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Re: D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
I'm surprised Goodell didn't say the Saint's name is offensive.
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Re: D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
Good God Make it stop ! What the Hell is next.
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Re: D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
So everybody would be fine and dandy with me starting a football team and calling it Mississippi ******s?
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Re: D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
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not sure what the censored name is but if its Mississippi Rednecks![]()
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By me, the government names buildings & roads after tribes of the Algonquian, ie Chippewa, Ojibwe, Miami, Ottawa, Huron, Wyandot, Sauk and they teach Native American history in the schools ... don't see the big deal with an NFL team.
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The difference is that those you listed are actual names of tribes while Redskins is a derogatory term. I think its totaly fin to have the Florida State Seminoles, the tribe has given their blessing to the use of that name (and probably recieves a royalty?) but Redskins are a different thing.
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Re: D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
Originally Posted by Crusader
Yeah, but to whom is it derogatory? The Native American tribes of North America or the politically correct Washington D.C. city council? That's my point. This smacks of your typical inept government body highlighting an issue of national attention in an attempt to justify their positions on the council, IMO. I don't find it derogatory or offensive, it's the name of a football team with a storied history or what I call small potatoes.![]()
There's a full-blooded Chippewa that comes into the barber shop on occassion and we have asked him his opinion on this, in the past. He has no problem with the name. Below is another more recent approval of the name by a Native American. I just think it's a contentious non-issue raised by non-Native Americans who have an axe-to-grind. What next? PETA gonna' force teams with names like Lions, Ravens, Dolphins to change their names? Aren't Jaguars on the endangered species list? Where does it end? Should religious organizations lobby against use of the name "Saints" in New Orleans? You can't please all the people all the time. Changing an NFL team name would require the approval of the League and it's sponsors as well, if I understand the process correctly. I don't see it happening, nor do I think it should happen. It's just smoke & mirrors by the D.C. city council overreaching & trying to legislate morality/private industry ... this, from a city that elected a convicted crackhead for a mayor, :chuckle:. ![]()
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The censored name is the N-word. As I understand Redskin and N-word is equally bad in they eyes of the people the word is used about.
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Re: D.C. Council may push Washington Redskins into ‘Washington Redtails’
Hate the PC movement, but I do like the name Redtails. I like that a lot.
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