Weird, the minutemen were an actual group so I dunno why anyone is confused about the genderization, and if they musket is a concern just change the logo. The minutemen is way more badass than the Bears. Should have changed the logo to a Watchmen or fallout reference, though I suspect the real reason for changing the name was because of the sexual context of the name.
Think of all the branding at the school: the murals, signage, logos on apparel, and their websites. Plus the graphic design work. I don't think $200,000 is egregiously expensive
Of course they had to find some conservative white guy to appose it, no article about anything being changed is complete without some conservative white guy chiming in with, "change is bad."
This is a perfect example of just how completely useless the Left in this country are. We have REAL problems that we face and this is the type of utter nonsense that far too many on the Left focus on.
In Europe and other parts of the industrialized world, liberal groups have given the people universal healthcare, and paternity leave, and strong consumer and labor laws. Those groups have their heads on straight, focus on important topics that everyone faces, and eventually get results. Because those groups focus on things that actually matter and that people want, the people respond by actually giving them some level of political power.
What do we have in the US? We have blue-haired idiots screaming about an honest-to-goodness patriot because his cartoon logo has a musket and the fact that the image is of a man. No wonder that even in some of the most blue cities in some of the most blue states in the country, liberal candidates can't win local elections.
Some school district decided to change their mascot, something that happens all the time, and you turn into some big, catastrophic issue while screeching about how other people don't have their priorities straight.
It's a legit problem when you look at the sum effect of all these local activists trying to "fix" local problems that should be waaaaaay down on the priority list. It pretty much paralyzed all grassroots activist groups for a good decade or so and let Trump run rampant most of his first term.
I am more left on most (but not all issues) than most people. I am embarrassed by the majority of people who also call themselves "liberal" in this country.