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Originally Posted by Lotus
I agree about the hypocrisy coming from the change-the-name camp. It is easy to find outraged netizens who otherwise couldn't give a fig about Indians.
But there is hypocrisy in the keep-the-name camp, too. Some Skins fans claim that the name honors Indians, yet these same people show no more concern for the real plight of real Indians than the change-the-name hypocrites. If Skins fans don't truly honor Indians, what right do they have to support keeping the name for the sake of honoring Indians?
Sadly there is a lot of hypocrisy on both sides.
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To a point.
The problem with that argument is that the keep-the-name camp isn't trying to force something on others against their will.
As for the honoring argument, that goes for both sides. The only meaningful thing that comes from it is that majority of people in the USA do not care enough about the issues of the Native American people to actually do something meaningful about that. It'd be nice if that's what this all would pivot to, the two camps might actually start finding some things to agree on
At least the redskins have started a charity. What has Costas, Munson, et al done?