Posted on 12/20/2013 8:33:57 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday that the Washington Redskins should change their name.
In an interview with The Hill, Reid said, “I think [Washington Redskins owner Dan] Snyder is so shortsighted on this.”
He added, “We live in a society where you can’t denigrate a race of people. And that’s what that is. I mean, you can’t have the Washington Blackskins. I think it’s so shortsighted.”
Earlier this year, Snyder said he would never change the name. Asked for comment, a spokesman for the Redskins referred to the letter Snyder wrote to the team's fans earlier this year on the name controversy
The three most powerful Democrats in Washington — President Obama, Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) — have now urged the Redskins to rethink their mascot.
Pelosi told The Hill in October that it “probably would be a good idea if they change the name.”
Obama, meanwhile, told The Associated Press this fall that he would think about changing the name if he owned the team.
Reid noted that other sports teams have changed their controversial monikers, including the Washington Wizards. The professional basketball team used to be named the Washington Bullets.
Other members of Congress who have called for the Redskins to change their name include Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) and Dels. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa).
And then said that if he owned a team, it would look like the Redskins.
You mean Mitch, "I love the Tea Party" McConnell? It thought KY already primaried his a$$. Why is he still pretending?
(Obviously I know they haven't had the primary election yet.)
It's none of your damn business.
Agreed. That's bad manners and should be discouraged.
And that’s what that is.
Classic example of the logical fallacy of Begging the Question. Doesn't prove his claim, just states it as a fact and expects us to agree.
They could be the “DC Thugs”. Then they would embody the character of the town the represent. Yea, the Washington DC Thugs. It fits.
Or....
The Politicians
The Takers
The Felons
The Shysters
The Nannies
The Ninnymuggins
The Redasses
The Commies (That might be offensive to libs)
I guess Harry doesn’t like the fact that the team’s name actually is referring to the Congress!
Snow is white.
Ergo, Harry Reid is a vicious racist.
“Washington Redskins should change their name”
How about the Landover Redskins or the DC redskins?
Maybe Harry Reid should stick to his own state. After all, UNLV is a GOVERNMENT school, and their nickname are the [slavery loving] REBELS. In case that was too subtle, the colors are Confederate grey and slave-blood red.
I’m offended!
How about the Washington FUBOs?
The only reason they should change their name would be their play on the field is embarrassing to American Indians.
HELL NO!!!!!
Do NOT, EVER, give in to the leftists. The leftists don't give a rat's ass about a football team's name. The leftists' only goal is to make you SUBMIT.
Yes, you, personally.
The leftists want you groveling at their feet, and will take any opportunity to compel you to do so, in ways large and small.
Hail to the Redskins!
Not as embarrassing as the Cowboys are to real Cowboys.
If real Cowboys were like the football team, all of their cattle would get stolen during the cattle drive.
That wouldn’t be giving in to them, it would be poking them in the eye!
Any change to the name or its reference (to American Indians) ... is tantamount to admitting that the leftists are right about it being offensive, and is an act of submission to them.
Calling the team "Landover Redskins" would be a poke in the eye.
Washingtons of GaySins.
Washington Senators is the most offensive name I can think of and that was already discarded in baseball.
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