The New Broadcast Profanity: 'Redskins'?

Townhall,com ^ | October 18, 2013 | Brent Bozell

[stockpirate]

The end game is to label conservative speech as harmful because it hurts liberals feelings, and then have it banned.

[CPOSharky]

They'd be less offended -- and in some circles of the libertine community, openly supportive -- if Snyder renamed the team the "Foreskins."

Might that offend a certain religion?

[fungoking]

I don't find the term “Redskins” in connection to a football team offensive, but then my own Native American heritage is so small that it isn't worth mentioning in a context of trying to give myself any special authority in this debate. Here is what bothers me about all of this self-righteous posturing on this issue especially pompous sportscasters and politicians.

By any measure Native Americans rank near the bottom in just about every societal indicator, infant mortality, teen pregnancy, drop-out rates, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, welfare dependence, out of wedlock birth rate, suicide rates, etc. Would Native Americans be better served by having those issues addressed instead of the name of a sports team? If the redskins caved today would it improve the quality of life of any Native Americans?

So why aren't these issues being addressed? If you go to the American Indian Movement website you are greeted by a pop up calling for the release of a convicted murder of a couple of FBI agents and some anti-sports team links but nothing about the issues above. I guess it is easier to fund raise off of the sports team issue than to take a serious look at real issues and have to come up with real answers. Same is true of those politicians and sportscasters; they can feel good about “helping” those downtrodden Indians without having to get their hands dirty or admit that the government can't solve these problems. A hundred years of government benevolence toward Native Americans (the bureau of Indian Affairs is still functioning) have not only failed, but contributed to those negative social problems.

How about Bob Costas and the other liberals address those issues before pontificating on team names, THEN their opinions might carry greater weight.

[Ransomed]

I think the Redskins organization, the NFL, and most of sports media would much rather concentrate on pressing issues like suitability of the name ‘redskins’ than the ridiculous unimportant side issues like lack of HGH testing or the damage caused to the brain in the course of a football career into the pros. You know, any scandals/issues but those small annoying ones that don’t really matter.

Freegards

[fella]

When these same anti first amendment liberals decide that cracker, white bread, redneck, honky etc. etc. are also bad words . . . . .

[Fiji Hill]

PJ ORourke put it best.
A Conservative will say you shouldn’t tell Helen Keller Jokes.
A Liberal will say you cant tell Helen Keller jokes.

Back in the late '60's--before Political Correctness--I heard a lot of jokes about that old commie.

[JimRed]

They're urging the broadcasters to "self-regulate" the team name out of existence.

Keep the name, and let the broadcaster lib @hole$ who object just refer to them as 'Skins. Problem solved.

[Kaslin]

Right on

[School of Rational Thought]

Could change the name to XXXskins to mock the fascists.

If politicians are sincere about the censorship, they should go after all Indian names, from Lake “Huron” to city names like Pontiac and Cadillac.

[Straight8]

Then the shirts would protest.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Does the term “ATLANTA BRAVES” and the “Tomahawk Chop” still cause foaming of the mouth from the Liberals and PC crowd?

I don’t keep up with sports.

It seems that since the late 1960s the Hippie generation began to force the most vile words into common language while finding common words to be non-PC.

One almost is afraid to say what they have on their mind lest they accidentally say something that would not have raised an eyebrow a few years ago.

George Carlin had a comedy skit on the words you could not say on TV. Now those words are common on TV and we are unsure what is now not PC to say on TV.

[OrangeHoof]

This is a perfect opportunity for Snyder to sell the naming rights of the team to the top bidder.

Make them the “Washington Exxons” or the “Washington Windows 8s”. Then watch these same idiot liberals scream again that Snyder “sold out” to “corporate interests”.

But Snyder would get to pocket millions and teach idiots a lesson in capitalism.

[Laserman]

It has been announced that the Washington Redskins are going to change their name - to the “Redskins”.

They are dropping “Washington” because it offends too many Americans!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hey, Oneida nitwits:

RRRRREEEEEDDSSSSSKKIIIIINNNNNSSSSS!!!!!

'Nuff said!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Nobody will come to the games if they rename themselves “Windows 8s” after that obnoxious operating system.

[OrangeHoof]

“The Washington Chaws sponsored by Red Man Chewing”

[JoeTheGeorgian]

How about the Washington AR-15s?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin.

It's taken only a few days of liberal media agitation for MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell to announce that Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is "the George Wallace of the NFL."