Posted on 09/02/2014 6:58:46 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The raw numbers look nice for those who favor keeping the name, but pay attention to the trendline. Way back in 1992, just eight percent supported changing it; last year, as the lefty messaging machine got rolling, it bumped up to 14 percent. Through eight months of this year, it’s up another nine points. Where will it be five years from now?
Glass half-full or half-empty?
Don’t read too much into the numbers among liberals. They’ll become strongly negative soon enough, as opposition to “Redskins” slowly joins the canon of What Good Progressives Believe. The number among the under-45 set is interesting, although I’d love to see a more refined split between the youngest adults and the middle-aged. It only stands to reason, I think, that the older you are, and the fonder your memories of the team’s glory years, the more attached to “Redskins” you’ll be. A younger cohort (which leans left to begin with) doesn’t face that obstacle. It may be that, a la opposition to gay marriage, support for the team’s name will simply age out over time as older fans are replaced by younger ones.
Another interesting number from the poll: Although 71% support keeping the name, just 54% think it’s unlikely to be changed. Makes me wonder if there’s a self-fulfilling prophesy effect here, in which some critical mass who oppose the PC option have grown so fatalistic about crusades like this that they’re unlikely to resist as pressure builds from the other side. If you’re telling yourself that Dan Snyder will eventually cave to some kind of boycott, how likely are you to join a counter-boycott? That 54% may be a more significant figure than the 71% who claim to support the name, however half-heartedly.
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I’ve been a Cowboys fan since I was old enough to walk. I totally support the Redskins during this PC debacle.
If they change their name, I’ve had enough - I’ll never watch football again.
(the pink crap for a month is bad enough)
once we get passed this redskin dilemma,i wonder if the loony left will target beaches with racist names,like “BlackSand Beach”.
Nearly every time the PC libs have managed to get things change, they have been in the minority — and usually a small minority.
Officials fold quicker than a Pubbie challenging a Dem.
PC libs are also patient. If they can’t get the change they want done now, they will be back in maybe 5 or 10 years, but they will be back, again and again.
Yep. The relentless hounding by the Libs at ESPN won't let this rest.
It seems like this is how same sex marriage got going too.
Did I hear the report accurately? The Commissioner said “If one person finds a name offensive, we will take action (or something to that affect)...” Really? So this will not end with the Redskins.
Rumor has it that the Democrat Senators in Harry Reid’s US Senate are called REIDSKINS - - - - probably just a rumor.
although it wont happen,but i did mention this in another post,i would love to see every major restaurant chain create their own version of a “Redskin Burger”. then lets see how the left reacts.
Brilliant. So much thought conveyed in so little prose.
The Florida State Seminoles football team has a very cool logo: a Seminole brave’s head in profile, complete with feathers and war paint, his mouth wide open in a battle cry. Are the liberals going to come after the Seminoles next, claiming that their logo is offensive and “politically incorrect?”
OKLAHOMA means Red People, are they going to ask them to change the name of the state?
I agree they should change their name. New name should be the Crusaders. Go Christians!
The Seminole tribe has approved Florida States’ logo and nickname. So would the Redskin tribe, but since there is no such thing, any group of nutcases trying to cash in can file the aggrieved card.
NO. The Seminole Nation approved the use of the name Seminoles. They also had a say in the uniform design at one time. And the outfit of the person that rides the horse out to the 50 before each home game was designed by a Seminole princess or some sort person. Let the libs try to go after Florida State. They draw back a nub fighting with that dog.
And believe me this Gator would stand proudly with FSU against the PC Police.
I’m surprised they let the results of this poll out.
Oklahoma. The name means “red people” in Choctaw.
so will CBS and NBC use their 7 second delay in case anyone says redskins during the games?
Tyranny of the minority.
Some idiot said on TV not long ago, “If just ONE person is offended by this ...”
I think it was Phil Simms.
I am still waiting on what DC is going to do with Redskins Potatoes.They are all racists! I am almost afraid to be seen picking out a 5 pound bag at wal-mart!
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