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The guy who wears the costume for the MN Twins probably isn't really a twin.
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These are just stupid ridiculous red herrings that have nothing to do with the debate. Do you see why?

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It's relevant to the debate over whether or not it matters if the people portraying a mascot are actually the same race/heritage/occupation as the mascot.

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No, it's not. It's a horrible strawman argument.

There's basically two kinds of people:

1- People who can see why this would be considered offensive, even if they don't specifically agree that it is.

2- Drooling idiots.

I'm somewhat flabbergasted that it's taken this long to realize that treating people who white america [censored] gennocided and marginiziled this way isn't ok. Hi, we stole your land, we killed a fuckload of you, and we're also going to jack your culture and make it a halftime show?