New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name

Washington Post ^ | May 19, 2016 at 1:00 pm | John Woodrow Cox, Scott Clement and Theresa Vargas

[Olog-hai]

The left is out to cause those real problems. Their doctrine can’t allow “bourgeois” society to stand.

[Shadowstrike]

actually the one starting all this $hit isn’t even an Indian.

[Osage Orange]

Odds are decent the Cubbie's claim the series this year....

IMO.............

Yeah...the Angels won it all in 2002...!!

[clearcarbon]

"New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name"

Why should this come as a surprise. Professional teams do not name themselves after losers.

[Will88]

Now if we could only find a way to shut down the few Indian activists and the millions of PC white idiots who keep this and other nonsense constantly stirred up, we’d be making progress.

And I’d add that any school using a specific tribal name as a mascot should get that tribes approval as FSU has done with the Seminoles in Florida for years.

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We name our teams after strong, courageous, heroic, or fierce things we admire, to foster pride ,teamwork, and a winning attitude.

That’s why we have “The Tigers” and not “The Tapeworms”.

That’s why we have the “Braves” and not “The Bedwetters”.

That’s why we have “The Marlins” and not “The Minnows”.

This whole argument is a manufactured crisis and doesn’t help Native American people at all.

[Recompennation]

Rephrase that question to see if the nine aren’t really riled up over being hijack represented by the somebody done (somebody) wrong peeresident.

[Migraine]

My “city Indians” was a quote from Tribal Chairman Johnson, of the San Carlos Apaches, from about 25 years ago, when the libs went on the warpath over mascots, etc.

Johnson said, when asked how he felt about those who were wanting to end native American-based team mascots, “They must be city Indians”. I thought that was wonderful Indian-sage talk then, and I still think it perfectly sums it up.

[Olog-hai]

I hope that they didn’t get any ideas from George Carlin, who thought up names such as “Cincinnati Mice”, “Hawaii Hamsters”, “Georgia Gerbils” ad nauseam.

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LOL!

How about “The Vermont Voles”, The Cincinnati Swine”, “The Sheboygen Sheep”, or the “Rochester Rats”?

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Better yet, in the interest of alliterations, The “Rochester Roaches”.

[Olog-hai]

The last one on Carlin’s list there was the Kansas City Crabs, where he did a brief imitation of sportscasters talking about how “the Crabs were all over the Cowboys tonight” et cetera.

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hahaha

i will have to look tat up!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

American Indian is normal usage. Keeps people from mixing us up with Indian Americans. :)

[Olog-hai]

The routine is called For Names’ Sake, on the “Evening with Wally Londo” album. (NSFW of course.)

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Of Course! LOL!

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I am listening now. :-)

Oh my...LOL.

[gigster]

I am a Native American. I was born here, in the United States of America, in Grosse Pointe, Mi., in 1958. And, I have no problem with the moniker “Redskin”.

[firebrand]

I remember someone once pointing out to me that the little dwarflike caricatures of Indians that appeared on Thanksgiving cards were indeed offensive. I agreed. I notice that they have disappeared.

[trebb]

Headline - American Indians cannot be manipulated as easily as Blacks and illegal Latinos......