Posted on 08/31/2014 6:34:31 PM PDT by Daniel Clark
The fact that you are saying “Redskins” and obliquely referring to a word that can’t be uttered demonstrates they are not on par....
WORDSPEAK.
It is the word, and words are bad and must be removed from use.
It does not matter what the speaker’s intention was, only the word matters. Therefore it is now prohibited.
Gee.... I’ve seen this movie before.
LOL! Thanks.
Weren’t they called Redskin Indians in the first place to differentiate them from brownskin Indians of the Middle East ?
I think they should call themselves the WASHINGTON INTERNS.
The end game of the left is power; plain and simple. Whether they’re killing the unborn, dictating our vocabularies, taking our property or telling us what we can and can’t eat, the point is having the brute force at their disposal to impress their will on us. That’s the only thing that matters. All of their “causes” are just a means to that end.
All the people who are going to make money off of the change.
Is that why Obama has a band-aid around his finger ?
A local Minor League Hockey team just folded and won’t be needing their team name.
Fortunately, this Colorado hat tip to fishing is quite appropriate for a D.C. club.
The Cutthroats.
Back when the NFL was forming, there were more Indians playing pro football than blacks.
But the name, in this case, was more about marketing than honoring or dishonoring any racial group. The Redskins began play in Boston which had two baseball franchises - the Red Sox and the Braves. Pro football was very minor compared the baseball back then so the thought was that latching onto a team name that’s similar to the baseball team in the community was a good marketing ploy.
Calling the team the Redskins could draw both Red Sox and Braves fans into the stands to watch the Red-Braves represent Bostonians in the fall.
Barbara Walters couldn't say an "r" so she avoided "r" words by talking around them. It sounded like this:
Baba Wattes couldn't say an "r" so she avoided "r" woods by talking awound them.
We had a priest in our parish who had the Baba Wattes syndrom. In the place of "God graciously grant us" he would say "God gwaciously gwant us." THAT annoyed me.
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