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Do you think the Redskins should change their name?

This is the last Slate article that will refer to the Washington NFL team as the Redskins.
For decades, American Indian activists and others have been asking, urging, and haranguing the Washington Redskins to ditch their nickname, calling it a racist slur and an insult to Indians. They have collected historical and cultural examples of the use of redskin as a pejorative and twice sued to void the Redskins trademark, arguing that the name cannot be legally protected because it’s a slur. (A ruling on the second suit is expected soon; the first failed for technical reasons.) A group in the House of Representatives also recently introduced a bill to void the trademark. The team has been criticized from every different direction, by every kind of person. More than 20 years ago, Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser, no politically correct squish, urged the team to abandon the name. Today, the mayor of Washington, D.C.—the mayor!—goes out of his way to avoid saying the team’s name.
Why, then, has nothing changed? Because the choice of the team’s name belongs to one person, Washington owner Daniel Snyder. He has brushed off the controversy with arm waves at “tradition,” “competitiveness,” and “honor.” He recently told USA Today, “We’ll never change the name. It’s that simple. NEVER—you can use caps.”


http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/spo..._team.html
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(08-08-2013, 07:54 PM)username Wrote: Do you think the Redskins should change their name?

Yes.

Only if they change the peanut classification, too.

My suggestion: The Savages!

A little homage to the past and gay friendly, too!

That's for the team . . . not the peanut.
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(08-08-2013, 07:54 PM)username Wrote: Do you think the Redskins should change their name?


No! Not just no but a resounding no!

What is happening to our country. What the fuck is wrong with people.
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#4
No. When the team was named it wasn't meant as a slur. People are nuts and waste more time and money bitching about stuff that doesn't matter.
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As an aside, the Redskins were the last NFL team to integrate. No bearing on this post unless you think they've just always been racist. Smiley_emoticons_slash
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#6
No.

I thought they should have kept the Washington Bullets name for their NBA team too...
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(08-08-2013, 08:25 PM)Duchess Wrote: What the fuck is wrong with people.

You noticed they said NOTHING about the word "scalping" when it comes to ticket sales, didn't you? Bitches!

And taking the name away once given is . . . you know where I'm going with this!

Keeping the name is the ultimate Indian Burn . . . get it?

Or does that rub you the wrong way?
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#8
I'm so ashamed... I realize every time I used the abbreviation for toilet paper I've been maligning native americans.

Dammit! I never thought I was a racist but I obviously am!
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(08-08-2013, 09:40 PM)Jimbone Wrote: I'm so ashamed... I realize every time I used the abbreviation for toilet paper I've been maligning native americans.

Don't be silly!

We pee pee in our TP.
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I think the team name is just fine as it is.

The bush niggers should be honoured that there is an NFL team named after them.

There used to be an ice hockey team near where I live called the Durham Wasps, the local Anglo Saxons didn't seem to mind.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.
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