The Redskins, Liberalism and Public Opinion: The Way We Live Now

Townhall.com ^ | October 14, 2013 | Brian Birdnow

[Sacajaweau]

pc is nothing more than stuck on stupid........

[cripplecreek]

My question for Bob Costas and his type.

It wasn’t physically painful for you to say “Redskins” 5 or 10 years ago, why now?

[Grimmy]

Actually, PCism is much much more than stuck on stupidism.

It was brought to our shores in the early to mid ‘30s by members of the “School of Marxism at Frankfurt” aka “The Frankfurt School”.

The expressed purpose of PCism was to force people into ideological compliance.

All who practice and/or preach, or even submit to PCism are, in fact, the very same domestic enemy that the various oaths, especially military, demand we defend against in as aggressive and bloody handed a manner as if it were a foreign enemy.

The reason PCism has grown so rampant is because we all keep treating it as a joke. It’s not a joke. It’s destructive and malicious.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Paleface Costas speaks with forked tongue.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Liberals foam at the mouth, then go looking for a reason.

Current finds to give reason for their mouth foam...

Columbus Day

Washington Redskins

Sarah Palin

Walmart

[mrsmel]

"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to."
Theodore Dalrymple

I don't agree with his politics, but he got this dead-on.

[Colonel_Flagg]

"the cultural implications of this type of bullying and censorship are very troubling, indeed."

Bullying is okay, but only when liberals do it.

[Kaslin]

you got it

[Sacajaweau]

And their skin is reddish...What’s the problem. Blacks are black and whites are white. Why is it okay for blacks to call us whitey or cracker or...wmf?

[left that other site]

I am a Redskin and do not consider the Redskins “Offensive”.

[Will88]

Thinking about it, “Redskins” is an odd word to me. I’ve never heard a single person use the word for any purpose other than to refer to the pro football team. It’s a word that seems to have only one usage and one meaning.

No idea what way back history the word might have, but it seems to have only one current meaning. Only a bunch of leftist whiners and grievance mongers could conjure up an offensive meaning for the word.

[728b]

If I was Snyder I would change the name.

THE WASHINGTON CAVALRY!

Blue and gold with Crossing swords on the helmet. Might as well pick a symbol of strength and courage to inspire the team.

[Resolute Conservative]

If they did change the name no fans should show up on game day, not tune in. Carry one further and attendance should drop everywhere. Too bad most football fans do not have the gumption to do that.

[Grimmy]

Full Amen on the quoted words.

[CrazyIvan]

The cavalry oppresses horses and puts them in high risk situations. Expect to hear from PETA.

[Paine in the Neck]

The former Boston Braves football team was renamed the Redskins to honor their coach, Willie “Lone Star” Dietz, a Sioux, a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School, and a teammate of Jim Thorpe. Willie surely knew if he was being honored or dis’ed. But maybe not. Poor, unenlightened Willie didn't have the benefit of access to Costas’ crowd of effete Manhattan liberals to explain the offense to him.

[relictele]

...and dangerous, as we continue to weaken our military i.e. the only thing standing between us and the world’s barbarism by disarming service members, allowing (and now encouraging) gays to serve openly and to skate on bad behavior and generally weakening standards.

‘Tolerant’ adults pass insane policies regarding so-called transgendered students. Inevitably, a sociopathic boy claims to be a girl, uses the girls’ restroom, and creeps out the girls who are rightfully there to use it for its intended purpose. Who do the schools side with? The boy of course.

Madness.

[relictele]

The ‘owners will make him’ meme seems to be the media favorite at present.

But the NFL owners are a very insular and supportive group when it comes to one of their own running the show his way. Franchise movement has abated for the most part but during the Rosenbloom/Irsay/Davis era the owners grumbled a bit but did nothing to prevent franchise movement. Why? Because they wanted to keep a similar threat viable in case they needed it (which, as we say, is what Art Modell did).

And so if the owners are unwilling to interfere in court cases and contract disputes involving millions, even billions of dollars, the chances of them involving themselves in a strict PC campaign guaranteed to lose the Redskins money in the form of lost gear sales and/or fan attrition are low indeed.

Rozelle had power. Tagliabue had residual power from Rozelle. Goodell is an errand boy and a spear-catcher who dances to the owners’ tune.

Liberals mugged by reality again.

[Hoodat]

The political party that gave us the KKK and Jim Crow is now lecturing us on football mascots? Really?