Washington Redskins Name Change

[ROCSteady]

Dude's posts just overall make me cringe due to like you said and because he is an obvious try hard.

He prolly took some racial sensitivity courses in college or some social equality 200 course and now values that philosophy of idealism over the practicality and power of realism and business practices that do not disrupt the contemporary construct of capitalism.

In turn, he posts about shit the media highlights for him and thinks he's a compassionate forward thinker despite not thinking through the issue fully becuz ppl like him don't really actually care.

The extent of their care and outrage exists within article comments and message boards

[MMM]

I don't really care one way or another but why do people get offended that a name change might happen because of other people getting offended???

[andremiller07]

There is much bigger problems within there own community that if they cared they wouldn't have have the time to think about this and put any energy into.

The NZ rugby team is called the All Blacks and the Soccer team is called the All Whites cause of the colour of the uniform (funnily enough most the soccer players are white and rugby players are polynesian) it does not mean anything nor is it offensive.

[DeuceWallaces]

There is much bigger problems within there own community that if they cared they wouldn't have have the time to think about this and put any energy into.

The NZ rugby team is called the All Blacks and the Soccer team is called the All Whites cause of the colour of the uniform (funnily enough most the soccer players are white and rugby players are polynesian) it does not mean anything nor is it offensive.

Hey you ****ing moron! The Redskins are not called that because the color of their uniforms.

[Done_And_Done]

lol /\

[iBandwagon]

What side of this issue do you stand on? For me, it's clearly an offensive name and a relic of a bygone era which should be changed.

I am in full agreement.

[ROCSteady]

Well at least you live up to your username

[Dresta]

This seems like the sort of the thing only an idiot would care about/ get offended by, but then people get offended by the slightest things these days. What we really need is a catastrophic war: this will stop people focusing on petty, inconsequential and pointless things like Football team names, because people will actually get some real life perspective foisted onto their coddled and spoilt existence.

[QuebecBaller]

I hope the Cleveland Indians will change to:

the Cleveland Amerindians

or

the Cleveland Native Americans

[COnDEMnED]

why dont we have a teams called new york black skins
minnesota white skins
san francisco yellow skins

Since most people are politically correct ******* these days, the Minnesota white skins would probably be the most offensive team name on that list to the liberals....if you said that and you're white.

[reppy]

This seems like the sort of the thing only an idiot would care about/ get offended by, but then people get offended by the slightest things these days. What we really need is a catastrophic war: this will stop people focusing on petty, inconsequential and pointless things like Football team names, because people will actually get some real life perspective foisted onto their coddled and spoilt existence.

Good point, it's not as bad as genocide, so no one should care.

[tomtucker]

a great name, never change it

[GimmeThat]

Here's a funny question

If say, the Redskins go and win a couple superbowls.

will people still find that name offensive?

Or is it because they have also been down right terrible, so people think that maybe a change in name would help shape up the organization differently.

The organization needs change, and if changing the name helps people to view them differently, or even how they view themselves differently. Then do it.

[DeuceWallaces]

Uh, it's because redskin is a racial epithet; not because they suck.

[KingBeasley08]

This whole issue was started by white liberal pansies. Native Americans in any poll taken don't give a fck