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Redskins: Va. Newspaper Won’t Print It, D.C. Schools Want To Ban Jerseys
cbslocal.com ^ | October 18, 2013 | WJZ

Posted on 10/18/2013 1:10:15 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

WASHINGTON (WJZ)—Controversy over the name of Washington, D.C.’s football team is growing. Now a newspaper in Virginia says it won’t print the name Redskins. And several schools in D.C. want to ban team jerseys from their classrooms.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimore.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dresscodes; leftismomcampus; loonyleft; nfl; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; redskins; tshirt; washingtonredskins
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To: Berlin_Freeper

How about the Minnesota Vikings become the Minnesota Whiteskins, then it’ll be even.


41 posted on 10/18/2013 1:56:54 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Political Junkie Too
What's next, banning the Canucks and Yankees as ethnic slurs?

Canadians and New Englanders are not yet official Hated Minorities.

42 posted on 10/18/2013 1:57:46 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This is how the left steps up the issue.

They didn’t get their way...now they go to the teacher unions and the media


43 posted on 10/18/2013 2:04:57 PM PDT by kidd (No blood for ego)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Being a life long Cowboys fan, I HATE the Redskins. If the Redskins were playing the Taliban I'd put my BVDs on my head and shout "Dirka, dirka, dirka, ...Allah FUBAR!" after every Taliban score....

But I'm about to order me an RG3 jersey.

44 posted on 10/18/2013 2:06:56 PM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: apillar

If he does, it’ll will embolden them and the floodgates will be opened.

Then all the professional teams across America, High school and college will be under a relentless attack.

Hockey, basketball, soccer whatever has a name that somebody is perturbed by will be a target for litigation without end.

PETA wnants ALL animal names removed from sports teams. I suppose muslims could want all Christian names removed, i.e. a local Christian school has the name Crusaders.

The PC crowd will just start looking for their next victim to harass into submission................


45 posted on 10/18/2013 2:07:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Canucks, Yankees, Celtics, Seminoles, Blackhawks, Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!.................


46 posted on 10/18/2013 2:09:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

People are free to be idiots.

We are still free to point out they are being idiots.

Just have them try to answer one question:

Name one sports team that ever picked a name and mascot to denigrate their own team?

You don’t name your team after people or things that you want to make fun of.

To coin a young woman we were told was smarter than she appeared, “That’s retarded, sir.”


47 posted on 10/18/2013 2:09:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DeaconRed

The original team was in Boston. The ‘red skin’ name referred to beans................


48 posted on 10/18/2013 2:10:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: beelzepug
San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Sacramento; all cities with religious names

Bad! Bad!

They may have to rename all of them.

Obamagrad One, Obamagrad Two, ......etc.

49 posted on 10/18/2013 2:11:29 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: slouper

The Giants name could be derogatory to short people.
The Eagles name is definitely derogatory to PETA.
As are Cardinals, Lions, Bears, Colts, Dolphins, Jaguars, Panthers, Broncos, Seahawks, Rams, Bengals and any other animal names.

Patriots would be offensive to The Leftards, Saints would be offensive to muslims, Buccaneers and Raiders would be offensive to felons, Cowboys would be offensive to women and Jets, Chargers, 49’ers and Steelers would be offensive to environmentalists.......


50 posted on 10/18/2013 2:18:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Just don’t allow the sports writers into the home games anymore.


51 posted on 10/18/2013 2:18:44 PM PDT by Will we know the moment (e are no longer a republi)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yet they have I have noticed that the “Chicago Blackhawks” symbol has been “left alone.” Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


52 posted on 10/18/2013 2:21:36 PM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Richmond Free Press? Never heard of it.


53 posted on 10/18/2013 2:25:58 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: thackney

Los Angeles Redskins!


54 posted on 10/18/2013 2:26:44 PM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar are soon to be relearned.)
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To: Red Badger

Chargers are derogotory to electronic devices that power cell phones.


55 posted on 10/18/2013 2:27:22 PM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar are soon to be relearned.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Isn’t it amazing how liberals all glom onto an issue like ants on candy?


56 posted on 10/18/2013 2:30:20 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men)
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To: Hoodat

It won’t be long until other papers, and eventually ESPN, will jump on this bandwagon.

Count on it.

Liberals don’t do anything because they think it’s right. They do it to make conservatives mad. That is their prime motivation, and gets to the heart of what they are all about - evil.


57 posted on 10/18/2013 2:49:18 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: apillar
I hope the owner of the team holds firm, just for once in my life I would love to see the political correctness brigade LOSE. Unfortunately I figure it will be a death by a thousand cuts and at some point the owner will just say “screw it, change the name” to shut them up...

I actually hope the owner goes on national television and says the following: "I agree with the people who are sickened by the name 'Washington Redskins'. I have decide to change the name of the team to 'The Redskins'. Thank you."

58 posted on 10/18/2013 2:52:15 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: mbarker12474

THAT image gives me a ‘Chris Matthews’ tingle up my leg! Nice!


59 posted on 10/18/2013 2:55:02 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Screw it. Move the team to San Antonio and call them the Bandits..


60 posted on 10/18/2013 3:05:05 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Senator Cruz basically made the Democrats fight for a whole bunch of things that they already had.")
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