Cleveland's baseball team on Friday announced that it would start calling itself the Guardians in 2022, while ditching the racist Indians name and logo that has long drawn criticism from Native American activists.
The team decided to name itself the Guardians after the famous "Guardians of Traffic" statues located on the Hope Memorial Bridge near the team's home stadium of Progressive Field.
While many Cleveland residents said they liked -- or at least accepted -- the name change, many conservative commentators freaked out that the change was another sign of "woke" cancel culture coming for their precious icons.
Check out some angry reactions below.
Goodbye history and tradition, hello woke political correctness.https://twitter.com/camijustice/status/1418569111785938949\u00a0\u2026— Josh Mandel (@Josh Mandel) 1627048614
As a lifelong Cleveland Indians fan, who\u2019s very first job was selling snow cones and peanuts at Indians games in the old Cleveland Stadium in the 60\u2019s, I believe I speak for many in saying that the \u201c Cleveland Guardians\u201d IS THE STUPIDEST NAME FOR A TEAM IN ALL OF BASEBALL!!!— Dr.Darrell Scott (@Dr.Darrell Scott) 1627052029
PATHETIC\n\nCleveland @Indians adopted the name Indians in 1897 to *HONOR* Louis Sockalexis of\u00a0the Penobscot Tribe of Maine ~ an INDIAN!\n\nMob wanted name changed, thy caved.\n\nSo DEMS managed 2cancel ppl of color Sockalex, Aunt Jemina & Uncle Ben\u2019s face off their brands. WOW. https://twitter.com/indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/gK4KCGiWhN— JMarie_America\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2764\ufe0f (@JMarie_America\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2764\ufe0f) 1627051789
Imagine bending the knee to the loud 1% on Twitter and people who don\u2019t even watch baseball. \n\nFucking losershttps://twitter.com/indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Thomas Francis (@Thomas Francis) 1627054219
Yay woke white ppl fucked up another sports franchisehttps://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Mr. Checkerboard (@Mr. Checkerboard) 1627056840
The Pussification of Americahttps://twitter.com/indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Tom Clark (@Tom Clark) 1627049078
Sellouts? Cowards?https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Count von Count (@Count von Count) 1627049254
Cleveland Guardians: guarding the wokeness that plagues America.\n#ClevelandGuardians #mlb #wokehttps://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— CHS84 (@CHS84) 1627049166
The #woke wave of wiping out Native Americans from the American conscience and history continues with the Cleveland @Indians announcing their new team name. #Guardians https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— LCR/GreaterCleveland \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@LCR/GreaterCleveland \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1627053527
FINISH THE JOB!\n\nChange \u201cProgressive Field\u201d to \u201cWhinnying Liberal Butthurt Field\u201d\n\n#GUARDIANShttps://twitter.com/indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Glockbird \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Glockbird \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1627049299
Cucks. You are all a bunch of cuckshttps://twitter.com/indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Cicero (@Cicero) 1627051953
Why didn't you just name the team The Cleveland Political Correctors?\n\nLet me get this straight, you originally pick a name to honor Native Americans from your region. Now you claim it's bigoted and not PC because a bunch of WHITE Karens pressured you to bend the knee. Got it!https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Pimp G (@Pimp G) 1627056214
Pathetic - you know the fans will stick with "Indians"\nget woke go broke- enjoy!https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Ben Garrison Cartoons GrrrGraphics.com (@Ben Garrison Cartoons GrrrGraphics.com) 1627054696
Total bullshit. Keep the name Indians and just tell the marxists to piss off.https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1418565355472101378\u00a0\u2026— Paleolibertarian Zoomer (@Paleolibertarian Zoomer) 1627049495
