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Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 5:24 AM
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Is where the “Gamecock” moniker comes from. He was a slave owner. Wonder how long it will be before UofSC is forced to change the name of their mascot.
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One look at Cocky and they realize there’s no need to.***
Jun 13, 2020, 5:45 AM
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Re: Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 7:33 AM
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"Sumter's Law" was passed which was to give every person who served in the military 10 months a slave. The slaves were to be confiscated from slave owners who sympathized with the British.
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Re: Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 4:40 PM
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Exactly. And the idiotic drivel on FGF about Tillman & Calhoun makes me laugh at them even more because of their ignorance of their own MASCOT’s origin. The ENTIRE school is represented by this.
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Saw this discussed on their board the other day
Jun 13, 2020, 7:38 AM
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Now the narrative is that the mascot came from the actual bird; if the slavery hysteria doesn’t get them, then PETA eventually will. We need an official statement on the mascot so we can get them painted as far into the corner as possible.
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LOL ^^*
Jun 13, 2020, 7:52 AM
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When I give up football I will miss this type of fun for sure!
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Re: Saw this discussed on their board the other day
Jun 13, 2020, 5:26 PM
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I saw their revisionist history coming and got a few screenshots just in case they were needed. I really am tired of coots fanning the flames when they know they have big problems of their own.
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Re: Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 8:56 AM
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Chickens weren't slaves;they were more like Gladiators.
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Re: Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 4:37 PM
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Weren't they originally a Panther ? Then for some inconceivable reasons known only to them they decided to shelf that for the chicken ?
Bad decisions define those losers .
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Re: Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 5:11 PM
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I hope this NEVER happens because changing their mascot would be the first and most important thing they can do to take the fundamental step of rebuilding their entire football program.....they’ll never get past the “chicken in a skirt, behind a shower curtain” as a grand entrance to their home football games.
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Re: Thomas Sumter
Jun 13, 2020, 5:17 PM
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Let's not forget that the original buildings at UofSC were built by slaves.
"Slaves were essential to the daily operations of the antebellum institution, in addition to their role in shaping its built environment. Whether they were owned outright by the faculty or the college itself, or hired from private parties, slaves maintained campus buildings, cleaned student tenements and faculty duplexes, and prepared meals at the student dining commons, faculty residences, and the president’s house. Slaves lived and worked in now-forgotten outbuildings located behind the buildings of the present-day Horseshoe."
https://delphi.tcl.sc.edu/library/digital/slaveryscc/index.html
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Capons***
Jun 13, 2020, 5:27 PM
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