(refering to the Washington Redskins losing their trademark)
It’s all a ploy by the Progressives to see how much insane power and control they can exercise over the citizens by oppressing us from all sides... just because they can.
After they take down all the teams for “racial reasons,” they will be free to attack the "terrorist sounding teams” like the Texas Rangers and the New England Patriots. After that will be the animals, birds and fish names.
Can you feel the tire tracks on your back yet? Government Gone Wild!
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The last time I looked the government had nothing to do with this and the overwhelming majority of folks, something like 75%, thought demands to change the Redskin name was nonsense.
I love how they blame everything they don't like on people they don't like.
These guys would have been great at working in the 1984 language redefinition office.
You don't have a monopoly on the word "Patriot," however many guns you have. And the Texas Rangers are law enforcement officers, not terrorists. And talking of Texas, where is it that Michael Sam now plays?
You're comparing apples & oranges, dummy. "Texas Rangers" & "Patriots" are not ethnic slurs, "Redskins" are.
Also, what Hasan Prishtina said about the "Texas Rangers" & "Patriots".
There's a difference!
Picture, if you will, a sports team called the "Crackers", "Peckerwoods", "Whities" or "Honkies", complete with a mascot of a cartoon hick with a cap, scruffy blond hair & stupid "hillbilly teeth". How would you like that?
they take down all the teams for “racial reasons”
Perhaps the New England Patriots should rename themselves using the Pilgrims as a subject, only from the perspective of the indigenous bands from the Plymouth area. How about "The starving palefaces". I bet the RR croud would just love that.
ETA: Oops, sorry, I overlooked that SpukiKitty had already posted something similar above.
(SpukiKitty)
*shrugs* T'wouldn't be any skin off this white man's back. If the team itself was a bad team, though, that would be offensive.
Why have people become so much easier to offend over the course of the last two or three decades? I thought the USA was above that sort of thing. *glares in the UK's general direction*
Well, looks like Homesick777 is onto us. Dammit.
Fine, you made the shit list pal.
If everyone here would help me and each pick a side from which we can all oppress Homesick777 on all sides at once please. Thanks.
Ready? Set? Go.
Oooo. Ahhh. Feel the insane powah. Dat control. Oooo.
Thanks everyone, good job.
Yeah, next they will be removing the Niggers East, or something. Teh HORROR!
You guys used the term "patriot" as a euphemism for "crazy wingnut terrorist." It's your fault if it is misinterpreted in that manner.
I personally hate how the right twists words in that manner. It's almost like how the communists used euphemisms in a way.
@Gearhead mk2
That's more of a Freeper thing. Some of RR is like that, but not as much.
I see no reason why we can't have more entertaining team names.
How about the Montana Militiamen-their logo can even be a pair of crossed rifles in a scope. Or the Kentucky Klansmen-complete with a flaming cross on their helmets! The Utah Polygamists. The Idaho Potatoes. Surely NY can use yet another team, so I nominate the NY Mobsters, or maybe the NY Hitmen. Or the Hawaii Pineapples. Maybe even the Arizona Profilers.
Fun with stereotypes!
(The Crimson Ghost)
You've watched BASEketball recently, haven't you? *chuckles*
@ Rat-actually I haven't. I saw that once when it came out, & then promptly forgot about it.
That started as a game in the car while we were taking the parrot to his bird-vet. Kentucky Klansmen & Montana Militiamen were mine.
@ Old Viking
-- The Veeblefetzers --
I don't know why all the fuss about a name. I'm part AmerInd/part Euro, and find Redskin, Blanket Ass, Pale Face, White Eyes all quite humerous . Do any black people ever say "Nigger" or "Nigga"? Ever call a Muslim brother "Dog", as a term of affection?
On edit; "Humerous"? Shit.
I am surprised at some of the comments here, for like Homesick here, you are over simplifying the issue. This is probably the most balanced article on the subject.http://mmqb.si.com/2014/04/03/washington-nfl-team-name-debate/
Not to mention there are other Redskin teams, but they exist on the reservations at the High School level.
Shouldn't all Native American sports teams be deemed offensive, for aren't they a culture and not a costume? How about the Cleveland Indians, which calls Native people something they are not with a logo that looks like it belongs to a minstrel show. While the logo is not used as much, it is still a part of the team.
It's funny how in the fundie mind every decision they don't like quickly escalates into insanity.
Seperating state and church leads straight to persecution of christians and finally to the government shooting believers on open streets!
And, of course, changing the potentially offensive name of just one sports team means that soon no team will be allowed to have a name at all!
@SpukiKitty
Picture, if you will, a sports team called the "Crackers", "Peckerwoods", "Whities" or "Honkies", complete with a mascot of a cartoon hick with a cap, scruffy blond hair & stupid "hillbilly teeth". How would you like that?
The Onion once did an article about a group of Native Americans creating one such team, IIRC :P
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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