of the citizens of this country. I grew to become a Trump supporter over the course of 2016, and even I am surprised at the vitriol and hate directed toward this man. In my opinion, he has really exceeded my expectations in many ways. Trump doesn’t give a sh!t about political correctness. Call him a populist, or conservative, or whatever you want, I find myself liking his agenda. In reality, as far as I’m concerned, he is a pragmatist. He has seen what’s wrong and how we were headed in the wrong direction, and came to the realization that nobody in politics has the balls to step up and do the right thing. I think he has focused on “America First” and “American Exceptionalism”. Those are two concepts I never thought I would see brought back to life, but he’s doing that. Trump is a clear and present danger to the plutocrats. They have one goal right now....get rid of him. That’s why we are seeing things like this. I think you are correct in the way you think.. Thank goodness we finally have a President that wil stand up for us, hes tired of seeing America being taken advantaged of and the nut cases hate him because he cant be controled like the past Presidents, Trump has the guts to stand up and take control of all the mess that he was left with.. 
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Location: sunny california | Bear - 2018-07-12 3:19 PM This is just a very small example of what’s really going on in this country of ours. What’s important to really understand is that the real people behind things like this are not the perpetrators of this kind of idiocy.....like the professors, and “experts” who make these ridiculous claims. Whether it’s “Black Lives Matter”, #Metoo, Antifa, the plight of illegal immigrants, or these race-baiters, they are unwittingly carrying out a much more sinister plot, in my opinion. I think at the heart of all of this turmoil is a select relatively few wealthy plutocrats whose only real goal is to secure power. I used to be reluctant to openly admit my belief that this country is quite possibly headed toward a civil war. It might not be one where there is an actual boarder separating one side from the other, as was the case in 1861, but a civil war for all practical purposes. We are all basically frogs inside a kettle of water on a stove, unaware of the rising temperature that will eventually come to a boil. The increasing hatred and deep divisions are the worst we’ve seen in America in over 150 years. I don’t see a change in our trajectory. If things continue, we will see chaos and anarchy. History tells us the next step would be an oligarchy, and that’s the end game for the plutocrats.....power. I’m not alone in this thinking. Recent polls show that 1/3rd of all Americans see a civil war within 5 years. That’s a shocking revelation to me, and it explains, in part, the degree of hatred toward Donald Trump exhibited by roughly half of the citizens of this country. I grew to become a Trump supporter over the course of 2016, and even I am surprised at the vitriol and hate directed toward this man. In my opinion, he has really exceeded my expectations in many ways. Trump doesn’t give a sh!t about political correctness. Call him a populist, or conservative, or whatever you want, I find myself liking his agenda. In reality, as far as I’m concerned, he is a pragmatist. He has seen what’s wrong and how we were headed in the wrong direction, and came to the realization that nobody in politics has the balls to step up and do the right thing. I think he has focused on “America First” and “American Exceptionalism”. Those are two concepts I never thought I would see brought back to life, but he’s doing that. Trump is a clear and present danger to the plutocrats. They have one goal right now....get rid of him. That’s why we are seeing things like this.
The world decided that America could not believe in American Exceptionalism, they guilted a country into silence. Well then why does everyone want to come here? This country is Exceptional and its citizens have every right to be patriots, and with that they have the right to protect their way of life.
It is easy to take a population with compassion and widdle them away with guilt, but whenever there is any kind of transfer of power you get power mongers. They take it too far and need a check; unfortunately it will be a big one, with the size of the cajones that the average young joe has due to social media boosting their undeserved egos. Yes I am afraid we will have a civil war. | |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | I just wonder how many people that speak of these things actually vote.The elections coming up are IMPORTANT,WE HAVE TO KNOCK THE DEMS DOWN AGAIN.The next presidential election is important,WE MUST KNOCK THE DEMS DOWN, so I BEG OF YOU IF YOU DONT VOTE,PLEASE REGISTER NOW AND VOTE VOTE VOTE, I do fear a civil war as well.
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Location: Broxton, Ga | 3canstorun - 2018-07-11 2:57 PM
run,run,run - 2018-07-12 2:40 PM I am truly asking this in earnest - how are we going to protect ourselves against this type of asinine thinking/behavior? It seems the more we protest or complain against it - the worse it becomes. Our son is a mechanical engineer that graduated from University of Wyoming, and he is proud to be a Cowboy!!!! And now this s---!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pay attention to local elections. Get involved with committees at schools, (after your regular work), even if you feel like it is a lost cause.
We have allowed these people to "run us over" by looking the other way since it didn't affect us personally. Now it has come to bite us in the a.........
YOU are so correct....... | |
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Location: Nebraska | Wondering if there's actually a "huge outrage" or if it's just one or two people being idiots and everyone blowing it out of proportion...
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | RockyMountainRacer - 2018-07-15 11:35 AM Wondering if there's actually a "huge outrage" or if it's just one or two people being idiots and everyone blowing it out of proportion... Anyway, there are bigger fish to fry.
...and it's true that the press jumps on everything like a duck on a Junebug, and often things that would just go quietly away if they'd leave it be.
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