Simms, Dungy say they will not use term 'Redskins' this season
 

Two influential NFL voices -- including CBS lead analyst Phil Simms, who will handle Washington's Week 4 game -- said Monday they likely won't use the term "Redskins" when discussing the franchise.

Phil Simms (CBS), Tony Dungy (NBC) say they will not use term 'Redskins' this season | FOX Sports

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From the same article...

Jim Nantz
Troy Aikman
Boomer Esiason
Solomon Wilcots
Rich Gannon
And all of ESPN...
... will continue to use the team's name as always.

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In a related story...

Johnny Manziel let the Redskins know how he feels about the team name.

Sims and Dungy won't say Redskins in games
 

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...021749496.html

How stupid have we become? Read above.

Soooooooo, in being with silly politically correctness, I would guess Cleveland Indians, The Fighting Irish, New Orleans Saints, UNO Privateers and countless other teams' names would have to change.

Yes, you may ask why I mentioned The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and UNO Privateers?

Well, can people of Irish descent be not associated with always fighting. Rough, tumble, fighting, down on their luck Irish.

Pirates were very bad , very bad men. Blackbeard and our very own Jean Lafitteand ...etc.
Jean Lafitte Nat. Park and Lafitte , LA must go for name change too I guess.

STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:givemebeer:

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The wussification of America continues.

The WW2 generation would stomp their asses for being such *ussies.

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I'm a Pirate. And I do take offense to UNO. My wife is the only person who knows I'm a pirate but still. I'm fairly nice. Only like the advantage if getting booty. Otherwise, I don't pillage. So why do the Privateers mascot have a scowl? From now on I am just going to call them oono instead of UNO.

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As it's been noted every time this sort of reply is given on the topic, none of the nicknames you describe are racial slurs, not even "fighting Irish".

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I am not going down this road!

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It's ironic that native american indians look with pride on the redskins

It's the image of toughness, resilience, pride

Having an ad or stadium section with proud indians would be a nice in your face

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All we keep hearing is "if it offends one person, they should change the name", and "you don't know what is offensive to another person". I totally disagree with that BS, but if that's the whiny way we're going to be in America, then how do you know what is or isn't a racial slur?

You can't make sense of it any more than I can. It's stupidity and self pity. This world has much bigger problems than a word that natives can't even agree on what it means to them. In the earliest days of this country Indians were commonly referred to as savages, and I would say that there undoubtedly WERE savages on either side of the fight. But then there were those who probably weren't doing anything to anyone, and that term I would imagine was quite offensive. Redskin just sounds like a fact being stated to me. I'm a whiteskin. Who gives a crap?

Maybe it did mean something else at one point in time, but guess what? Gay used to mean happy. Fagg*t meant a pile of sticks. Queer meant unusual. Nobody ever argues that those words have a completely different context today. And from what most natives seem to be saying, the term redskins is meant for honor. You want to argue with them? Go ahead, I'll wait.

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Just out of curiosity...

This is a slur
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0L1yiBF060...0/Redskins.jpg

This isnt?
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The earliest known use is 1699 where it is used as a descriptor, not a slur.
"Ye firste Meetinge House was solid mayde to withstande ye wicked onsaults of ye Red Skins."
See... The Delaware Indians used Vermillion face and body paint.

Point being that if it has somehow evolved into a term that a minority of the living Indians finds offensive, it could possibly evolve back into being just a description with a fair amount of honesty and education.

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If they don't want to use it, that's fine. I won't be saying the word "Dungy" this season either. It's offensive to me!

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Simms and Dungy - 2 Guys who can do the 3 Stooges by themselves

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It could, like many words have...

But let's put it in a way Danny Snyder can understand.
What's the origin of the word "kike"? Whether you think it originated as a sort of nickname for Jews since many Jewish last names end in "ki" or in Ellis Island because illiterate Jewish immigrants signed with an O instead of an X, do you think The Danny would have cheered for a team called the Washington Kikes? What about the Washington Treblinkers? Obviously, we know such names for a team would've never made it past 1948, and very few places in the world would allow such names to be used.

