Last Week Tonight: Change The Name!

really? I thought they changed their name a long time ago.
siftbotsays...

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lantern53says...

They call themselves Redskins at the native american high school I drove by years ago.

I guess the progressives haven't told them what is politically correct.

I can imagine John Oliver making the trek out there and telling them 'Bloody 'ell, you cahn't call yourselves Redskins! It's degrading!"

StukaFoxsays...

I believe your story as much as I believe "Some of my best friends are black".

I live in Washington; there's First Nations people all over the place here. I've never once heard any of them refer to themselves as "Redskins". I've been on reservations, been to potlatches -- never once did the word "Redskin" come up. And I'd no more call a First Nations person "Redskin" than I'd call a black person a "nigger".

Sorry you don't have the same level of respect for others.

lantern53said:

They call themselves Redskins at the native american high school I drove by years ago.

lantern53says...

here ya go, ya fatuous twit

http://rmusdhs.ss4.sharpschool.com/

you're almost as smart as voodoo

(I don't like to name-call but it seems to be allowed here by others so I may as well return the invective)

StukaFoxsaid:

I believe your story as much as I believe "Some of my best friends are black".

I live in Washington; there's First Nations people all over the place here. I've never once heard any of them refer to themselves as "Redskins". I've been on reservations, been to potlatches -- never once did the word "Redskin" come up. And I'd no more call a First Nations person "Redskin" than I'd call a black person a "nigger".

Sorry you don't have the same level of respect for others.

newtboysays...

...And the United Negro College League still calls themselves 'Negro'...I guess the progressives haven't told them what is politically incorrect yet, or perhaps they were created in a culture where that label was considered non-offensive by those in control and the new leadership of today has decided that, even though it's offensive to most people today, re-branding an otherwise positive organization in the name of minimizing temporal offensiveness could do more harm than good, but they may still realize their name is uncomfortable for many and an issue.
..or perhaps this sub set of natives is not offended by 'redskin'...it's far more offensive to believe all natives must think alike than it is to call them 'redskin' IMO.

lantern53said:

They call themselves Redskins at the native american high school I drove by years ago.

I guess the progressives haven't told them what is politically correct.

I can imagine John Oliver making the trek out there and telling them 'Bloody 'ell, you cahn't call yourselves Redskins! It's degrading!"

JustSayingsays...

So it's ok I'll call my soccer team "Redneck Incest Crackers" then?
We used to be the "Jesus Faggots" but then had to change the name because people thought we were the "Pedo Priests" all the time.

poolcleanersays...

If you support the name "Redskins" you've got your head so far up your ass, you probably just don't realize because you're stuck in your ways. Dr. Dre calls a black man a nigga, so why don't we start up a team called the L.A. Niggas. Or, to be fair, the L.A. Blackskins, since not everyone agrees with what that blackskin has to say. Especially the whiteskins.

Anyway, I'm not big on the political correct thing... but the very people which have "red" skin are telling us it's offensive. Having a blind eye turned to the native minority in our country since, well, since we arrived as immigrants, doesn't make it right; is not a valid argument; is not just.

And it certainly is not respectful of our fellow man.

I've yet to hear a valid argument for this. Just a bunch of entitled assholes with dumb traditions.

VoodooVsays...

as usual, you're not just wrong, you're either stupid, or lying or all of the above. a very quick glance at your comment history shows you not being shy about "name calling" from your very first few posts here on the sift.

your imaginary high horse is as bloated as our military budget.

keep digging yourself a hole though. It's always fun to watch you crash and burn over and over again.

lantern53said:

here ya go, ya fatuous twit

http://rmusdhs.ss4.sharpschool.com/

you're almost as smart as voodoo

(I don't like to name-call but it seems to be allowed here by others so I may as well return the invective)

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