Author Topic: Do you think the American Football team, 'Redskins' should change their name?  (Read 3600 times)

The main debate about this is, is it offensive? Here are the two sides to the argument:

Remove it:

-Offensive to Native Americans
-Hurtful
-Think It's a Slur
- 'Offensive Label'
-National Campaigns
-Many People Agree With Them, Including the President

Keep it:

- 'A Badge of Honor' or a 'Symbol of Who We Are'
-Also Has Many People that Agree (90% on Polls)

...and that's really all I could find.

So BLF, what do you think?

Keep it
Just because they're offended doesn't give them any divine right to make them change


and how exactly is it offensive



>Every single reason to remove it is the exact same thing worded differently except for the one that contradicts the last reason to keep it.

do they like, not realize that so many other football teams (however minor they may be) also have native american based names? the mascot for the schools here is the seminole tribe, our homecoming opponent was the mohawk tribe, etc
it's dumb imo to try to force a team to change their name because it's supposedly offensive

the struggle for political correctness in everything (non-binary gender representation, racial representation, avoiding cultural appropriation, etc) has become ridiculous with how upset people get over a minor slip up. use he/she in a text? forget you, you're obviously only supporting binary genders. cosplay a person of color when you're a white person? forget you, you can't portray that character correctly and you're trying to whitewash them (bonus negativity if you try to use makeup to change your skin color to match the character's)
it's absurd and, in many cases, goes too far
« Last Edit: January 22, 2014, 10:02:29 PM by carolcat »

and how exactly is it offensive

A "Redskin" is apparently a name they called Indians when they're about to shoot them.

Move the team to a new city, change the name and for god's sake change their colors. They're so ugly.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2014, 10:35:55 PM by Ravencroft. »

I don't see how it's offensive, unless you're just looking for things to offend you.

If that's the case, I'm not sure what to say. It's kind of pitiful, to be honest.

All they need to do is change the logo



They should change it to the Foreskins, see what happens.
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Keep it. Its in honor of the one player/coach or whatever. Its showing their bravery and strength. Its their fault if they're offended anyways. I do like the logo change idea though...