Or how about the "n-word"? Where does it come from? There are a number of theories as to where it came from; to me the most obvious is the good ol' boy pronunciation of "negro" (like fellow/feller, or yellow/yeller), which is Latin for "black", and "black" being a logical description of a pale European first laying eyes to someone from Sub-Saharan Africa, just like the 1699 European who first laid eyes on the American natives. It used to be that "Negroid" was the anthropological name for the race of people who originated from Sub-Saharan Africa, now it is Congoid because the word Negroid is considered racist.

So regardless of the origin, those 2 words went from description to bona fide racial slurs, and we (meaning society in general) recognize them as such, and therefore avoid their usage (if we are not part of said ethnic groups).

Unless you are around 70 years old, you and I were born in an era in which both words are defined as racial slurs. But think about why we define those terms as racial slurs today. I am not going to type a long manifesto, but the gist of it is, neither the Jewish people or Congoids were isolated in reservations and forgotten after what happened to them as races, nor vilified them in countless movies and TV shows.

Now, for the record, I am a person who thinks racial slurs are laughable, as you don't get to define what you are, only who you are. Yet, I can understand why such words would stir certain feelings in different people, and as such, I think we should give Native Americans the same courtesy as we give to any other ethnic group. Simple as that.

And a quick edit to add: both of those images I'd consider slurs. I don't get the fascination with using such names either.

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We just have different approaches. I look at it from 10,000 feet because I understand that if you put 100 people in a room and ask them an opinion question you will not get the same answer 100 times. We typically elect and govern based on majority consensus until someone decides that the 'right thing to do' contradicts that. If we as a society took action on each and every item that someone 'says' offends them what would the world look like? The Red Skins wouldn't be the Red Skins, we wouldn't be the Saints, and Saltines would fall into a different category.

I can guarantee you that I can find 5 people that are proud to be called coon-ass and 5 people that are offended by being called coon-ass. Which side do you take? Why does a side need to be taken? I agree that slurs are laughable and insignificant, if you feel that way, then why take a stand?

Its contradictory for me as a parent to tell my children to turn the other cheek to offensive remarks but then support action of our government in regards to offensive remarks.

Most people hear words every day and are not offended by them until someone with an agenda tells them that they should be offended. Are we actually going to legislate on minority opinion or manufactured emotions? The protection of the RedSkin name and logo has been voided, to stay true to that precedent the government would have to drop all protections on any music, movies, or books that contain the N-word or a variation of that word.

This is a slippery slope my friend, one where there is no winner and if we keep giving credibility to a handful of people with an agenda we will be but a soup-sandwich with no credibility.

As a society we preach the need to evolve to a utopian standard so we may all live in harmony, but fall prey to basic human emotion. Until we can get past primal reaction there will be no evolution. Part of that is being able to look into someones eyes and say "it really doesn't affect you or matter, get passed it"

On the flip side being offended by seeing gays interact in public is found offensive to some, albeit through ignorance, but offensive all the same. They need to be told "it doesn't pertain to you" as well.

:peace:

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Apologies for the snip. I do agree with the general sentiment of what you are saying. I just wanted to touch on those two points.

Why take a stand? Equality. Why afford protection to certain ethnic groups but not others? Double standards are never conducive to utopian societies.

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Agreed.. I didn't interpret any snip at all, and hope you are not detecting any as well.

Equality however does not extend to only those who have endured hardships or mistreatment. When the "=" sign is used it means exactly that. If you are going to be mindful enough to not offend any one group then the same should apply to all groups. Even those that a person doesn't care for.

The underlined is precisely my point. If you start removing each and every item to make each and every group happy you will inevitably end up with nothing on your plate.

Take an ordinary meal for example:
Vegans want the meat out
Diabetics want the carbs and sugars out
Elderly cant handle the spices
Children do not want the vegetables
You can see where I am going with this....

At some point you have to look at all of the above groups and say "if you do not like it, do not eat it". Left to my wife she would cook 3 separate meals, when I intervene things just get pushed to the side of the plate. Humans are amazingly adept to dealing with adversity as long as they do not start relying on someone to do it for them.

