Redskins name controversy

[96583UP]

guess i just showed my cards there, huh

[96583UP]

sorry lament, i love you. i know the name is wrong.... BUT I DONT WANT IT CHANGED

let's just focus on want really matters: accepting that the Irish are drunk belligerent leprechauns

[96583UP]

Someone needs to tell this guy:

Wow.

this shit right here was revolting though

someone needs to smack that honkey jackass over the head with a 2X4

[96583UP]

you know what though? i am totally wrong here. the name should be changed. this is bullshit.

[96583UP]

man i feel better. what a relief. that was like a 1-man intervention.

was that all of the stages of grief?

[BurtReynolds]

lock er up.

[MadTIGERmaN]

Like I said awhile ago in the stupid rules in sports thread,

the fact that the NFL is looking at a 15 yard unsportsmen like conduct penalty, for a black man calling a black man, the N word, while wearing a jersey that says the R word across the front of it, tells you how much the NFL cares about the Native community.

as the article in the USA Today said today, the name probably wont change until a few major sponsors start pulling out or pressuring the NFL, as the NFL only cares about one thing $$$$$

[spike]

You all do know a real deal Indian designed the current logo used by the Redskins, right?

so, a guy from mumbai? weird.

[i got bugs]

Who in 2014 uses the word redskin as a racial slur or in any way other than to refer to a football player from Washington??

Never mind 2014.. since the 1800s

[Kaius]

I haven't heard anyone maliciously called a nigger in a long time, it must be cool to use now.

[Chris_H_2]

I haven't heard anyone maliciously called a nigger in a long time, it must be cool to use now.

Don't worry. They interviewed that one black skin from Detroit, and he said the word nigger isn't offensive. So that means it's not offensive to the black skins.

[i got bugs]

There's no comparison on the use of the n word vs redskin..

[i got bugs]

Meaning the word redskin took up its own meaning upon the induction of the nfl team and anyone born after the the 1940s has only known a redskin as an nfl player

[Thejambi]

There's no comparison on the use of the n word vs redskin..

Negro is probably a better comparison.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Vince Neil is starting an arena football team in Vegas. I hope he calls them the crackers.

[Thejambi]

Vince Neil is starting an arena football team in Vegas. I hope he calls them the crackers.

Hmm Mexican and Native American heritage..... Spikskins!

[Kaius]

Lumping together and Identifying an historically rich and socially complex group of people such as native Americans by a single term as basic as the (closest pigment we could come up with at the time) color of their skin is about as knuckle-headed and disrespectful as naming a basketball team the Darkies.

I understand that argument, bugs, I just find Snyder's stance selfish and meat-headed, let alone any intended or unintended racism.

[darth_vedder]

At this point, I just want the name changed so we can talk about the team. As it is, when you want to talk about the Redskins, you can't b/c the effing name thing is the only thing on people's minds. Just change it so people STFU about it, and we can get back to talking football.

[i got bugs]

What it comes down to is they probably want new unis/logos to sell more merchandise

[E.H. Ruddock]

At this point, I just want the name changed so we can talk about the team. As it is, when you want to talk about the Redskins, you can't b/c the effing name thing is the only thing on people's minds. Just change it so people STFU about it, and we can get back to talking football.

So maybe they should change the name to The Washington RGIII's knee