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Seattle Times: We won't use Redskins name in our newspaper
CBS Sports ^ | June 19, 2014 10:47 am ET | Josh Katzowitz

Posted on 06/19/2014 8:41:15 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom

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To: ConservingFreedom

They do realize that newspapers are dying, right?


21 posted on 06/19/2014 8:50:42 AM PDT by matt04
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To: ConservingFreedom

So what and who cares?


22 posted on 06/19/2014 8:51:17 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: MeshugeMikey

HAHAHA! That’s it! The new “Team that was formerly called the Redskins” name!


23 posted on 06/19/2014 8:51:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: GraceG

I just call them the “Reds” for short.


24 posted on 06/19/2014 8:51:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ConservingFreedom

That’s okay. I’ve been boycotting all newspapers for years. By the time a newspaper is delivered to you it is history, If I want to read history; I’ll read a book. If I want news, I’ll turn on the radio or check the internet.


25 posted on 06/19/2014 8:52:20 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty. - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: ConservingFreedom

DNC email system, SMS text messaging, and fax machines went into overdrive to go after the Redskins.


26 posted on 06/19/2014 8:52:48 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: ConservingFreedom

What about the cleveland indians’ big-nosed mascot Indian? Maybe the LIB asshats should ban all words...just so no one is offend...just to be safe. What complete FAILs.


27 posted on 06/19/2014 8:52:57 AM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: TADSLOS

ahahaha NOT BAD!!!!


28 posted on 06/19/2014 8:53:00 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: ConservingFreedom

At least here in Dallas, of all places, the media still uses the term “Redskins.”


29 posted on 06/19/2014 8:53:39 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GraceG

Washington Reagans, Washington Gippers, or my favorite, the Washington Crusaders.


30 posted on 06/19/2014 8:53:55 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: GraceG

another FREEPER suggested The Washington Bolsheviks


31 posted on 06/19/2014 8:54:02 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Birds of prey don’t appreciate the Seahawks using a reference to them.


32 posted on 06/19/2014 8:54:53 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
The precedent has been set: If your state, county, city, business, or sports team has a name that has any connection to a native language or tribe identification, the federal government will force you to change it. So for Seattle, quit being hypocrites, and change your name you bigots and native haters.
33 posted on 06/19/2014 8:55:19 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
I am sure that all of their 10 readers will be impressed.

They are probably trying to establish their politically correct credentials since they know their are about to lose their jobs due to lack of readership and think this will help them in their job search.

34 posted on 06/19/2014 8:55:47 AM PDT by detective
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To: ConservingFreedom

I guess I won’t use your name anymore, then ... either ... LOL ...


35 posted on 06/19/2014 8:56:36 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Trademarks and copyrighted material are intellectual property, and the means by which this property was stripped from the Washington Redskins management corporation is very close to violating the Fourth Amendment. No warrant was ever issued, and the seizure was simply a unilateral deprivation of intellectual rights to a specific logo, and an established and recognizable brand.

And who says “all Native Americans” are up in arms about the use of the term “Redskins”? Political correctness is just another club handed to the “regulators” in our society who do nothing to improve the tone of conversation, and are an attempt by the (very small) minority to impose its will on the majority, employing very draconian measures that are altogether disproportionate to the “harm” inflicted.


36 posted on 06/19/2014 8:56:54 AM PDT by alloysteel (Selective and willful ignorance spells doom, to both victim and perpetrator - mostly the perp.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Well I don’t think they should advertise Ritz crackers then either. I find that offensive. As a matter of fact, I’ll call it the “C” word from now on.


37 posted on 06/19/2014 8:57:23 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: ConservingFreedom

(facepalm)...and Starbuck(s) is a name synonymous with one who is responsible for the deaths of 10’s of thousands of innocent cylon women and children...


38 posted on 06/19/2014 8:57:41 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Shall Not Be Infringed)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Can the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame be far behind?


39 posted on 06/19/2014 9:00:33 AM PDT by BlueYonder
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To: ConservingFreedom

Have these people gone insane.

I am betting that normal lofos will see this for what it actually is massive over reach by radicals who are living in some weird alternate reality than the rest of the country.

Hopefully this will wake up some voters who have not been paying attention and start a backlash


40 posted on 06/19/2014 9:01:17 AM PDT by rdcbn
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