The only true equality is when no one is catered to and everyone must deal with how they feel about each others expressions on their own. But this all boils down to the misinterpretation of the First Amendment doesn't it? The First Amendment prevents prosecution for expression but protects persecution because persecution is speech and a form of expression.

A person can not be jailed for saying negative things about the Government and the person that will inevitably call him an idiot is protected as well... Its a beautiful thing. :p

Poor form has never been illegal.

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Case and point

What is an "Acadiana American"? I have never heard that term in my life LOL!
Louisiana official threatens Texas legislator with lawsuit over ‘coonass’ remark - Texas Politics

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And I agree with you. Yet, why not extend the same courtesy to Native Americans we extend Jewish and African Americans? Because the other alternative, the "unslurring" of such words as kike, ******, chink, spic, etc. that's not going to happen any time soon. Either all or none the asterisks :)

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Please understand one thing about my views, I do not recognize hyphenated Americans. One very small example of why is that it is used incorrectly and ignorantly. When Theresa Heinz Kerry said she was African-American the black community was up in arms because she was white. Africa is a country, not a race. She was born in Maputo Mozambique and also qualifies for all scholarships designated for African-Americans.

On your reply and Why? Two separate reasons.

1. You can't selectively protect the groups you want to protect. You protect all or none. See below how it applies to your question.

2. Jewish is an ethnoreligious group and not a race, people from Israel are Israelites, or Israelis. Protect one religion and you have to protect them ALL. Including Pastafarians <--- you open the gates for people to start making things up and since it's based on belief or feeling you can't disprove it.

There are 4 races:
1) Mongoloid.
2) Caucasoid.
3) Negroid.
4) Australoid

The Klan and White Supremacists are groups also, do you want to extend legislation to protect them from being offended? I don't.

We are now full circle back to protecting 7Bn opinions. Everyone has one and they all vary.

The reason you can not unslur those words is because you cannot legislate culture. Personally I find chewing food with the mouth open offensive, any scholarship based wholly or partially on race/creed/ or ethnic background offensive. There is no needed for legislation to effect either. If someone wants to eat like an animal, let them. If a bigot of any race wants to use their money to support their race, it's their business. If a private Country Club is all white or a Black Miss America pageant is all black, so be it. It may seem I have wandered off topic but I haven't, in a misguided effort to remove racial barriers there can't morally be any all white but all black is acceptable and promoted. That my friend is not equality.

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You are correct. Why not extended the courtesy to the Native Americans as all but a very, teeny, tiny minority have no problem with the Washington Redskins name at all. Who are we as Whites, Blacks, Asians or Hispanics to tell them what is offensive to them? The ONLY Native Americans that do have an issue belong to a small, politically extremist tribe, the Oneida Indian Nation.

Are you aware that there are currently 62 high schools using the name Redskins and a number of them are located on Indian reservations? None of those Native American schools are changing their nickname.

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How many of you have asked a Native American if they are offended by the Redskins' use of the nickname? I have many times over the past couple of decades since this farce was first raised. I have never been told by a single one of them that they found it in the least offensive and many said that they felt like it honored their heritage. This was consistent from South Dakota through Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Louisiana. A large percentage of them told me they were fans of the team BECAUSE of the nickname.

http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-c...1407952321.JPG

http://seattletimes.com/ABPub/2014/06/30/2023963086.jpg
It is home for the Spokane Tribe of Indians, and for 107 years, the Wellpinit High School mascot name has been Redskins.

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Red Mesa High Redskins on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

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I must be old.. when I went to school, we only had 3 races and 9 planets :)

Jewish is not a race, sure; maybe I should've gone with spic or chink; but I didn't bring it up because it was a race per se, rather a word that is offensive to the owner of the Washington Redskins, and because they are one of the more protected ethno-religious groups (yet, "Jew" is mostly associated with Semite/Israeli/Hebrew/etc, but let's not get that granular).

Again, I mostly agree with you; but then you do go into tangents and slippery slope arguments.. "pastafarians'? Really? :)

And I am not being "selective"... maybe we don't have video of the fate of Native Americans like we have of Auschwitz and Greensboro, but I think they deserve equal treatment as the other groups that are afforded the courtesy of not throwing certain words at them.