[hal ogen]

LIBs are truly insane.

[skeeter]

An exercise in language control. They'll tell you which words are bad and which are acceptable.

Today its 'redskins', tomorrow its 'constitutionalist', 'capitalist' or 'conservative'.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“Team owner Daniel Snyder maintains that the name of the team, a racial slur I won't say here, is meant to be respectful of native American heritage and football tradition.”

Jim Thorpe, voted greatest athlete of the 20th Century, was part American Indian, and played professional football for the then Cleveland Indians, and the Oorang Indians. I don't know of any evidence that he was offended.