Washington Fillibusters!
Washington Fillibusters!
Washington Lobbist…, but I do like filibusters, only the Lobbist really cuts both ways.
I saw where a friend of Snyder's bought/copyrighted some stuff with that name. If it were my franchise, I'd rename them the Washington Warriors. That, to me, is the best balance of changing the name to something that doesn't offend anybody, while still keeping their roots and name involved with the original Native American culture.
Amazingly it is not the "Cajuns" who are upset about Ragin'Cajuns. It was a black activist, term used with scram. He felt since a lot of the young men players were black or non Cajun we should drop it. What a doofus!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IMO the guy had a totally different agenda than the one he professed.
I agree completely with you. Redskins is racist. How would African Americans like the Harlem Blackskins? Chiefs, warriors and Braves are not and pay tribute to Native Americans. Also naming a particular tribe is an honor. As half Irish and half Cuban, I have no problem with the fighting Irish.
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I just don't see why this is suddenly, after all these years such a problem other than we have become a hyper-sensitive society. Redskins as applied to the team is meant as a point of pride by the team and fans. And I don't see how Chiefs, Braves, etc as a mascot is any more or less "demeaning". Finally, just as with moanroe's attempts to stop our use of Louisiana, how will the end of the use of Redskins by thus team better the plight of American Indians? Will living conditions on reservations improve? Will the high rate of alcoholism among Indians on reservations go down? Will the literacy rate increase? It just seams that there are a lot of much more serious issues facing American Indians.
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