PETA to Redskins: Keep Name, Change Mascot to Potato
Posted on 08/24/2014 5:21:01 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
On his Friday program, Keith Olbermann called on ESPN to "officially" ban the use of "Redskins."
Citing Greg Gumbel, Tom Jackson, Peter King, Phil Simms, Mike Caray, Tony Dungy and others who have expressed concerns about using the team's name, Olbermann said that ESPN is the "conduit of sports" in the country while also being "loathe to be the news."
Olbermann said that list of the words he and his colleagues cannot say on the air is "justifiably long" and "way less offensive than the name of the Washington team." He said he personally felt that "it is time for us here to officially... stop using the name."
ESPN's ombudsman had previously revealed that the network considered banning the use of "Redskins" but refused to do so because it did not want to make news and stir more controversy
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
If you are going to complain about
a football team name, you’re going to
have to change some state names too.
Alabama - Alibamu (local tribe)
Alaska - Alut name for “Great Land”
Arizona - O’odham Indian word for “little spring”
Arkansas - From the Quapaw Indians
Connecticutt - From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Illinois - Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana - Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa - Ioway Indian tribe
Kansas - Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Kentucky - Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”
Massachusetts - Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Michigan - Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”
Mimmesota - Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
Mississippi - Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”
Missouri - Missouri Indian tribe
Nebraska - Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”
New Mexico - Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader
North (and South) Dakota - From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Ohio - Iroquoian word meaning “great river”
Oklahoma - From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
Tennessee - Cherokee origin Tenasi tribe
Texas - Indian word meaning “friends”
Utah - Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
Wyoming - Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating
If you mean as in "sewer", I would tend to agree ...
I wonder if there is a rule that states a team needs to be associated to a state or a city? Just drop the place name and call themselves the Redskins..
.....Or gays.
(Sorry, could not resist.)
Since Keeffffph is suggesting the Washington Redskins change their names, how about renaming them the Foggy Bottom Faggots? Their logo can be a package of cigarettes.
Well,you can’t really call them the Washington Crackers.
PETA to Redskins: Keep Name, Change Mascot to Potato
I think it's even more offensive to another kind of "packer".
Dear Keith,
From a registered member of a recognized nation and an actual possessor of a Bureau of Indian Affairs/DOI identification (unlike your darling Senator Warren) allow me to invite you to pound sand.
That would explain a lot about the 'tude...
— Great list——Oklahoma is probably next.
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Hey, don’t pick on Alabama....we’re pretty darned proud of being from Alabama.....Roll Tide Roll (oops, is that racist?)
Way ahead of you, Keith. I banned ESPN years ago.
When did the Washington team become the Redskins? Was it last year?
I can’t believe the first team to win a Super Bowl with a black QB would change their name to Redskins!!
Oddly enough, “whities”, maybe just as extinct as the “Redskins” in 100 years. However, I doubt anyone will ever object to a sports franchise named after the “whities”. It is not considered offensive.
you know the Redskin’s owner can always threaten to move the team if they don’t stop this nonsense.
The Native Americans, are probably more offended with being affiliated with the Washington D.C. than the name Redskins.
——Dallas Cowboys - offensive to real cowboys.——
You can say that again ....
Lol
I wonder how many Indians Olbermann knows and has ever talked to. I don’t mean Cleveland Indians or some Woodstock hippy chick, Indian wannabe with a beaded headband. I mean REAL Indians.
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