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Thor, how are you equating the LGBT/SSM issue with this? Do you think the Redskins are attempting to marginalize Native Americans in any way shape or form? Do you think they were being denied equal rights somehow?
What I am saying is that in the past, no one thought twice about using "faggot" or "queer" in a derogatory fashion. Gay folks were a virtually invisible group. There was no resistance. The offense wasn't large enough for people to take notice or think was worth addressing. Even farther back people had the same attitude about using the n-word. When minority groups are marginalized in this fashion it takes people in the majority population to help get their cause noticed. It takes time to build up a resistance to the tyranny of the majority.