(August 12, 2024 at 2:01 am)Ravenshire Wrote:(August 11, 2024 at 7:00 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: 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.
I wasn't dismissing the racist nature of the names, right. I was pointing out that his not knowing anyone who was offended didn't mean that folks weren't offended, it just meant that he didn't know anyone so offended.