Paintrain's all encompassing 'discuss all things offseason' thread (Version 2.0)

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How many people even think of Native Americans when you say "Redskins" anyway? That's a word associated with the football team in the minds of most. Nobody thinks about the Natives, or maybe I should cares...which I guess is what's really offensive

This is exactly the way I've always thought of it.

It's also why I get pissed when I hear the argument "You wouldn't go onto a Reservation and call someone a Redskins to their face, would you?" Well, no, I wouldn't, because I honestly don't ever think of it as a term meaning anything other than a name for the football team from the city that my family has lived in & around for generations.
I also don't make a habit of calling tall people 'Giants', I don't refer to people of Scandinavian decent 'Vikings, I don't say I'm from a 'Fightin' Irish Catholic family, and I don't actually believe that Drew Brees is a 'Saint.'