Because the mascot Denver Boone is so offensive, yeah… Right!
NESN.COM -- Some Americans view Daniel Boone as a legend in this country’s history — a true hero of the American Western Frontier.
Others don’t, including University of Denver officials.
Mascot “Denver Boone,” who served as the UD Pioneers mascot until he was retired in 1998, has been deemed too offensive by administrators to make a comeback, according to FOXNews.com.
A hawk named “Ruckus” replaced Denver Boone until 2007. Since then, the school has been without an official mascot and the school is hoping to fill that void soon.
“Boone was a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the UD community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate to as defining the pioneering spirit,” Chancellor Robert Coombe said earlier this year.
This one is even better… It’s a cartoon mascot that looks like of like Daniel Boone; I just can’t see anything that’s offensive with this mascot. Of course the P.C. police do.
Fox News – Is a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap -- racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?
Officials at the University of Denver seem to think so. They’ve announced they won’t reinstate “Denver Boone,” who was retired in 1998 as mascot for the UD Pioneers, despite calls to bring him back
This isn’t even the school that I attended, it’s not my Alma Mater, actually, Denver is one of our hated/heated rivals, but this crap makes my blood boil, these pointed headed, handing wringing, P.C. morons piss me off to no end. You just want to tell them to shut the heck up and worry about something that actually matters. Think about this, we have rampart unemployment, no-one can find a job when they leave colege, our country has been at war for 10+ years and these buffoons want to worry about Denver Boone like he’s the reason our country is on the decline.
