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If the Kansas City Chiefs can do the chop, why did Washington have to rename its NFL team?
Richmond Times-Dispatch ^
| January 7, 2023
| Michael Phillips
Posted on 02/10/2023 6:38:35 PM PST by xxqqzz
As the Kansas City Chiefs secured another Super Bowl berth, a raucous home crowd of 76,000-plus saluted the team by performing their version of the “tomahawk chop,” which was broadcast to a national audience.
In that moment, fans of the Washington Commanders might have been thinking: “How is that still okay, but not the ‘Redskins’ name?”
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chiefs; football; indiannames; sports; woke
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The Chiefs must have paid someone off to keep the name.
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:38:35 PM PST
by
xxqqzz
To: xxqqzz
"Great googly moogly!"
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:39:30 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: xxqqzz
Answer: Because the communists always play the long game and are satisfied to take incremental victories in their relentless march to domination.
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:41:11 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: dfwgator
Lol! I remember that commercial.
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:41:32 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: xxqqzz
Probably true, but I’d like to believe they told whomever to stick it where the sun don’t shine. Plus, there’s no way in hell they could stop the whole stadium from doing the chop. GO CHIEFS!
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:44:18 PM PST
by
peggybac
(My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
To: xxqqzz
why did Washington have to rename its NFL team?
They didn't have to - Dan Snyder chose to, probably because his franchise was facing enough problems due to allegations of sexual harassment and improprieties in the front office and he wanted to distract from that by throwing the BLM types (mostly white leftists) a bone.
Similarly, no one made the Cleveland Indians change their name to the infinitely more stupid "Guardians". Their ownership chose to, also during the BLM-Antifa riots of 2020. The owners of the Chiefs and Braves haven't knuckled under.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
"Guardians" Easily the most ridiculously stupid nickname in the history of sports. I'll bet a lot of the players, especially the longtime Indians, were embarassed to wear the uniform.
If they were going to change the name, I thought "The Cleveland Rocks" would be perfect. The Rock & Roll hall of fame is there, "Cleveland Rocks" is a great song, and their mascot could be a big ol' rock with eyes. It was a win, win, win.
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:56:04 PM PST
by
JennysCool
("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
To: JennysCool
I like the Cleveland Burning Rivers.
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:57:16 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Only if Randy Newman sings the National Anthem. :)
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posted on
02/10/2023 6:58:50 PM PST
by
JennysCool
("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Because they suck so bad they didn’t want to piss of Native Americans. They should have called themselves to Democrats. They suck too
To: xxqqzz
Because “Redskin” is properly a potato.
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:02:58 PM PST
by
sopo
To: sopo
They should have just shortened it to “Reds”. It would have been more appropriate.
And besides, there are other team names shared by MLB and NFL teams, like “Giants” and “Cardinals”.
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:04:09 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
They should have just shortened it to “Reds”. It would have been more appropriate. Then instead of playing "Hail To the Redskins", they could play "The Internationale" instead.
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:05:40 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: JennysCool
So why aren’t brown people upset about the Browns?
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:05:44 PM PST
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Dan Snyder chose to, probably because his franchise was facing enough problems due to allegations of sexual harassment and improprieties in the front office and he wanted to distract from that by throwing the BLM types (mostly white leftists) a bone.Bought him some time. He got another three years in running his franchise. But he's going to have to sell it now.
To: xxqqzz
I thought it was the Washington Commies now?
I haven’t been paying any attention since the whole #BLM kneeling nonsense. Can you tell?
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:08:49 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: NWFree
For same reason Vikings, Braves, Buccaneers, Bears and Lions see it as an honor to be seen as atletic and skilled.
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:10:31 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: xxqqzz
Who said they had to change their name?
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:15:52 PM PST
by
lewislynn
(Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
To: xxqqzz
Everybody in Dallas knows better than to mess with the Hunts.
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posted on
02/10/2023 7:18:13 PM PST
by
PAR35
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