If you argue about your right to offend people, you are more interested in arguing than in whether you offend people. Cleveland’s baseball fans should think about that today, with the report that their baseball team is dropping its Indians nickname. Surely there are many who are angry and a little sad, or sad and a little angry. A more caustic columnist would tell them to get over it, but your loving and tender correspondent prefers this approach: You will get over it. You’re losing a nickname. You’re not losing your team. If any city should understand the difference, it’s Cleveland.
Cleveland Can Set an Example by Embracing Name Change
