Washington Post says Redskins’ name should ‘no longer be tolerated,’ keeps using it

Twitchy ^ | 9/13/2013 | Brett Taylor

[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

[Political Junkie Too]

The meat packers are a noble union. They'd probably have better luck with the Browns.

-PJ

[GreyFriar]

I have long recommended that they be renamed to “the Dead Skins.”

[GreyFriar]

skin time weight in. What about the CommieSkins?

[huckfillary]

I believe that the DC radio station that covers the Redskins’ games calls them only the “Skins.” It’s been that way for a few years now.

I live in the DC area, but I not a native. I’m not a big fan of Dan Snyder or the Redskins. But I applaud Snyder’s refusal to knuckle under (so far) to this pressure to change the team’s name. These people need to get a life. They’re not happy unless they’re ruining somebody else’s.

[BwanaNdege]

I believe that the DC radio station that covers the Redskins’ games calls them only the “Skins.”

That's because radio sports announcers are always trying to "out-cute" each other, primarily through abbreviating names and terms.

'Skins = Washington Redskins
"A's" = Oakland Athletics
D-backs = Arizona Diamondbacks
K's = Strikeouts

I can understand the use of RBI instead of Runs Batted In, but "K" for Strikeouts? Come on!

Back to the Washington Redskins and the need to get rid of the "R-word", just change it to the Washington RedNECKS!

Hang, we don't mind being called the "R-word". Especially if we can get a percentage of the royalties & license fees!

[BwanaNdege]

Or, with all the many NFL players now sporting dreadlocks, maybe the R-word could be changed to:

Washington Reggaes

or

Washington Rastafarians

/s

[BwanaNdege]

Forget all of the above.

The new “R-word” and team name is:

The Washington RGIIIs!

Only problem is that he is modest and probably insist on it being seen as a team

...a team

...our team

R-team...

yeah, that’ll work.

The Washington R-team! (insert your own favorite meaning for “R”)

[zot]

Cancel the Compost. Keep the Redskins.

[trebb]

I’m waiting for homosexuals to protest the name of the Green Bay NFL team.

Won't happen - it turns them on - thank the stars that Wisconsin isn't into the fudge-making business..

[GreyFriar]

I canceled the ComPost almost 20 years ago.

[GreyFriar]

Bear down CHICAGO BEARS!!!