Posted on 04/30/2014 3:01:58 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
April 30, 2014 5:08 PM Reid: NFL Should Punish Redskins Owner Like NBA Did Sterling By Andrew Johnson
The NBAs lifetime ban of Donald Sterling for his offensive comments should put the NFL on notice about Washington Redskins racist name, Harry Reid says.
On the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, Reid commended NBA commissioner Adam Silver for his response to the Sterling situation, and urged his NFL counterpart Roger Goodell to take similar action to stamp out bigotry in its ranks. The Senate majority leader also dismissed the tradition-based defense Redskins owner Dan Snyder has made of the teams name when pledging to stick by it, pointing out that the Washington Wizards changing their name from the Washington Bullets in the 1990s.
Since Snyder fails to show any leadership, the National Football League should take an assist from the NBA and pick up the slack it would be a slam dunk, Redi said. I believe Roger Goodell is a good man, but its time for this good man to act: Remove this hateful term from your leagues vocabulary.
Reids demands echo that of Oneida Nation, the leading group behind the Redskins name-change, who says that the NBA has shown leagues like the NFL that they have a moral responsibility to not be a platform to promote bigotry.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
The use of the word "chief" in this context is derogatory and offensive to native Americans. That's awful racist and quite hateful of you!
(Haha! I think I'm getting the hang of this!)
Is this outrage coming from same Harry Reid who still calls people negroes?
Welcome to Obama world. I know it sucks, but that is reality. (for now)
First thing I did was look for Semmens' name.
How about Louie Farrakhan? They will avoid him like the plague.
Sorry, should have been Louie Farrankhans.....
Can’t some deran*** moron sil**** this M* for good!
Dan Snyder should pick up the team and move them to San Antonio, renaming them the San Antonio Bandits.
Then he should publicly thank Harry Reid for single handedly ruining sports for the American public.
This is the most vitally important issue of our time to idiots like Reid.
He doesn’t even believe his own bullsh** anymore.
These SOB’s should all be thrown out on their asses.
What a joke this government has become.
And thus Day Two of “Operation Distract from the Benghazi Email Bombshell” is in the books with complete success.
sounds like Harry is off his meds again
Ha Ha! No you’re not. Didn’t make me even twitch. I don’t give a rat’s ass who might be offended, so you’ll have to practice a little more to really get the hang of it.
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