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Originally Posted by Monkeydad
I'd agree, if actual Native Americans were protesting in the streets...sure, change it. We'd owe them the respect. However, that's not what's happening, it's the PC crowd trying to get more control over our lives. After they get their way, they'll move on to the next target without blinking an eye.
The new name could be a flop. The idiots trying to get our name changed have been suggesting names like Pigskins, Redskin Potatoes and Redtails. Ive heard Senators and Federals which are downright offensive to me because honoring the Government that forced us to throw our team's tradition away is insulting us and giving them undue credit.
Warriors isn't too bad and we could use the spear helmet I guess...but they'll still be the Redskins to me. Hogs...at least that would have some actual meaning for the fans but still an inferior name to Redskins.
We could always go Washington Americans and rightfully steal the America's Team identity from an impotent Dallas team.
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Good read for all of you that feel compelled to defend....imaginary PC namesake related wrongs to the Indian nation.........
Native American Chief Talks About Redskins
Dodson is a full-blooded American Inuit chief originally from the Aleutian Tribes of Alaska, and said he was tired of being spoken for as a Native American.
“People are speaking for Native Americans that aren’t Native American. Being a full-blooded Indian with my whole family behind me, we had a big problem with all the things that were coming out [of the discussion],” he said. “I think they were basically saying that we were offended, our people were offended, and they were misrepresenting the Native American nation.
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We don’t have a problem with [the name] at all; in fact we’re honored. We’re quite honored.”