LOOK: T-shirt company replaces Redskins with Rednecks

CBSSports.com ^ | August 10, 2014 | Ryan Wilson

[ConservativeStatement]

San Fransico-based T-shirt company Headline Shirts has taken full advantage of the Redskins name controversy by introducing a new line of shirts based on the team logo. But instead of a Native American, a redneck, complete with raccoon tail and mullet -- is prominently featured.

(No idea if this violates trademark law, but if it does, and a judge does not overturn the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's ruling canceling the Redskins' trademark registration, there's nothing the team would be able to do about it.)

[ConservativeStatement]

White Sox is racist. /sarc.

[JohnBrowdie]

they may sell six or seven.

[Jack Hydrazine]

If the mascot gets replaced they really need to replace it with this one just to tick off the Leftists.

[Maceman]

[cripplecreek]

Hell, I want one.

They can’t insult me with childish stupidity.

[RginTN]

Redknecks were hard working guys...was this supposed to be an insult?

[nascarnation]

They could merge with the Cleveland Browns:

Washland Tans

[ConservativeStatement]

What would be cool is if the guys on Duck Dynasty wore the shirts. That would make liberal heads explode. Then again, it would likely be good for the company’s business.

[cripplecreek]

I’m wearing a Duck Dynasty shirt right now. I bought a half dozen more for my dad’s birthday.

[ConservativeStatement]

Phil played football. Imagine if he mocked the concept by wearing a shirt.

[rockrr]

Yea - it’s supposed to be insulting. There’s an amusing exchange going on in the comments at the link between some guy and someone identifying as an Indian. The Indian is increasingly agitated that no one is showing outrage over this “obvious” offense.

I bet that I can guess at his political persuasion... ;’)

[cripplecreek]

The Indian is increasingly agitated that no one is showing outrage over this “obvious” offense.

Just a wonderful side effect of not being offended by it. I describe myself as a redneck.

[cripplecreek]

bigrog 1 hour ago

I just showed a bunch of red necks this photo now they want a team in Oklahoma. They love it But they stated his neck is way too skinny

Snort.

[Tired of Taxes]

Hmmm... The “Washington Rednecks”... It kinda has a nice ring to it.

[VanDeKoik]

FYI: People that are Rednecks label themselves as such and are proud of it.

e.g. Jeff Foxworthy.

[cripplecreek]

And it doesn’t have a damn thing to do with being southern.

[Jim from C-Town]

The biggest insult is the fact that the guy doesn’t look like an redneck he looks more like a hippie or even an Indian.

[Zeppo]

(No idea if this violates trademark law, but if it does, and a judge does not overturn the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's ruling canceling the Redskins' trademark registration, there's nothing the team would be able to do about it.)

Ryan Wilson is indeed totally ignorant about trademark law. He completely misunderstands the fact that the Redskins still have rights in their trademark regardless of the actions of the USPTO. There is plenty that the team can do to protect those rights.

But of course it does not seem to have occurred to Ryan Wilson that if he is completely ignorant about a subject, he probably shouldn't write about it and proclaim his ignorance to the whole world.

Then again, he writes for a CBS web site, where "fake but accurate" is apparently still the guiding principle.

[ConservativeStatement]

You read past "San Fransico-based..."? (j/k)

[Vince Ferrer]

The story of the Fighting Whities is one that should be remembered by Redskin detractors. They were trying to insult whites and provoke a reaction. They did, whites liked the name and bought a lot of T-shirts.

The plan to insult whites in the same way the minority students perceived Native Americans being insulted backfired on the group when the team's popularity skyrocketed.

Fighting Whites