re: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancels the Redskins trademark

Posted on 6/18/14 at 8:59 am to hendersonshands

Posted by VermilionTiger

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 6/18/14 at 8:59 am to hendersonshands

Unbelievable

Our country is so weak minded

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Posted by hendersonshands

Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:02 am to VermilionTiger

This was filed 8 years ago... for the people who say this is brand new

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“I am extremely happy that the [Board] ruled in our favor,” Blackhorse said in a statement. “It is a great victory for Native Americans and for all Americans. We filed our petition eight years ago and it has been a tough battle ever since. I hope this ruling brings us a step closer to that inevitable day when the name of the Washington football team will be changed. The team’s name is racist and derogatory. I’ve said it before and I will say it again – if people wouldn’t dare call a Native American a ‘redskin’ because they know it is offensive, how can an NFL football team have this name?”

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Posted by ballscaster

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Posted on 6/18/14 at 9:07 am to VermilionTiger

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Our country is so weak minded

Agreed. We all agree that people have the right to use whatever kind of offensive language they like, but how weak a nation we are to expect federal protection of such language through trademarks and patents. If Dan Snyder wants to use a racist moniker for his football team, he'll have to do so with no patent/trademark assistance from the federal government. Sure, some of you big-government types will disagree with me, but I'm just a small-government guy who thinks that people should be responsible for their own social offenses without needing the government to help.

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