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but it is indicative of another issue and quite frankly even that doesn't matter...though it does baffle the bajesus out of me...

political correctness, the motivations, the tactics employed to enact changes wanted, the use of language, and a very interesting way of censoring people. And it is somewhat personal for me because of personal things that what I think I'm communicating in a very clear manner is more often than the average person...not clearly received...despite lengthy explanation over even the most minute things

You people are so anxious to connect any issue to the scourge of political correctness that you'll throw a complete tantrum over the idea of changing a sports team nickname that the dictionary defines as racist, offensive, disparaging, insulting, and pejorative.

Let this one go. Sometimes the other side is right. This is one of those times. There is no moral reason anyone should fight to keep this name. Either you think the name is no big deal, in which case you'll have no problem letting it go, or you think the name is a really big deal, legitimizing the opinions of those offended by the name.

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Posted by DelU249

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Posted on 8/21/14 at 4:02 pm to ballscaster

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There is no moral reason anyone should fight to keep this name

there is no moral reason to fight to change it

and no one is fighting to keep it, quite the opposite...people can have an opinion, see things a certain way and be absolutely fascinated by an issue (i hesitate to call it that) without "fighting"

What's drawn me in recently is phil simms, I am very curious to see the NFL's reaction when their distributors employees take a stance...very curious.

They're not changing it, so I don't really care. I hate political correctness, but I don't care when it is failing so miserably.

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Posted by BOSCEAUX

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Posted on 8/21/14 at 11:20 pm to ballscaster

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Sometimes the other side is right. This is one of those times.

Nope

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There is no moral reason anyone should fight to keep this name.

What's the reason to get rid of it. A very vocal but very very small minority say we should. What % of people are we "allowed" to just ignore these sandy vaginas? 10 people? 1000? a million? Why does the prog minority think they get to legislate morality on the majority. If this was reversed and a small number of conservatives were trying to legislate morality I would say the same thing. Freedom of speech and shite only if the leftist deem that speech PC.

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