Perhaps Slate would like to put up a few bucks as a prize for renaming the REDSKINS....for their specific "purposes"
the washington reds ...would work well ,,,if the team were comprised of POLITICAL OPERATIVES.
The WASHINGTON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES??
Posted on 08/08/2013 8:55:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Why Slate will no longer refer to Washington’s NFL team as the Redskins.
This is the last Slate article that will refer to the Washington NFL team as the Redskins.
For decades, American Indian activists and others have been asking, urging, and haranguing the Washington Redskins to ditch their nickname, calling it a racist slur and an insult to Indians. They have collected historical and cultural examples of the use of redskin as a pejorative and twice sued to void the Redskins trademark, arguing that the name cannot be legally protected because it’s a slur. (A ruling on the second suit is expected soon; the first failed for technical reasons.) A group in the House of Representatives also recently introduced a bill to void the trademark. The team has been criticized from every different direction, by every kind of person. More than 20 years ago, Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser, no politically correct squish, urged the team to abandon the name. Today, the mayor of Washington, D.C.—the mayor!—goes out of his way to avoid saying the team’s name.
Why, then, has nothing changed? Because the choice of the team’s name belongs to one person, Washington owner Daniel Snyder. He has brushed off the controversy with arm waves at “tradition,” “competitiveness,” and “honor.” He recently told USA Today, “We’ll never change the name. It’s that simple. NEVER—you can use caps.”
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How about Holder’s People?
I personally avoid providing hits for lefty web-sites, but I’m glad folks post articles from _________ here on FR; of the many left-wing sites, __________ can generally be relied on to provide some real amusement.
I propose The Beltway Bandits.
For the thousandth time, people don’t name sports teams after Indians because they despise Indians. They name them after Indians because they ADMIRE Indians.
No other explanation is possible.
What area or region of Spain are they from ?
How does Slate feel about printing a factual error every time they refer to the Washington Redskins incorrectly?
The Washington Aborigines.
That should do it.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
THAT is too funny!
They could call themselves the “Crackers.” That seems to be an acceptable ethnic epithet these days. It’s only offensive to 80 percent of the population.
“Can anyone here actually say they they have read Slate”?
Only when it’s the link on a Free Republic thread.
Since they’re based in DC, how about the Washington Power Whores?
How about The Washington Foreskins..........they have a lotta pricks in that town.
Drop one letter, rearrange another, and we get Redinks.
The Washington Bullies
I’m sure the Redskins management doesn’t give a hoot what Slate does.
Maybe I’m wrong on my sports history and I didn’t take time to check it out, but I think the Redskins originated in Boston and were named for the tea party Redskins. Similar situation with the basketball Bullets being from Baltimore and named for the armory. And while their name change to Wizards was in honor of Edgar Allen Poe, in my mind Wizards seems more related to the KKK than Poe.
I think the Oregon State BEAVERS should change THEIR name - totally offensive. (sarc)
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