Redskins Trademark cancelled

[scowan]

Blogger hired to defend Redskins name resigns - The Washington Post

I love the sentence in this article that says, "Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed not to change the name but is facing unprecedented opposition from those who consider it a racial slur."

What it should have said is that Snyder is facing unprececedented opposition from the "smallest of minorities of people in the country" who consider it a racial slur. But "unprececedented opposition" sounds more powerful.

The propaganda on this just continues to be amazing to me.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by scowan

Blogger hired to defend Redskins name resigns - The Washington Post

I love the sentence in this article that says, "Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed not to change the name but is facing unprecedented opposition from those who consider it a racial slur."

What it should have said is that Snyder is facing unprececedented opposition from the "smallest of minorities of people in the country" who consider it a racial slur. But "unprececedented opposition" sounds more powerful.

The propaganda on this just continues to be amazing to me.

He probably got pressure from his liberal buddies. Craziness!

I hope Snyder doesn't cave. Fight it to the end.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by scowan

Blogger hired to defend Redskins name resigns - The Washington Post

I love the sentence in this article that says, "Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed not to change the name but is facing unprecedented opposition from those who consider it a racial slur."

What it should have said is that Snyder is facing unprececedented opposition from the "smallest of minorities of people in the country" who consider it a racial slur. But "unprececedented opposition" sounds more powerful.

The propaganda on this just continues to be amazing to me.

i would consider that letter signed by a bunch of US Senators to be fairly significant and unprecedented.

throw in the tv ad during the nba finals .....

the federal court cancelling the redskins trademark on a finding that it is derogatory is kinda a big deal to imo

maybe im just nitpicking or having a selective memory .. but i dont think that one sentence from the journalist was unsupported or unfounded.

ps - i just dont give a sh%t about this issue anymore. if it changes - fine. if it doesnt - even better. i do find myself annoyed at anyone beating the war drum at either end of the spectrum. just an exercise in futility.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

i would consider that letter signed by a bunch of US Senators to be fairly significant and unprecedented.

throw in the tv ad during the nba finals .....

the federal court cancelling the redskins trademark on a finding that it is derogatory is kinda a big deal to imo

maybe im just nitpicking or having a selective memory .. but i dont think that one sentence from the journalist was unsupported or unfounded.

ps - i just dont give a sh%t about this issue anymore. if it changes - fine. if it doesnt - even better. i do find myself annoyed at anyone beating the war drum at either end of the spectrum. just an exercise in futility.

Ok, a bunch of Senators (maybe 40-45?) who honestly should have nothing to do with this issue, a Federal court cancels the trademark after never receiving one complaint to their office (as per a recent Washington Times article), a TV ad, and a hundred maybe a few thousand media types, VERSES the hundreds of thousands of people that say don't change the name. I don't really find that unprecedented. I find it just amazing how such a small minority of people can continue to make this news worthy.