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FCC + 'Redskins'

Should the FCC ban usage of the word 'Redskins' in broadcasts?


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It means that 71% think it is.

No, it doesn't. It might mean they don't like change. It might mean they don't see the issue, as it's not them. And maybe it means they are not offended and thus assume no one else should be. But they were not asked the define the word, it doesn't tell us how they define it.
 
No, it doesn't. It might mean they don't like change. It might mean they don't see the issue, as it's not them. And maybe it means they are not offended and thus assume no one else should be. But they were not asked the define the word, it doesn't tell us how they define it.

Regardless, it certainly means they regard its meaning as benign.
 
Regardless, it certainly means they regard its meaning as benign.

Which again means nothing. It doesn't define what the word means or if it offends those it actually refers to.
 
It doesn't matter if it offends anyone.
It does to those offended, and the word's definition is that it's offensive. And they have the right to protest and lobby for change.
 
It does to those offended, and the word's definition is that it's offensive. And they have the right to protest and lobby for change.

They have a right to do whatever they want. We have a right to ignore them.
 
Regarded, not defined. I might think the word table means a leaf eating alien from Mars. That would not mean the word is defined that way.

All that matters is how it is regarded, brother.

Oh, you are not my brother or a brother by definition... my bad.
 
It does to those offended, and the word's definition is that it's offensive. And they have the right to protest and lobby for change.

There are tons of people out there offended by nonsense... they need to grow up.
 
There are tons of people out there offended by nonsense... they need to grow up.

Or we need to be open to not offending. We used to call it treating someone how you'd lke to be treated, common politeness.
 
No, not really. If you were correct, then I can attach any meaning to any word. It doesn't work that way. And while the word gay did change to include a meaning you can find that meaning in the in the dictionary. It isn't just up to individuals.

Often time slang does not make it into a definition in a dictionary...

Definition of GAY


1

a : happily excited : merry <in a gay mood>

b : keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits <a bird's gay spring song>

2

a : bright, lively <gay sunny meadows>

b : brilliant in color

3

: given to social pleasures; also : licentious


4

a : homosexual <gay men>

b : of, relating to, or used by homosexuals <the gay rights movement> <a gay bar>
— gay adverb

— gay·ness noun


Gay - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

I don't see gay as defined as funny, stupid, retarded or any other number of ways that gay can be used. There are other words that are similar.

Your definition trumps all argument fails.
 
Or we need to be open to not offending. We used to call it treating someone how you'd lke to be treated, common politeness.

The point is that so many things offend people now that it is stupid. Women offended if you open the door for them. Calling a woman ma'am. Saying, hey see that guys shirt? Who's shirt? The black guys shirt (to single out who you are talking about) and somebody says... that's racist. I can go on and on about the stupid things people are offended by. They can piss in the wind.
 
The broadcast media before 10pm are the most government censored media we have in the USA. Some types of sexual and excretory content and a few taboo words are the only legally censored content in the broadcast media. Despite previous requests, the courts have not allowed any other type of censorship, including restrictions on violence or use of racially/ethnically derogatory words, and I don't think that will change in the near future. If the FCC pushes for a change to that precedent, it will probably not be for the mildly offensive word "Redskin."
 
The point is that so many things offend people now that it is stupid. Women offended if you open the door for them. Calling a woman ma'am. Saying, hey see that guys shirt? Who's shirt? The black guys shirt (to single out who you are talking about) and somebody says... that's racist. I can go on and on about the stupid things people are offended by. They can piss in the wind.

Maybe, but a term with a clear history of a derogatory should not be considered that way.
 
Maybe, but a term with a clear history of a derogatory should not be considered that way.

It isn't clearly derogatory just as nigger no longer is...
 
Dictionary schmictionary.

Dictionaries are created or updated by surveying how words are actually used. If the dictionary says it is derogatory it is because it is often used derogatorily.
 
Dictionaries are created or updated by surveying how words are actually used. If the dictionary says it is derogatory it is because it is often used derogatorily.

And yet only those who want to change name have ever heard the alleged derogatory use.
 
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