Posted on 02/14/2013 6:46:07 AM PST by Zakeet
It's a new day with Washington's professional football team. The franchise finally has a quarterback, management that knows what it's doing and an owner who stays the hell out of the way. Mostly.
The optimism around the team hasn't been this high since Joe Gibbs won his first Super Bowl.
Everything is moving forward. The flowers are blooming, the future is bright and the team still has a racist nickname. Oh, wait.
As the franchise clearly takes a turn for the better and is now run by grownups, rejoining the big boys of the NFL, now would be the perfect time for the Washington Redskins to dump the ugly, stereotypical nickname that embarrasses them, their city and their league.
Instead, the team is doubling down on the nickname, publishing several remarkably tone-deaf pieces of propaganda on its website.
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It doesn't seem to matter to Washington officials that the most recent poll increasingly shows mass hatred of the name by American Indians. Indian Country Today, the largest Native American magazine, found that 81 percent of respondents found such images disparaging to Native Americans and 75 percent said the imagery violated anti-discrimination laws.
But beyond the polls comes a simple point: What's the right thing to do?
We've become so complacent with this ugly, racial name that it has almost become comfortable, like old leather.
As someone who grew up as a Washington fan and is also part American Indian, I've found the nickname to always be a dumb and offensive one. More important, I've always been perplexed by why the team, especially recently, has stuck with the nickname.
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If you want to drop something offensive drop the WASHINGTON part.
LOL! I know far more actual American Indians who would agree with your proposal than would disagree.
Washington Commies.
Naw...that Name would be offensive to Jews...But I guess that is OK with the DC crowd.
Wait...it would also be offensive to muzzies! (They also practice circumcision!)
We absolutely CAN NOT have a name that is offensive to muzzies!
(I am part Indian and “Redskin” doesn’t offend me. After all, one names one’s team after something we ADMIRE, not something we despise. For example, you would never call your team the “Idiots” or the “Numbskulls”.)
Funny you should say that because that is exactly what my son-in-law calls them! Being an Eagles fan he can’t stand that my favorite team is the Skins since I spent more time stationed in DC and Norfolk than Philadelphia. Well, we’ll see what the Division champs will do next year with a hopefully healthy QB that will show just a “bit” more maturity by staying in the pocket.
I hate a$$holes that object to my teams name. Why don’t they condemn the moral bankrupsy of abortionists instead...or the Cleveland Browns. Jesse and Al should object to that one except not too many whites are on that team!
The Washington Corruptors!
They’re not really offended, it’s just one more way to crack the whip on whites. In the world of race-hustling and minority victim culture, whites exist only to foot the bill and take the blame for the failures of others.
It would be like the Homosexuals objecting to My Teams’ Name (Green Bay PACKERS)!
How about we get rid of ALL Indian names ?
Washington Spenders
Washington Tax
Washington Clubbers
Washington Rulers
Washington Kings
Washington Imperials
Washington Busters
How about the Washington Burgundy Epidermises.
As for the professional team names, if "Redskins" is offensive to American Indians, did anyone in the MSM ever think that "Vikings" could be offensive to people of Scandinavian ancestry and "Celtics" to Irish-Americans?
“Washington Human Football Units”
Redskins responded to this article written bt Mike Freeman:
“Mike who?”
Washington Crackers?
Since their fan base extends into Northern Virginia as well, how about The Beltway Bandits. Or maybe the Beltway Bastards is even more descriptive of the main industry there.
The NCAA wanted to ban FSU’s mascot, but the leaders of the Seminole Tribe told them that they wanted FSU to keep it. So, albeit grudgingly, I have to give that school to the North, some credit.
haha, Washington Whiskey Drinkers?
Or in honor of Mayor Marion Berry, the Washington Crackheads.
Already taken - Vikings.
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