Thug government is action

[SdK]

10% is an appropriate amount of a racial group to tell to eff off?

You can probably find 10% of people who don't like just about anything so, yeah, I'm good with that.

I think probably less than 10% of posters on this blog agree with your posts, so can you eff off?

Nah, I'll stay right here. You can go ahead and tell me to eff off if that makes you feel better. But if you're a governmental entity that is going to punish me to the tune of millions of dollars for using a brand name you find distasteful, that's not ok.

Revenue is actually shared in the NFL. Snyder really won't lose that much effing money.

I'm glad that my government is taking steps to disallow the profiting from racial epithets. The NFL will have more to do with the inevitable name change than the big bad government.

I think the best way to make it happen for reals, is for someone to donate enough money for all of the players to get their game check, and they boycott a game.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

10% is an appropriate amount of a racial group to tell to eff off?

You can probably find 10% of people who don't like just about anything so, yeah, I'm good with that.

I think probably less than 10% of posters on this blog agree with your posts, so can you eff off?

Nah, I'll stay right here. You can go ahead and tell me to eff off if that makes you feel better. But if you're a governmental entity that is going to punish me to the tune of millions of dollars for using a brand name you find distasteful, that's not ok.

Revenue is actually shared in the NFL. Snyder really won't lose that much effing money.

I'm glad that my government is taking steps to disallow the profiting from racial epithets. The NFL will have more to do with the inevitable name change than the big bad government.

I think the best way to make it happen for reals, is for someone to donate enough money for all of the players to get their game check, and they boycott a game.

Ok, so they won't "lose that much effing money." So it's ok then. And you're still insisting that Washington Redskins is a racial epithet despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of Native Americans disagree with you.

You know what we need to fix next? Oklahoma. That whole rough ridin' state is a racial epithet. I hope the federal government cuts all funding until the state changes its name.

Oklahoma is a word that was made up by the native American missionary Allen Wright. He combined two Choctaw words, "ukla" meaning person and "humá" meaning red to form the word that first appears in a 1866 Choctaw treaty. Oklahoma means "red person."

[Rage Against the McKee]

I would love to make those rednecks change the name of their state. They should probably get to pick their new name, though, because the rest of America would just name it Trash City USA.

[steve dave]

I'm still amazed that people are defending the redskin name. not many, but some. people are weird though.

[puniraptor]

also, it doesn't stop them from protecting or enforcing their trademark, they just have to do so in a civil court and not some federal gun registry trademark enforcement nanny state court.

[ChiComCat]

Nowhere in the poll linked did even a single Native American say redskin was not a epithet.

[SdK]

St. Johns changed their name!

[Jabeez]

Racist white people really hate getting institutionalized racism taken away from them.  Damn PC libtards.  It's not like institutionalized racism has made being born on a reservation a life full of obstacles that are unimaginable to white middle class white folks or nothing. It's full of gambling and fireworks and no federal law!  A regular tea party utopia. 

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[8manpick]

The NFL is a tax exempt organization...maybe the government should give them a choice to either pay taxes or get rid of their offensive name

[Ghost of Stan Parrish]

Small government tho.  Republicans should be glad to do away with all trademarks and patents, right?  Cliven Bundy and all that.

Change thread title to "Small government is in action" maybe?

[hjfklmor]

The NFL is a tax exempt organization...maybe the government should give them a choice to either pay taxes or get rid of their offensive name

The NFL is a completely separate entity from the Washington Redskins (which is a taxable entity). Good effort though.

[EMAWmeister]

I'm still amazed that people are defending the redskin name. not many, but some. people are weird though.

Would you say it's around 10%?

[Rage Against the McKee]

The NFL is a tax exempt organization...maybe the government should give them a choice to either pay taxes or get rid of their offensive name

The NFL is a completely separate entity from the Washington Redskins (which is a taxable entity). Good effort though.

I wouldn't say the 2 are completely separate.

[8manpick]

The NFL is a tax exempt organization...maybe the government should give them a choice to either pay taxes or get rid of their offensive name

The NFL is a completely separate entity from the Washington Redskins (which is a taxable entity). Good effort though.

you're right, the NFL has no influence. They can tell players how high their socks have to be but when it comes to racist terms coming from a member franchise becoming an embarrassment to a professional league, that league can't do anything about it.

[hjfklmor]

The NFL is a tax exempt organization...maybe the government should give them a choice to either pay taxes or get rid of their offensive name

The NFL is a completely separate entity from the Washington Redskins (which is a taxable entity). Good effort though.

you're right, the NFL has no influence. They can tell players how high their socks have to be but when it comes to racist terms coming from a member franchise becoming an embarrassment to a professional league, that league can't do anything about it.

You have a point, I think they could force them to change their name. That is not at all the point you were originally making though.

[Unruly]

Posting this in the FB thread too.


HEY GUYS!!!!!

[Benja]

I draw the line after redskins, that's for sure

Lol, yes. The line is right before redskins. See, I just helped you figure out where the line is drawn so now you don't have to worry about that. And in the future, anytime a name singles out people because of the color of their skin, you can draw the line yourself because you'll know where it goes now.

[Dugout DickStone]

I can just picture the faces of those flat footed goombahs in DC when Dan Snyder stands up and says "I don't care that I will now make slightly less money off merchandising, I plan on continuing to honor that noble coach and some Native Americans who don't mind the name no matter what!"

it will be grand

I think you made your point in your last three posts, which all seem to be saying the same thing. "It's ok for the government to eff over a private corporation in the name of PC because, after all, it's just money (and it's not my money)."

This is about the courage of Dan Snyder in honoring native Americans.

Also, why does he need the fed gov nanny state to intervene?

[Cartierfor3]

My sister went to Miami of Ohio, who were the Redskins but are now the RedHawks. They changed the name before she got there. She is old FYI, this happened many years ago and everyone is cool. Redskins should just change it and move on.

[slobber]

Hiawatha changed. I don't even remember what they changed to, but they changed.


Gonna win 'em all!

[EMAWmeister]

I bet the majority of people who thought the government just said "nope, we don't like redskins. Denied" have absolutely so idea this was the result of a lawsuit.

[Headinjun]

I've never been offended by Redskins, but I can certainly see how the devout tribal followers in this country would be.

As for my name, well I just wanted to poke fun at myself and not really take my personal history too seriously. 

Ive tried to change it but get stuck every time.

Whoever holds the power can name me whatever. 

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Agree the name Redskins is derogatory

Agree this is an abuse of the patent office.

They polled DC residents about this recently and 90% were against change. DC elections typically go about 90% for Democrats so that made sense.

Question: what the eff patent is being revoked? You can't patent a logo/cartoon.

[michigancat]

It's a trademark

[wetwillie]

Redskins will win appeal dudes.