[C19fan]

/sarcasm on/So the team might be named after airmen who were complicit in war crimes. Among the missions the "Redtails" flew was escorting bombers who carpeted bombed German cities killing tens of thousands of women and children. /sarcasm off/

[Vendome]

OMG

There is a reference to an Old Southern joke about Indians there.

Idiots

[Red Badger]

The left will reject this out of hand....................cultural appropriation or war mongers or some other silliness.............

[Brilliant]

Tyrants.

[captain_dave]

In other words, African-American Pilots of Color who flew for the Patriarchy. Probably brainwashed by the establishment into volunteering for another White war of oppression. (/sarc, in case you didn’t know)

[euram]

how about the DC Cowards? DC Swamp Gators?

[RatRipper]

Wouldn’t that be racist? Making light of the real Redtail heros?

That would be pretty much the same logic used to can the existing names. . . .

Part of this stupid game is bringing to bear enough power to MAKE you change. “Redtail” will be ok for a while . . . until somebody else decides they want to be offended. Senseless dribble. . . .

[ElkGroveDan]

I’m fairly certain that “redtail” is slang for loose Indian women — at least it was in the Western state where I went to college in the 80s.

[Wilderness Conservative]

What about the Germans who were killed by the Tuskegee Airmen? Might their descendants be offended?

[central_va]

Washington Spendthrifts.

[blueunicorn6]

My entry is.....

The Washington Wagonburners!

See how the two “W”s just go together?

It’s melodious.

[Montaignes Cat]

How about the Wild Tchoupitoulas? They are black Indians.
see and hear them at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=498LZARXzN0

[MinorityRepublican]

replace the Indian head with "R" and keep everything else the same

[petitfour]

These folks dont hang out at the zoo, do they?

[butlerweave]

Washington Wimps , Washington Washedups

[Dagnabitt]

Just give all the teams numbers. The Washington Redskins then become “Football Team 17” or whatever. Generic and boring? So what? I’m not going to watch it anyhow.

[dakine]

Was @ Al Jabar when they dedicated the 332nd... They had a WWII fellow come over for the ceremony.... Cool... 😎

[webheart]

It will make it easier for them since they can scribble out skins and replace it with tails. Sharpies you can get at Staples in a six-pack. It is only 57% of the letters so much cheaper than buying a whole new name. It also has the same number of letters so they won’t have to reformat all of their documents and signage. A simple search and replace of skins with tales and voila.

[Meatspace]

If FedEx approves, the new name will be the Washington Redtails.

It’s all up to FedEx they write the big checks.

[Responsibility2nd]

Red Tail?

As in Red Tail Monkey? Nothing racist here is there.

 

[cincinnati65]

My question: When are they going after the “Wizards”? There’s some grand connotations there......