The president of Boston University has asked a committee to look into whether the school should retire the"Rhett" nickname of its Boston Terrier mascot because of its reference to the film"Gone With the Wind."
The mascot was chosen by students in 1922, but it's unclear when the nickname"Rhett" came to be widely used, Boston University President Robert Brown said in a letter to the university community. "What is clear is that 'Rhett' is a reference to one of the lead characters in Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind, which was made into the Hollywood film with Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh," Brown wrote in the letter, provided to CNN.
Just changed it Retch which is a wicked name!
If the name “Rhett” is so trrrible, just change the bloody name!
Movie came out in 1940.. if anyone gave a fuck about the have Rhett, they would have said so, its been 80 years....
Oh the insanity of the left we're gonna have the left in flames in November. And the left will not see it's themselves who will be to blame for it
Cowards. Weak. Embarrassing to give into cancel culture.
My name is Rhett
Well that's just stupid.
You know what should be gone with the wind Blacks
How about the Boston University president stop wearing underwear because they are made of cotton.
This is the only mascot that will be allowed soon as he covers a whole range of colors
How stupid
For God Sake. 🤦🏻♀️
OMG this is absolutely insane. Get a grip America! This is just someone just causing a stick for absolutely NO FREAKING REASON. I have heard ENOUGH. Work on things that matter ding dongs. Get education reform, job discrim reform. Stop with this nonsense.
This cant be real?
Fucking crazy
Jesus Christ this cancel culture needs to end
Ok insanity
OMFG , is everyone going crazy ?
Seriously? There are other people named Rhett in the world.
Perhaps they could use ' Clark ' , as in ClarkGble .After all he was only pretending to be RhettButler .
How about changing the dog to a cat and then they can just call it “Pussie”
Just call him Dog-Dog. Names are just so intimidating!
Fake News specially Bias CNN You all going to be sorry for destroying our freedom our great Country . You’ll sound sickening WH briefing
Cancel civilization. It's over at this point.
Come on. Really? Let’s not go crazy. Other than BU graduates/students, how many people know this?
Is stupidity a requirement in the leadership levels of a university?
This crap is getting stupider by the day. Quit showing it. It isn’t newsworthy
Nobody gives a shit what the name of their fucking mascot is
oh please, give it a REST
The should name it Molasses in honor of the lives lost in The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.
New York, NYC, NYT, anything with New York in the name should be changed as well. No racist should be exempt ! This is going to be expensive, but democrats need to be consistent here. Right ?
Frankly my dear (Boston u) I don’t give a damn
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I would retire it Rhett now.BU_ece HCAbu
Should the country do away with history instead of learning from it and not repeat whatever bad things happened. Today is here because of yesterday.
How tiring it must be to just sit around all day and try and make everything tie to racism somehow. It's a f*****g mascot, for crying out loud. Give it a rest.
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