re: Why are the Redskins getting so much heat?

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yes it's all about the words and what people read into them as meaning

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no, it both what is communicated and what is received and sometimes the two aren't the same thing.

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According to what I have read, redskins is considered derogatory by Native Americans to a great degree.

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and? I understand that dan Snyder and all owners before him didn't mean it to be and don't consider it to be derogatory...one side doesn't get preference...and in talking with native americans...which I do because a dear friend of mine is 100% NA, not an Elizabeth Warren wannabe, I wouldn't call him a redskin...why? because of how he receives it? If I want to name my business redskins, and the intent is clear, the meaning is clear and almost everyone likes it, but he has a problem, he can go frick himself. And he knows this...

we're talking about a team name...they are called the redskins...no one is calling the Navajo tribe "redskins" so I really don't give two shits about what is being received, because the message isn't solely intended for them. It's for everyone.

If dan Snyder was addressing a group of native americans and called them redskins in a derogatory manner...different story.

and though I can logically understand why the message isn't racist, I've yet to understand or hear a clear explanation of why a minority of people receive it as racist...

and if you come back with some shite that I'm racist or "an arse" we're done discussing this.