Posted on 06/19/2014 8:41:15 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
The Redskins got a flurry of bad news Wednesday when the U.S. Patent Office canceled the team's trademark registration, because the team name is “disparaging to Native Americans." Basically, it means that the team could lose its federally trademarked protections and could hasten the franchise to change the name, depending on how much pressure the rest of the league puts on Washington for a potential loss of revenue.
While Miami University, now the RedHawks but formerly known as the Redskins, tried to offer some advice on Wednesday, the sports editor of the Seattle Times, Don Shelton, is taking a more drastic step.
The newspaper, in effect, won't allow the Redskins name to grace its pages any longer.
Why exactly?
"It's time to ban the use of 'Redskins,' the absurd, offensive and outdated name of the NFL team in Washington, D.C.," Shelton wrote. "Past time, actually ... We're banning the name for one reason: It's offensive. Far from honoring Native Americans, the term colors an entire race. Many Native Americans consider it an outdated label placed on their people."
The Times isn't the first influential media outlet to take these steps. TheMMQB.com doesn't use the term and neither do the Kansas City Star, the Oregonian, the Orange County Register and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Shelton explained that when he was hired as sports editor five years ago, he convinced himself that a decision that had been made 15 years earlier to minimize the use of the name was good enough. According to Shelton, the Times' policy was to allow the Redskins name once per article and not to use it in headlines or photo captions.
But that stance is no longer appropriate in the eyes of Shelton, who ends his piece writing that he's happy for readers to express their opinions. Yet ...
"Still, your feedback won't change our decision," Shelton wrote. "Some things are too important to be put to a vote."
Seattle is a hot bed of stupidity and he sounds like a real moron. As for the Kansas City Star and it’s stance, that rag ceased to be a good paper decades ago and is known locally as the Kansas City Red Star. I am rapidly becoming a Redskins fan as the result of this Nazi-like agenda from the left. Obama’s big ears are an insult to Mickey Mouse as well. Should he keep his ears covered so not to offend Mickey? Maybe a petition is in order. God Bless the Redskins, Chiefs and all who have taken on the names of great warriors........The Great OZ has spoken.
I am liking the Washington Liberal Thinskins more and more.
It's gay friendly and Clinton approved!
The Washington Redskins owner needs to apply for protection for the following names:
The Washington [*bleep*]s
or
The Washington R-word-s
I always find it interesting when the press warns us about the dangers of a free press.
Harry Reid is a champion for perversion and could have easily played the lead in “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.”
Mark Levin yesterday read a long list of various teams at various levels that use ‘Redskins’ and other Native American names/identities.
Ironically, one was a NA school on the Navajo reservation. Red Mesa High School calls themselves ‘the Redskins’.
http://rmusdhs.ss4.sharpschool.com/
"Change the mascot to a potato and still call themselves 'Redskins'". Cool!
Another comment opined on why there is no outcry about the Cleveland Indians mascot name. Don't liberals find the term "Indians" offensive when referring to America's "native Americans"? Do "native" Americans find it offensive to be called Indians?
And how long do your ancestors have to have been here before you get called a "native"? The so-called "native" Americans aren't really native, they've just been here longer than my ancestors.
Hey! You know what? I'm offended that American "native" Americans are called "native Americans" when they clearly are not "native". So I don't know what to call them. Should I call the Seattle Times to get some guidance on this issue?
But let anyone tell the Seattle Times that they can’t write whatever they feel like writing and they will scream “censorship”.
How Orwellian that a publication which relies on the First Amendment for its very existence should resort to censorship of a name it finds distasteful. Liberalism writ large.
So what? Early Indians (can I say Indian?) often times had reddish skin from being out in the sun so much. BTW, according to biologists, they are caucasian.
If I ever see or hear any media that includes the terms "white eyes" or "paleface", especially "honkey" (which is the equivalent to the N word), then us caucasians should whine, moan, grown and sue somebody. Hell, the Asians should sue for using part of their their name in the word Cauc-asian.
Unless things have changed, I grew up understanding there were only 3 basic races - caucasian, negro, and asian. Yes, there have become variations from inter-breeding, and ethnicity exists. However, I'm so sick of such thin-skinned people(can I say that?) that need to whine about old labels. Sheesh, get a damn life.
BTW, the term "redneck" started out as derogatory name and now they can laugh at themselves. Why can't others?
No White Sox either, the filthy bigots.
My, don't we give ourselves airs?
There is a certain irony about a city named after a Native American chief taking this course of action. Chief Sealth was mocked and shoved into the street, after all. Perhaps the city should be renamed to "Maynard" after that remarkable fellow, or "Yesler". I'm sure the anti-colonialist PC crowd at the Times would be horrified, but it would be consistent with their own policy. But don't hold your breath.
I would become a fan. Instantly.
Maybe they think the Redskins are from their state.
Then you could go to the game and play some slots afterward.
Wonder how the “Times” will reference the State of Oklahoma?
It occurs to me that if this trademark decision is allow edit o stand, than any “yahoo” with a printer can slap the Redskins logo on jars of beans, sauce, salad dressing, whatever, and sell them direct to other “yahoos” who want the stuff. And you know that there would be a demand for it.
Does anybody still read that fish wrapper?
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