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Washington Redskins name change
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Just saw on the news that if the NFL Washington Redskins want to play back in Washington DC (in Maryland now) they have been asked to change their name.
Thoughts on this? Personally I find it a little silly but then I'm not native american.
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 (July 2, 2015 at 10:59 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Just saw on the news that if the NFL Washington Redskins want to play back in Washington DC (in Maryland now) they have been asked to change their name. I see where they are coming from. How would you like San Antonio gringos, Oakland wetbacks, or Baltimore niggers? 
How about the Washington Brown Skins?
 (July 2, 2015 at 11:04 am)Chuck Wrote:(July 2, 2015 at 10:59 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Just saw on the news that if the NFL Washington Redskins want to play back in Washington DC (in Maryland now) they have been asked to change their name. This is where I stand on the issue as well. Listen, political correctness can get silly at times. But we're talking literally about a description of people based on the color of their skin. On the list of things that may not be "politically correct", but that you can still get away with saying... that should be way, way, wayyyyy down on the list. If it was the Washington Blackies it would have been changed in the 60s. That should be enough.
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The new name should reflect our depraved congress.
The Washington Bacchanals ? The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
 Quote:Thoughts on this? Absurd symbolic bullshit. If they changed their name to the Washington White Devils it would not do a single thing to solve any of the very real problems facing native americans. There would still be intolerable levels of unemployment, poverty, drug/alcohol abuse and violence on the reservations. Unable to address any of those issues we get this pablum instead from their so-called "leaders." 
The Washington Black Sambos.
Time to change the name.
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Albert Einstein  (July 2, 2015 at 11:48 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Thoughts on this? It's another Confederate-flag tactic -- we've addressed the symbol and thereby discharged our obligations.  You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis. (July 2, 2015 at 12:41 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 2, 2015 at 11:48 am)Minimalist Wrote: Absurd symbolic bullshit. If they changed their name to the Washington White Devils it would not do a single thing to solve any of the very real problems facing native americans. There would still be intolerable levels of unemployment, poverty, drug/alcohol abuse and violence on the reservations. It's not an either/or thing. Whether or not native American's more practical problems are addressed, the Redskins' name is indefensible.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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