Posted on 04/30/2013 4:43:21 PM PDT by markomalley
In fairness, thanks to you and your tax dollars, the city’s doing well enough these days that its government can afford to waste time on self-congratulatory concern-trolling of a local sports team. I wonder what they’ll do if Hillary gets elected in 2016 and the big-government gravy train keeps on rolling. Frankly, it’s long past time that the “Washington Capitals” became the “Washington Socialists.”
At the very least, the local hoops team should complete its transformation from the Bullets to the Wizards to, at long last, the Background Checks.
Council member David Grosso, an independent elected last year, said he plans to pursue his non-binding resolution because the current name is “a derogatory, racist name.”…
According to Grosso’s resolution, which he plans to formally introduce in a few weeks, the 13-member council would declare that “District residents and their elected representatives should not tolerate commercial or other use of derogatory terminology relating to any people’s racial identity, or which dishonors any person’s race, or which dishonors the name Washington.”
“Washington’s name has been dishonored by association with the word ‘Redskins,’ ” the resolution states. “Because it is well known in America and in nations afar that American Indians have experienced utmost suffering and disrespect over the years.”…
In his resolution, Grosso urges the the team to change its name to the Washington Redtails, noting that that was the nickname used by the Tuskegee Airmen.
I can’t prove that this tweet is any way related to the above, but it’s … interesting timing:
Even in WaPo’s online poll, at last check 55 percent were in favor of keeping the name, although that may reflect opinion among the readership of sites linking to their article today more so than the Post’s own readership. Anyway, tell the truth: 90 percent of the pushback against changing the “Redskins” name is resistance to political correctness generally, not a special defense of this particular nickname, right? Yeah, yeah, they’re a “storied franchise,” there’s lots of tradition, etc, but no one thinks “Blackskins” or “Brownskins” would fly if someone tried that today. St. John’s University changed their name from the “Redmen” to the “Red Storm” in the mid-90s to avoid offending Native Americans, even though (as I recall) “Redmen” initially came from the color of their uniforms, not from a racial slur. The ‘Skins are going to change their name eventually for the same reason. If they’re holding out now, it’s mainly because, I think, they don’t want to be pressured into making the switch. They’ll do it on their own terms, when they’re ready.
Update: Let the left-wing pants-wetting over RGIII’s tweet begin!
Is this all these freeloading, public servant scumbags have to do?
Washington Poodles would be nice . . . who’d be offended at that? Or, Washington Gay Blades?
Either the DC Obamas or Capitol Caliphs would work.
A Nation gone mad. Thank you Lyndon Johnson.
Move the damn team. Move it somewhere out west where the Indians can go see one of their favorite teams. All of the NAs I know love (1) The Steelers, (2) The Cowboys, (3) The Redskins. Sorry if the lowlife commie libs can’t deal with that.
The DC Council should tackle the pressing matter of getting Council member Marion Barry to pay his taxes.
Washington Ticks.
Just drop the “kins”. Washington “Reds” Has a nice ring of truth to it.
They’re going to be crying the blues when Dan Snyder finally says enough and moves the entire team completely out of the district and into Virginia.
RG3 — Way to go!
Assclown politicians and traitors!
They haven't been in the District since 1997.
Having said that, Virginia is more than welcome to them (and the corresponding traffic problems).
The DC City Council has no right to demand anything from the Wash. Redskins. The “Washington” Redskins don’t even play in Washington DC anymore. They play in Largo, Maryland at FedEx Field. In addition, their corporate headquarters is located in Virginia as well as their training facilities. The “Washington” Redskins in fact have nothing to do with Washington DC. It’s only the name “Washington” that connects them with Wash. DC. The Redskins should tell the DC City Council to go to hell.
change their symbol to a potatoe from an Indian and the problem is solved. The Redskin potatoes, fried or mashed.
Very astute.
Maybe the press could gin up a rivalvry between DC & Cincy.
Interesting about Maryland and Va.
I wonder which govt collects the income tax from the players?
They can try. Last time I looked, Daniel Snyder is a private owner. He can tell them to stick that bill up their collective sphincters. He doesn’t have to proselytize to the good for nothing PC crowd. Right now the limp wristed nancy boys having a meltdown over RGIII’s comments.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.