Posted on 06/19/2014 8:16:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
How about “The Washington DC BlowHards”? (Don’t want to offend those rained-on people in the Pacific Northwest, now do we?)
The NFL now is the proud owner of outlaw potatoes
Well I’m not a Redskins fan. I don’t care if the Redskins win, lose, keep their name, change their name, move to another city, switch to a different sport, or star in a reality show.
I don’t particularly care one way or the other about the Washington Redskins, but I do care about good old American liberty. That’s really not a paradox.
For some of us, the big issue has nothing whatsoever to do with team spirit, if you can imagine. I don’t even have any team spirit. None! Can you imagine that?! And yet, somehow I manage to care that the Washington Redskins have been stripped of their legal protections surrounding their name, on the political whims of an out of control administration.
Sometimes, it really is the principle of the thing. That might sound vague and high-minded to you, but it makes perfect sense to me.
For some of us, the big issue has nothing whatsoever to do with team spirit, if you can imagine. I don’t even have any team spirit. None! Can you imagine that?! And yet, somehow I manage to care that the Washington Redskins have been stripped of their legal protections surrounding their name, on the political whims of an out of control administration.
Sometimes, it really is the principle of the thing. That might sound vague and high-minded to you, but it makes perfect sense to me.
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You and me both. Out of control fascist leftist totalitarians, coming to your town soon!
I think people should read George Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language and then read Friedrich von Hayek's book The Road to Serfdom. After reading these two works, you know why many people oppose the very idea of forcing a change in the name of the Washington Redskins by government pressure.
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