Time for Washington to dump offensive Redskins nickname

CBS Sports ^ | February 13, 2013 | Mike Freeman

[Taxman]

Mostly, I find the people who complain about these things are dumb and offensive.

The USA is being gutted like a mackerel by the Inside the Evil Beltway criminal community, and this guy objects to the name of a football team?

Give me a break!

[MIchaelTArchangel]

How about “The Washington Crooked Politicians”? It might be offensive, but who would complain?

[dfwgator]

How about the "Washington Siouxers". This ties in with 1. the old Redskins name, 2. the most popular occupation in D. C. - lawyers, 3. and of course, all the crap that comes out of D. C.

And
4. The 80's band Siouxsie and the Banshees

[ro_dreaming]

It’s time for people to develop a thicker skin and realize words only have power over you if you let them.

[NCC-1701]

“...Cowboys with the gender neutral name of Cow-persons!...”

I wonder how Cowpersons would look in the endzones at Cowboys, er, Cowpersons Stadium.

[NCC-1701]

“...“crazy horses”...”

The Osmonds wrote a song by that name.

[dfwgator]

The Osmonds wrote a song by that name.

One of the most bizarre songs ever.

[Servant of the Cross]

To paraphrase the remarkable Dr. Ben Carson ....

Political correctness is a horrible thing. It is dangerous and hampers freedom of thought and expression.

Mike Freeman of cBS sports, this ones for you ....

Redskins forever; Weeny sports writers never .... O OOOO OOOOO OOOOO

[left that other site]

You got that right!

[left that other site]

Ah...but if we do THAT, people will complain that they are not being represented!

(Much like Maxine waters complaining that there are no “Hurricane Sha’Ni’Q’uaas!”

[DoodleDawg]

I’d be more embarassed at having Washington, D.C. as part of my name more than the Redskins. But that’s just me.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was thinking of all the great Indian names in states like Wisconsin...

[Tublecane]

The most appropriate analog to the putatively offensives injin’ names is the Fighting Irish. And no, race hustlers don’t think it’s offensives, and wouldn’t care if it was. Because “racism is about power” and turnabout is fairplay, or whatever argument it would take you to ignore logic and be angry on behalf of the redman exclusively.

[william clark]

Beat me to it.

[left that other site]

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, Utah, Kentucky,Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Texas, Michigan, Idaho, N. & S. Dakota, Alabama, Indiana, Wyoming, Alaska, Missouri...and that’s not even counting the cities, Towns, and Rivers!

hahaha

[JustSayNoToNannies]

I feel your pain - I can't count the number of times I've been beaten to the punch on FR.

[Revolting cat!]

Washington Casinoowners?

[Little Ray]

Didn’t they make B-17s and B-29s in a Washington Boeing plant? How ‘bout the “Washington Bombardiers?” Have a big indexed crosshair on the helmet from a Norden bombsight.
Can you imagine the screams?

[bert]

Then there is San Francisco and the greedy egalitarian 49’ers

They must be renamed the San Fran Queers

[Little Ray]

The way to PO the white folks would be to rename the team “Lakoda Sioux” or “crazy horses” or “Custer killers” or “sitting bulls”.

That is a stupid statement. You think white folk don't respect the fighting spirit of the Indians? Why the heck do you think we have sports teams named "Braves" and "Redskins," eh? Apparently Whitey has a lot thicker skin than just about anybody else...