re: Go **** yourself Bob Costas

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Used as a disparaging term for a Native American.

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Congratulations, you just illustrated that freedictionary.com is a terrible source. The board is smarter now.

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I completely understand and feel the same way. I'm just saying a lot of the "keep your views to yourself" people in this thread would be singing a different tune if Costas had a conservative message.

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I believe in a world where different points of view get equal coverage, most people would not want this interjected into sports.

In the world we live in, where people are starving for balance, you are probably correct.

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I want to watch a football game not Face the Nation. Bait and switch sucks.

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Most of the folks here are pretending that they actually watch halftime.

I am willing to bet that most of the folks here complaining about Costas comments didn't actually see it at all.

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Congratulations, you just illustrated that freedictionary.com is a terrible source. The board is smarter now.

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"Redskin" is a racial descriptor for Native Americans, the origins of which are disputed. Although by some accounts not originally having negative intent,[1] the term is now defined by dictionaries of American English as "usually offensive",[2] "disparaging",[3][4]"insulting",[5] "taboo" [6] and is avoided in public usage with the exception of its continued use as a name for sports teams.

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Redskin is first recorded in the late 17th century and was applied to the Algonquian peoples generally, but specifically to the Delaware (who lived in what is now southern New York State and New York City, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania). Redskin referred not to the natural skin color of the Delaware, but to their use of vermilion face paint and body paint. In time, however, through a process that in linguistics is called pejoration, by which a neutral term acquires an unfavorable connotation or denotation, redskin lost its neutral, accurate descriptive sense and became a term of disparagement.

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Definition of REDSKIN
usually offensive
: american indian

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redskin ('r?d?sk?n)

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an old-fashioned informal name, now considered taboo, for a Native American

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redskins
The best team in the NFL
"dude, did you see the redskins fricking kill the cowboys last night

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I mentioned Fox Sports Radio. There's all kinds of RW political commentary on there.

And then I cited examples of another prominent announcer doing the same thing as Costas (one who works with Bob on NBC now) and two prominent conservative political commentators who were hired to analyze games/the sport. So yeah, even though I don't agree with Costas, I don't feel sorry for all the people who got their panties in a wad over what he said.

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"Redskin" is a racial descriptor for Native Americans, the origins of which are disputed. Although by some accounts not originally having negative intent,[1] the term is now defined by dictionaries of American English as "usually offensive",[2] "disparaging",[3][4]"insulting",[5] "taboo" [6] and is avoided in public usage with the exception of its continued use as a name for sports teams.

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Redskin is first recorded in the late 17th century and was applied to the Algonquian peoples generally, but specifically to the Delaware (who lived in what is now southern New York State and New York City, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania). Redskin referred not to the natural skin color of the Delaware, but to their use of vermilion face paint and body paint. In time, however, through a process that in linguistics is called pejoration, by which a neutral term acquires an unfavorable connotation or denotation, redskin lost its neutral, accurate descriptive sense and became a term of disparagement.

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Definition of REDSKIN
usually offensive
: american indian

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redskin ('r?d?sk?n)

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an old-fashioned informal name, now considered taboo, for a Native American

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I know people are still bent out of shape for Costas mentioning guns in a negative light but nothing he said tonight was unfair. The word "Redskin" is a racial slur and this does separate it from a nickname like "Braves" which is not.

He'll get banned for that?

Yeah, Tigerdroppings is in bed with the NY Times.

frick all the liberals

NBC is John Holmes

John Holmes's cock is the gay liberal agenda

TD is Jenna Jameson