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re: Why are the Redskins getting so much heat?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:35 pm to genro
Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:35 pm to genro
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Those fell out of favor in the medical community as their use in the culture at large deemed it inappropriate
yes, by a majority of the people, not by a majority of imbeciles.
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All of our words evolve and change over time
but what you fail to understand is that the word "redskins" is almost entirely used to refer to a football team and the majority of people don't find it to be "racist" "inappropriate" or any such thing
If the popular sentiment swished the other way, I wouldn't understand "why" but at least I would agree it's racist...why? because that is how most people perceive it AND intend it.
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 1:44 pm to DelU249
No, as someone said earlier in this thread; in 2014, putting any color and then "skin" to name a group of people seems very wrong.
They were on your side of the argument. But I'm here to say they were correct, and that's real and valid, and it shows the power of our language.
If there had never been a team called the "redskins" and then suddenly there was, wouldn't it seem very wrong to you? And why isn't that enough? Why do you think we should just "educate", give them Fox Mulder's wall of text that kind of vaguely explains how it isn't offensive, or at least wasn't offensive. Are they gonna have that disclaimer under the logo from now on. How is that easier than just changing the damn name?
Red-skin, in 2014, is very much on the nose and very much strikes people of all races as wrong. That is real, no matter how much you argue it. That's why this issue is not going to go away.
They were on your side of the argument. But I'm here to say they were correct, and that's real and valid, and it shows the power of our language.
If there had never been a team called the "redskins" and then suddenly there was, wouldn't it seem very wrong to you? And why isn't that enough? Why do you think we should just "educate", give them Fox Mulder's wall of text that kind of vaguely explains how it isn't offensive, or at least wasn't offensive. Are they gonna have that disclaimer under the logo from now on. How is that easier than just changing the damn name?
Red-skin, in 2014, is very much on the nose and very much strikes people of all races as wrong. That is real, no matter how much you argue it. That's why this issue is not going to go away.
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