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Patent office cancels Redskins trademarks

For those either worried about, or arguing against, the slippery slope....note that the plantiff of the case against the Redskins that went to the Patent Office (and will now go to the courts) that is generally the "face" of the group of 5 has made it clear that her goal is not JUST the Redskins:

(SOURCE)

“I’m not sure there’s anything the [Chiefs] can do at this point other than look for another name,” Blackhorse told the Kansas City Star. “They could be the team that says, ‘You know what? We understand the issue and we don’t want to be Dan Snyder and fight this in court forever. We want to do the right thing and move forward and avoid this entire battle.’ I’m sure fans will be upset, but still, that’s doing the right thing. If they want to be sensitive to Native American people, that’s the thing to do.”

Change the name or engage in a fight in the courts forever ala Dan Snyder.
 
For those either worried about, or arguing against, the slippery slope....note that the plantiff of the case against the Redskins that went to the Patent Office (and will now go to the courts) that is generally the "face" of the group of 5 has made it clear that her goal is not JUST the Redskins:

(SOURCE)

“I’m not sure there’s anything the [Chiefs] can do at this point other than look for another name,” Blackhorse told the Kansas City Star. “They could be the team that says, ‘You know what? We understand the issue and we don’t want to be Dan Snyder and fight this in court forever. We want to do the right thing and move forward and avoid this entire battle.’ I’m sure fans will be upset, but still, that’s doing the right thing. If they want to be sensitive to Native American people, that’s the thing to do.”

Change the name or engage in a fight in the courts forever ala Dan Snyder.
 
Personally I don't find it rather accurate or respectable, as the oversided grin, nose, etc and highly colorized skin do represent a caricature as I see no way that grin can be done for anything other than comic effect (comic doesn't necessarily mean "negative). I'm not a fan of the logo, but I'm also not personally offended by it.

Would you be offended by any of these logos if they were real teams?

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Would you be offended by any of these logos if they were real teams?

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The Anaheim one because it has an established racial history. I'd probably say the Mexicans as well since the caricature isn't just with cartoonish features but with clearly added things to make it look more negatively, such as the gold tooth. The Italian one would simply make me think they missed the boat, "Mafiosos" would have been a much cooler name to pair with the look; but even with my ancestry being more italian than anything else it wouldn't offend me. The jew and chinese one would probably coincide with what I said about the Indians.

All of which, of course, are a ridiculous hypothetical taking a single instance of a situation with all sorts of additional factor surrounding it and just a continuation of your attempt to distract from the fact you made a patently false claim, got called on it, and are desperately trying to divert the conversation because of it.
 
Not very accurate comparison. Redskin is a pejorative. So you'd need to change them to their derogatory names with those logos.

You're coming in at the end of the conversation. He claimed the Redskin's logo was a caricature...I informed him he was just factually wrong in pretty much every fashion of the word....he then tried to divert from his previous comment by randomly tossing the Indians logo into the conversation because he stepped in it when talking about the Redskins logo instead of the name and needed to find some other logo to talk about...even though it's not the topic of the thread at all...in an effort to cover up his mistake.

As such, the posting of the pictures didn't have anything to do with the Redskins, but rather the Cleveland Indians logo.
 
Okay fine. You fill in the pejorative.

Sure...

Anaheim Niggers
Memphis Wetbacks
Indianapolis Wops
Cleveland Redskins
Miami Kikes
San Francisco Chinks

When those mascots are these then they parallel the Washington Redskins.
 
You're coming in at the end of the conversation. He claimed the Redskin's logo was a caricature...I informed him he was just factually wrong in pretty much every fashion of the word....he then tried to divert from his previous comment by randomly tossing the Indians logo into the conversation because he stepped in it when talking about the Redskins logo instead of the name and needed to find some other logo to talk about...even though it's not the topic of the thread at all...in an effort to cover up his mistake.

As such, the posting of the pictures didn't have anything to do with the Redskins, but rather the Cleveland Indians logo.

Yeah I guess I missed all that.
 
Sure...

Anaheim Niggers
Memphis Wetbacks
Indianapolis Wops
Cleveland Redskins
Miami Kikes
San Francisco Chinks

When those mascots are these then they parallel the Washington Redskins.

I just think that we should leave race/ethnicity/caricatures out of it. Name the team something that is not controversial.

If a credible percentage of Native Americans are offended by the Redskins, or any other Indian Mascot team name, then the name should be changed.
 
I just think that we should leave race/ethnicity/caricatures out of it. Name the team something that is not controversial.

If a credible percentage of Native Americans are offended by the Redskins, or any other Indian Mascot team name, then the name should be changed.
What would be a credible percentage?
 
I just think that we should leave race/ethnicity/caricatures out of it. Name the team something that is not controversial.

If a credible percentage of Native Americans are offended by the Redskins, or any other Indian Mascot team name, then the name should be changed.

Despite Liberal Media Push, Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Aren't Offended by 'Redskins'

Read more: Despite Liberal Media Push, Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Aren't Offended by 'Redskins' | NewsBusters
 
The "vast" majority aren't offended by it, just like you probably aren't really offended by the "n-word". But "Redskins" IS offensive to Native Americans, and you need to be more sensitive to their feelings.

The N word is offensive for very different reasons, and should be expunged from our vocabularies, amongst black people as well, though they still use it. There are ball teams at Indian schools that are named Redskins!! When the "Redskins" issue first cam up, polls showed 80-90% of native Americans were not offended, but as attention has been brought to bear, and attorneys have become involved and native Americans believe there is civil suit potential and money to be made those numbers are dropping. There's far more important issues at hand to be concerned about Mosby!
 
The "vast" majority aren't offended by it, just like you probably aren't really offended by the "n-word". But "Redskins" IS offensive to Native Americans, and you need to be more sensitive to their feelings.

Phrasing that as a blanket statement is incorrect, as many have said publicly that they are not offended at all.
 
I feel that the US government just got itself a HUGE civil lawsuit from the owners of the Washington Redskins. I'm not a patent attorney, but I feel sure that 'not hurting someone's feelings' aren't mentioned in the requirements for a trademark.

Libel?

Slander?

Anyone?

But really, if this is a victory for Native Americans while they're still living in psuedo-states on the reservations then they frankly deserve to be there.

It's getting to the point where it'd be more humane just to finish the job and kill them all off.
 
Phrasing that as a blanket statement is incorrect, as many have said publicly that they are not offended at all.

We should all start a team called the Alabama Niggers.

That'd be fun.
 
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