Posted on 09/10/2015 1:10:09 PM PDT by PROCON
The District of Columbia's congresswoman on Thursday introduced a bill to strip the NFL of its federal antitrust protection as long as it allows Washington's football team to use the name "Redskins," a moniker some see as racist.
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton said the National Football League and Washington's football team "should not be benefitting financially from federal antitrust exemptions while they continue to promote a disparaging moniker that has been found by legal authorities to be a racial slur."
A federal judge in July upheld an earlier decision by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that the name is "disparaging to Native Americans" and is thus ineligible for federal trademark registration.
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Once a liberal onslaught against a politically incorrect symbol begins, they just don't ever, ever, ever give up.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, a real brainiac.
This goes no place.
This is truly the most pressing issue facing America.
Yup... Just like the Skins this year. ;-)
The whole world is being turned upside down and the Congress is more worried about a football team unbelievable.
Because we have solved all of the country’s problems we can now get down to legislating about politically correct minutia.
Really? There’s not one single OTHER crisis happening at this time in our History?
A POX on all of their houses! *SPIT*
Whew! I’m glad Congress has solved all our other problems, that they have time for this nonsense.
Because there are no other issues in the world.
I wish the house speaker would just say, “This is non of our F&*king business. We have more important things to do. Having the house in session costs $20,000 per hour. Why waste time on this crap.”
Why is this more pertinent than the hundreds of other ethnic team names across this land of ours? Because it’s inside the beltway? Or is this just the thin end of the wedge? (By the way, I’m Irish and am wounded by Notre Dame.)
It is a diversion to distract the populace from the other issues and more importantly distract the voters from the failures of the Democratic and socialist agendas.
Remember this ?
Geeze
How can they wonder why Trump is doing well in the polls.
Cultural engineering idiots
pingy
The pretend congresswoman.
I am offended by the term “colored”, therefore the NAACP needs to change its name or congress must act!/s
The San Antonio Banditos is sounding better every day.
Move them to the Alamodome until Dell/Apple builds their new one between Austin and San Antonio.
Lie.
Elanor Holmes Norton is a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. IOW, she's a powerless professional blabbermouth, and doesn't even rise to the (low) level of "Congressman".
Hail to the Redskins!
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