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Washington Redskins...
Oct 2, 2014, 5:28 PM
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Save the name or change it?
I vote to KEEP IT!
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Why are the KC Chiefs not having problems with this?***
Oct 2, 2014, 5:31 PM
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Member [28]
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Re: Why are the KC Chiefs not having problems with this?***
Oct 2, 2014, 5:32 PM
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Good point!
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You don't see the differenc between Braves, Chiefs and
Oct 2, 2014, 5:37 PM
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Redskins?? One is obviously more of a pejorative than the others.
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Re: You don't see the differenc between Braves, Chiefs and
Oct 2, 2014, 5:45 PM
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Seriously - I read that Brave and Chief are also offensive terms. Will try to provide a link.
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It's about context...
Oct 2, 2014, 5:54 PM
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No one says Redskins and means anything by it other than an NFL team. When you call someone a "redskin" you refer to people like Joe Gibbs, John Riggins, Art Monk, Robert Griffen, Sean Taylor, etc...
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Re: It's about context...
Oct 2, 2014, 5:56 PM
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Don't forget Jeff Bostic
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The most important "redskin"
Oct 2, 2014, 6:00 PM
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 Loved "The Hogs"!
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Oh, Breeland and Jenkins too, they're "redskins"***
Oct 2, 2014, 6:02 PM
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Don't worry, they are next on the radical's agenda....
Oct 2, 2014, 5:58 PM
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Then comes the teams with animal names because they are offensive to other living things. So says PETA, another radical organization hell-bent on using their skewed paradigm to control the lives of others...
Rant over...
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I think they should change it. I don't have a real strong
Oct 2, 2014, 5:35 PM
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opposition to Redskins but I could see how that could offend some.
But mainly, with the SEC getting involved and trying to prevent the name from being utterd on the airwaves, I think it is time to capitulate just so they will drop it.
If they outlaw the name from being broadcast, that will affect a large amount of historical programming against other teams.
I also think that the change would actually be profitable for Washington and the league in the long-run.
Frankly, the Redskins really isn't a name that fits the nations capital anyways. Certainly they could find another mascot that would be more represntative of the nation.
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Re: I think they should change it. I don't have a real strong
Oct 2, 2014, 5:42 PM
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Being a "true redskin" I see no reason to change the name. It does not offend me......
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The larger goal for the name changers...
Oct 2, 2014, 5:59 PM
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Is to remove all Native imagery. The Redskins are the big dog. If they go down, the others will follow.
This group is led by a man who claims he represents the Oneida Nation. He does not. He also has ties to NBC, and them and PFT (pro football talk, which is owned by NBC) have been all over this "issue". So has the Washington Post. One guy there, Mike Wise, will not #### about this and has really just gone off the deep-end.
Their one argument I can get behind is "we're people, not mascots". In that case, and if the majority of Natives feel the same, then fine, remove it all. Everything must go. Not just Redskins, but Braves, Blackhawks, Seminoles, Indians, etc...
Otherwise, keep the name and stop beating this dead horse.
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Re: Washington Redskins...
Oct 2, 2014, 5:46 PM
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It's getting out of hand. Some of the schools around the Houston area where I live had to change their mascot names, one of which was Warriors. WARRIORS?!?! How the hell is that offensive???
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Give the tribe some money and they'll go away.
Oct 2, 2014, 5:52 PM
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Worked at FSU.
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Keep it.***
Oct 2, 2014, 5:52 PM
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KEEP IT. Don't ever let the gov't push you around***
Oct 2, 2014, 5:53 PM
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Get rid of it
Oct 2, 2014, 6:00 PM
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I live up here in DC. I don't have strong feelings about the issue but it seems like changing their name to the Washington Braves would be an easy fix (keep a lot of the same logos). It's definitely affected their merchandise and advertising sales. Probably doesn't help that everyone up here that is passionate about the name comes off like an absolute idiot.
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Re: Get rid of it
Oct 2, 2014, 6:04 PM
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I live up here too. It really hasn't affected marketing and sales that much. They are still the 9th most profitable sports franchise in the world. They're sales in gear have declined, but that is b/c there was a huge surge with RG3. Then they stunk last year, 3-13, and the RG3 sales cooled off. That number the media reported a few weeks ago was very misleading (saying sales down b/c of the name - that is not true at all).
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Re: Get rid of it
Oct 2, 2014, 6:05 PM
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If they change it, I hope they change it to a name that makes fun of politicians and other overly sensitive pansies.
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How about Whiteskins?
Oct 2, 2014, 6:17 PM
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talk about an overly sensitive group.
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The biggest problem I have
Oct 2, 2014, 6:05 PM
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Is all of these tribes don't have to follow state and local laws and can basically not pay taxes on things we have too.
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Newberry College had to drop Indians. Sheesh.***
Oct 2, 2014, 6:19 PM
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My alma mater, Southern Wesleyan has changed the actual
Oct 2, 2014, 6:54 PM
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mascot, though not the name "Warriors". Used to have a silly cartoon Indian but switched to a knights head, essentially fitting in with the Christian warriors theme.
http://www.swu.edu/about-swu/news/meet-the-new-warrior/
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If forced to change, go with "Skins" or Crooked Politicians.***
Oct 2, 2014, 6:58 PM
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Re: Washington Redskins...
Oct 2, 2014, 7:07 PM
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if we can have kc chiefs and cleveland indians,then we should have redskins
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