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U-Minn. seeks to bar Redskins’ name at school’s stadium on Vikings game day
Washington Post ^ | August 6, 2014 | Ian Shapira

Posted on 08/08/2014 7:03:50 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

The University of Minnesota is working with the Minnesota Vikings in an effort to keep the Washington Redskins’ name from being used in “promotional and game date materials” during the NFL teams’ Nov. 2 game at the school’s stadium in Minneapolis, according to an Aug. 1 letter from university President Eric W. Kaler to U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.).

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: football; minnesota; mn; redskins; uminnesota; vikings
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If someone says "Redskins" at the stadium will they be ejected for hate speech?
1 posted on 08/08/2014 7:03:50 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Oh wait, until they Somalian day!


2 posted on 08/08/2014 7:05:40 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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To: defconw

Oh wait until they HAVE Somalian day! I need an editor!


3 posted on 08/08/2014 7:06:23 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

And they wonder why no one will hire them after they graduate with all that superior knowledge and intellect.../ s


4 posted on 08/08/2014 7:07:10 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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History tells us that the Vikings raped pillaged and plundered. Why is it ok to have a team named the Vikings? But not ok to be the Redskins???


5 posted on 08/08/2014 7:07:22 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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...University President Eric W. Kaler to U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)...

From one stinking dumb ass liberal to another stinking dumb ass liberal.

I wonder how much they pay that guy to be whining idiot?

6 posted on 08/08/2014 7:08:24 AM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Patriots is likely offensive to people, too. The liberals in New England should re-think that term. Bring back the “Breakers” from the USFL. That was such a peaceful and generic term. Better logo, too.


7 posted on 08/08/2014 7:08:55 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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They decry the name “Redskins,” while embracing “Vikings.”

http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/8989111/sorry-the-vikings-really-were-that-bad/


8 posted on 08/08/2014 7:09:07 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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The solution is obvious and simple. Move the game to Washington. That’s what the commie ‘RAT libs would do. Boycott the U-Minn stadium.


9 posted on 08/08/2014 7:13:52 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp! It is my home!!!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

NFL. I don’t give a damn.


10 posted on 08/08/2014 7:14:14 AM PDT by onedoug
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There are so many team names which are offensive to liberals, if they carry this forward:

Green Bay Packers is offensive to real meat packers.
Pittsburgh Steelers is offensive to real steel workers.
Dallas Cowboys is offensive to real cowboys.
San Diego Padres is offensive to the Catholic Church.
New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Angels have religious connotations. Can’t have that.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish is offensive to the Irish.
Boston Celtics is offensive to the Celtic peoples.

Seattle Mariners is offensive to real sailors.

Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Buccaneers all are honoring the criminal element.

And all of the animal nicknames are offensive to the actual animals.


11 posted on 08/08/2014 7:15:35 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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First they came for The Redskins...and I did nothing because I wasn’t a Redskins fan......

Seriously, the PC brigade won’t stop once they get the Redskins’ scalp on their wall.


12 posted on 08/08/2014 7:16:10 AM PDT by dfwgator
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“I wonder how much they pay that guy to be whining idiot?”

Yep, our country is being run into the ground and this is priority.....well this and hauling Dr. Oz onto capital hill to grill him about a weight loss plan, that some fat lib probably used and didn’t work for them so they wanted payback.


13 posted on 08/08/2014 7:17:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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So many nicknames are offensive in one way or another, if we are going down that road.

What nicknames are not offensive? Washington Nationals? New York Mets?


14 posted on 08/08/2014 7:17:54 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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Patriots is likely offensive to people, too.

And violent, After every Patriot score the "Minutemen" fire off their muskets. The Horror!

15 posted on 08/08/2014 7:18:08 AM PDT by AU72
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I recall UMass tried to get rid of the “Minutemen” as their team name.


16 posted on 08/08/2014 7:18:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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38 Days
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Support It Or Lose It

17 posted on 08/08/2014 7:18:55 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: ConservativeStatement

This is hypocrisy of the highest order. The name Vikings celebrates European savages who were ignorant and uncultured and obviously insults Swedes and Norwegians and Danes. And they are horrified at the name Redskins???


18 posted on 08/08/2014 7:19:39 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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If they get the Redskins to change their name, they will move on to the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Black Hawks, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Braves, etc.


19 posted on 08/08/2014 7:20:00 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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New York Giants is offensive. It is discriminatory against smaller people. That name should be changed to New York Inclusives so everyone can feel part of the experience.


20 posted on 08/08/2014 7:20:24 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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