Posted on 09/13/2013 2:55:10 PM PDT by markomalley
President Obama himself has yet to “evolve” on the issue, but Slate’s decision to not use the R-word to refer to Washington’s NFL team has in the space of a month trickled up to the Washington Post, which has declared that the name should no longer be tolerated.
Editorial board: The team's name is a racial slur that should no longer be tolerated wapo.st/17wRGeD—
Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 13, 2013
We’re not sure if there are any Native Americans on the Washington Post’s editorial board, but it published a piece today declaring that “the team’s name — no matter its storied tradition or importance to many fans — is a racial slur of Native Americans so offensive that it should no longer be tolerated. Imagine, as we wrote in 2006 advocating a name change, Mr. Snyder, or anyone else for that matter, sitting in a room with Native Americans and calling them ‘redskins.’ Not likely.”
The Post did acknowledge that the name is a racial slur in a 2006 editorial, and yet that didn’t stop the paper from printing it a few thousands times since then. To its credit, Slate (which rarely covers sports) settled on ________ as a workaround, while the Post is apparently waiting for the team’s owners to make the decision for them.
Twitter kindly provided plenty of alternative names for the team (like the Washington Lame Ducks). Will the Post insist on one as a condition of covering the team? Do people care?
@washingtonpost I'm often critical of WaPo ed board, but they're spot on here.—
Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) September 13, 2013
Momentum RT@washingtonpost: Editorial board: The team's name is a racial slur that should no longer be tolerated wapo.st/17wRGeD—
Peter Ogburn (@peterogburn) September 13, 2013
Thank you for supporting the Native American Community by calling on Dan Snyder to change the team name 'Redskins' @washingtonpost #lakota—
Tyrell Pierce (@tetonlakota) September 13, 2013
A protest is expected at this weekend’s game in Green Bay.
Members of the @OneidaNation tribe plan to protest the @Redskins at Lambeau Field this weekend wapo.st/17w6av2—
Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 13, 2013
I think the Seattle Times now refers to them as “The Skins”
The Washington Post should not be tolerated. Nothing but liberal propaganda and a megaphone for the DNC.
Christian AND derogatory to hispanics, so they will say. Expect them to wait until the next election to incite the illegals, though.
-PJ
But the “Atlanta Crackers” was OK.
i think the redskins will sell more jerseys and gear this year than any other.
keep pushing idiocy libtards.
“The San Diego Padres is next.”
How about the New Orleans Saints and the New England Patriots? Both names are offensive to liberals.
And hasn’t PETA declared that naming sports teams after animals is offensive?
This is another liberal attempt at shutting down football.
Change it to the Washington dingbats..
Oh wait..
Who would that offend?
They will hold off on the "Patriots" until they are ready to retake the gun argument, and then go after the Minuteman connotation and logos.
I guess we should be thankful that the Oilers aren't around anymore.
-PJ
The Redskins name is a valuable asset. Why don’t Gates or Buffet or Soros or any of the other NWO types who push this crap come up with the bucks to buy the name. Hell, take a collection on DU. I’m sure Snyder has a price. Maybe 3 or 4 billion or maybe a quarterback with good wheels.
To hell with the Washington Compost. The Redskins don’t play in DC. They don’t practice in DC. So shut the hell up! If they don’t like the name, then move to Dallas.
I’m waiting for homosexuals to protest the name of the Green Bay NFL team.
Keep the Redskins, dump the Post.
We could borrow from Prince and call them “The Team Formally Known as the RedSkins”
“The “Saints” refers to European whites, so they won’t bother.”
Padres also refers to European whites. Most Spanish priests were of white European ancestry.
How many times do you think a color commentator would say that during a game? LOL
Blond, Amish mascot asks to be removed from can, saying stereotype of people living in Hanover, PA, as being of exclusively Old Order Mennonite descent is offensive.
"They call me Pennsylvania Dutch," he told reporters, bitterly, "This is a name properly applied to all people of German descent, not just my people. In addition, we do not wish to be called Amish. We are not "-ish" anything. We demand to be called The Plain People, which is how we refer to ourselves when the English are around." Hanover canning company, owner of the logo, and of Redskin dark and light kidney beans, could not be reached for comment at press time.
Tomorrow I'm making potato salad with red skin potatoes....but that's a story for another time.
Leni
Yes, but La Raza will say that the white Christians lured impoverished Mexicans along the California Mission Trail with false promises, and then stole their land from them.
-PJ Regarding the Saints, if you ask today's low-information voters whom the New Orleans Saints was named after, they'd probably say St. Bill Bailey.
-PJ
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