RE: Washington Commanders Thread
August 12, 2024 at 2:01 am
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2024 at 2:02 am by Ravenshire.)
(August 11, 2024 at 7:00 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 11, 2024 at 3:56 pm)MR. Macabre 666 Wrote: The Washington Commanders, really? I don't know which team is worse, them, or the Cleveland Guardians. These have to be the worst cases of organizations caving into the "woke" mob insanity. They're the fucking Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians.
No body has ever been offended by these franchises until now, and it's fucking pathetic. The K.C. Chiefs are probably next on their list, but I sincerely doubt that their owner has any intention to erase that franchises' history to appease maybe 1 percent of the US population.
Nobody you know has been offended. However, it's pretty sloppy thinking to imagine that your own experience is encapsulating.
Racism is racism, no matter who is or isn't offended, and the former name of the Washington football club was racist. From what I understand of the Cleveland MLB franchise, it wasn't the name so much as the mascot, Chief Wahoo, that most found offensive, especially considering the racist caricature that was their logo. I'm glad to see them changed, though I will miss calling the Commanders the Deadskins or the Foreskins.
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