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Patent office cancels Redskins trademarks

They'll agree that the people that thought calling a team the Redskins was perfectly fine... not to mention that your entire argument here is a Straw Man.

Nonsense. But you go right on believing it.
 
It's a metaphor for pointing out the changing standards. 30-40 years ago slurs were common: Gook, Chink, Spic, Kike, Jap...the whole nine yards, few people hesitated using them in 1975. Nowadays those words jump right out of the page at you.

Times change. Common sense suggests that the team in our nation's capital follows suit. It seems rather silly to defend their use of what many perceive is a racial slur. And, I don't even care.

How many times have you called a Native American a "redskin" as a means of insulting them? How many times have you heard the term used outside of the team we all know and hate (at least we Giants fans hate them!)?
 
Common sense

:lamo

many perceive is a racial slur

Many? How many and who? Are there numbers?


(I believe there was research/polling done on this with Native Americans years ago, and they found 9 out of 10 didn't care about the use of the term)
 
How many times have you called a Native American a "redskin" as a means of insulting them? How many times have you heard the term used outside of the team we all know and hate (at least we Giants fans hate them!)?

How many "redskins" do you actually run into, and then feel compelled to call a "redskin".

I'll tell you what. I run into real Indians all the time and I would love to call them derogatory names. :lol:
 
50 years ago white people all over the South, without batting any eye, walked past countless drinking fountains, lunch counters, department stores, and hospitals which were denied to blacks. They sat at the front of the bus thinking nothing was odd when all the blacks were shuffled to the rear. A hundred years before then most of them thought enslaving blacks was fine too.

Well, today a bunch of whites watch football thinking nothing is wrong with calling a team "Redskins". What will people say about that 50 years from now? 150?

Who cares?
 
I'd change the name of the team to Whiteskins.
 
Someone needs to buy a "t", an apostrophe, an "r" and an "e", Pat.

I looked for but couldn't find the show (Friends) where Joey is watching Wheel of Fortune and it says " _ount _ushmore " and he shouts out, "this guy is so stupid, it's Count Rushmore" and Chandler shakes his head. :lol:
 
Nonsense. But you go right on believing it.

Nobody really cares about this issue... that is why I am right. The things you mentioned were actually a big deal and more importantly, UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
 
How many "redskins" do you actually run into, and then feel compelled to call a "redskin".

I'll tell you what. I run into real Indians all the time and I would love to call them derogatory names. :lol:

Oh I see them a lot. My husband & I go with our friends to their casinos as often as we can (Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods). They're all over those places. They love taking our money.;)
 
Prostitution, murder, and incest?

Pretty much... and I would toss in rape, land theft and genocide to make it work even better.
 
Oh I see them a lot. My husband & I go with our friends to their casinos as often as we can (Mohegan Sun & Foxwoods). They're all over those places. They love taking our money.;)

And you shout, "you damn redskin heathens!" too, huh?
 
Nobody really cares about this issue... that is why I am right. The things you mentioned were actually a big deal and more importantly, UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

What is unconstitutional?
 
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Many? How many and who? Are there numbers?


(I believe there was research/polling done on this with Native Americans years ago, and they found 9 out of 10 didn't care about the use of the term)

I believe you're wrong about that, and I also believe that it doesn't matter.
 
And slavery. Lots of that went on for the last few thousand years too. In fact, like all of the others, it's still going on.

Yep... I just don't see how any of that relates to this though... but calamity sure likes to ATTEMPT to connect the dots.
 
And you shout, "you damn redskin heathens!" too, huh?

Regularly. Wouldn't you if you saw them? I mean, that's on the tip of everyone's tongues when we see a movie with Native Americans, or see one in a Casino, or see them in our retail stores in the Thanksgiving decoration displays.

Next time we go to Mohegan Sun (which happens to be this weekend woot!) I'm going to have to stop myself from screaming "REDSKIN" when the valet doesn't bring my car soon enough.
 
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