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re: Big stink over Redksins, they why are Edmonton Eskimos OK?

Posted on 7/25/14 at 10:55 am to
Posted by The_Hornet
Member since Jun 2014
546 posts
Posted on 7/25/14 at 10:55 am to
How can redskins be offensive when the people being called redskins gave themselves that moniker. It's be like black people calling the term African-American offensive when they came up with it.

Idiots today have no sense of history.
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 7/25/14 at 10:59 am to
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How can redskins be offensive when the people being called redskins gave themselves that moniker.


Because it was used negatively in American culture to portray Indians as salvages

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It's be like black people calling the term African-American offensive when they came up with it.


Or another word that started off without negative meaning

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Idiots today have no sense of history.



This post was edited on 7/25/14 at 11:00 am
Posted by ballscaster
Member since Jun 2013
26861 posts
Posted on 7/25/14 at 11:08 am to
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How can redskins be offensive when the people being called redskins gave themselves that moniker. It's be like black people calling the term African-American offensive when they came up with it.

Idiots today have no sense of history.

Idiots think that every member of an entire group thinks and opines exactly the same.
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