Redskins tell fans to tweet senator who's calling for name change, things go as well as expected
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[quote]In what seems like a wildly questionable public relations move, the Washington Redskins organization told their Twitter followers on Thursday to tweet Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who last week signed a letter calling on the NFL to pressure owner Dan Snyder to change the team's name.
Not surprisingly, the strategy backfired, with people on Twitter mocking the #RedskinsPride campaign and flooding the team's timeline with snarky tweets.[/quote]
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/redskins-pride-twitter-harry-reid-name-change-210409602.html[/url]
Good.
I agree, they should call them the DC Redskins
[url]http://www.theonion.com/articles/washington-redskins-change-their-name-to-the-dc-re,34161/[/url]
[QUOTE=RichyZ;44948302]the darkies versus the redskins
next in the bracket is the chinks[/QUOTE]
power rangers assemble?
My old highschool was the Redskins and they had to change it this year. Not a single native was pushing it.
They want to change it to the Blueskins, right? If you wanna change your team colors there are probably better ways to go about it.
They're all dead anyway.
My highschool team is called the Redskins.
We live in Oklahoma. Oklahoma means "red people"
So I guess we should go and change the name of the whole state right
Too much PC. It's getting, or has been, too ridiculous.
They do need to rename.
To the D.C Redskins. I thought they meant Washington State, not D.C until last year.
[QUOTE=Matthew7434;44956060]They do need to rename.
To the D.C Redskins. I thought they meant Washington State, not D.C until last year.[/QUOTE]
Wait. They're not from Washington State?
[QUOTE=Satansick;44949688]They're all dead anyway.[/QUOTE]
Im living proof your wrong
the name Americans was proposed by someone
its a guaranteed win cause its impossible to vote against america
[QUOTE=St. Burke;44956442]the name Americans was proposed by someone
its a guaranteed win cause its impossible to vote against america[/QUOTE]
Washington Capitals, Washington Nationals, Washington....Wizards
[QUOTE=St. Burke;44956442]the name Americans was proposed by someone
its a guaranteed win cause its impossible to vote against america[/QUOTE]
Goddammit men, he's right! It's our kryptonite..
[QUOTE=Satansick;44949688]They're all dead anyway.[/QUOTE]
Because they were killed via genocide.
[sp]Ignoring factual wrong-ness[/sp]
[QUOTE=St. Burke;44956442]the name Americans was proposed by someone
its a guaranteed win cause its impossible to vote against america[/QUOTE]
Why not the patriots? No one would be against that I'm sure .
I gotta say living in MD growing up in school you do hear this question a lot. "Is the name Redskins racist/offensive?" Honestly the majority of the people were completely ok with the name. I mean in a sense its like us saying white people, black people, yellow people; it's just the way we ended up categorizing people by skin color.
[QUOTE=zakedodead;44956684]Why not the patriots? No one would be against that I'm sure .[/QUOTE]
please light yourself on fire
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots[/url]
wow what a surprise that a bunch of white people on facepunch and white people that watch football don't find a word that doesn't relate to them offensive
it's almost like they're the ones using the slur and not the ones who would be offended by it
[quote]In a letter responding to Reid, Redskins President Bruce Allen argued that "the term Redskins originated as a Native American expression of solidarity" and "continues to carry a deep and purposeful meaning"; the team's logo was designed by Native Americans; and "an overwhelming majority of Americans do not find the name offensive."[/quote]
Is this true?
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;44956574]Because they were killed via genocide.
[sp]Ignoring factual wrong-ness[/sp][/QUOTE]
most died from disease and infrastructure collapse. the last few tens of thousands died in the wars, raids, criminal activities, rebellion etc that could be construed as deliberate genocide
[QUOTE=EmperorKabuto;44956964]wow what a surprise that a bunch of white people on facepunch and white people that watch football don't find a word that doesn't relate to them offensive
it's almost like they're the ones using the slur and not the ones who would be offended by it[/QUOTE]
I'm Indian and I don't find it offensive. Although you white people sure seem to.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44957235]most died from disease and infrastructure collapse. the last few tens of thousands died in the wars, raids, criminal activities, rebellion etc that could be construed as deliberate genocide[/QUOTE]
I would consider it conquest but yeah a lot of people definitely got killed deliberately.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;44957202]Is this true?[/QUOTE]
If it started as a term of solidarity then it would still be cultural appropriation for a million dollar football franchise owned by non-native americans to use it.
there's also the blood quantums.
[url]http://www.littlewolf.us/Bloodquantum.html[/url]
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;44957362]If it started as a term of solidarity then it would still be cultural appropriation for a million dollar football franchise owned by non-native americans to use it.[/QUOTE]
It isn't cultural appropriation if it was designed by a native american, especially considering the coach at the time of the change was part sioux
cultural appropriation is bullshit anyway
[QUOTE=katbug;44957395]cultural appropriation is bullshit anyway[/QUOTE]
Well, sort of. The idea that cultural appropriation exists (someone from one culture adapting another culture) isn't bullshit, but the idea that it's somehow bad is.
Damn it I hate Twitter. They're so hiveminded it's like a nest of really angry hornets.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;44957709]Damn it I hate Twitter. They're so hiveminded it's like a nest of really angry hornets.[/QUOTE]
Is every social website a hive mind to Facepunch? Tumblr, Twitter, Something Awful, basically everyone but us.
(obligatory "Facepunch is not a hivemind.")
[editline]31st May 2014[/editline]
Anytime there is a large group of people that are communicating with each other, they act like this. Because that's how people act.
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