Lincoln has the opportunity to be a social leader in this country. We have been casually ignoring a problem that has gotten so out of control that our children are throwing around names and words without even understanding their true meaning; treating things as though they’re normal. I go into nice family restaurants and I see people throwing this name around and pretending as though everything is just fine.

I’m talking about *boneless chicken wings*.

I propose that we, as a city, remove the name “boneless wings” from our menus and from our hearts. These are the reasons why:

Number one: nothing about boneless chicken wings actually comes from the wing of a chicken. We would be disgusted if a butcher was mislabeling their cuts of meats, but then we go around pretending as though the breast of the chicken is its wing?

Number two: boneless chicken wings are just chicken tenders… which are already boneless. I don’t go to order boneless tacos, I don’t go and order boneless club sandwiches, I don’t ask for boneless auto repair. It’s just what’s expected.

And number three: we need to raise our children better. Our children are raised being afraid of having bones attached to their meat. That’s where meat comes from, it grows on bones! We need to teach them that the wing of a chicken is from a chicken, and it’s delicious.

I propose that we rename boneless wings in the city of Lincoln. We can call them “Buffalo style chicken tenders,” we can call them “wet tenders,” we can call them “saucy nugs” or “trash”. We can take these steps and show the country where we stand, and that we understand that we’ve been living a lie for far too long.

And we know it… because *we* [*feel it in our bones*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQdVrmjBIp0)*.*