The Washington Redskins May Finally Change Their Name

[mossrose]

I think that the name of Washington should be expunged from the plinths of history. As a slaveholder, he should not have a city or a state or anything else named for him. Nor should his image be on any currency or anywhere else.

It shouldn't be too much work to remove him from the public memory.

Let's get on it, people!

[rogue06]

I think that the name of Washington should be expunged from the plinths of history. As a slaveholder, he should not have a city or a state or anything else named for him. Nor should his image be on any currency or anywhere else.

It shouldn't be too much work to remove him from the public memory.

Let's get on it, people!

I'll do my part by disposing of all American currency bearing the likeness of any slaveholder so nobody has to be triggered by being exposed to it.

Just send me all $1 bills (Washington), $2 bills (Jefferson), $20 bills (Jackson), and $100 bills (Franklin). You can also include $10 bills (Hamilton) even though he never personally own any slaves he did marry into a prominent slave holding family.

[DivineOb]

I saw someone on twitter suggesting the Wasington Red Tails. That sounds like an awesome suggestion to me.

[Cow Poke]

I saw someone on twitter suggesting the Wasington Red Tails. That sounds like an awesome suggestion to me.

Tuskegee airmen? Yes.

[KingsGambit]

The Washington Whities

It's not referring to people of color, so it can't possibly be construed as racist.

That's offensive. It reminds me of the time I ruined clothes by accidentally mixing whites and darks in the washer.

[KingsGambit]

Interesting development:
A DC area actuary has spent tens of thousands of dollars filing trademark claims on potential team names. He's snatched up 44 so far.
Ostensibly, he claims he's doing this not to profit but to get the team names before somebody else can claim them maliciously.

https://www.espn.com/blog/washington...-with-nfl-team

[Sparko]

Interesting development:
A DC area actuary has spent tens of thousands of dollars filing trademark claims on potential team names. He's snatched up 44 so far.
Ostensibly, he claims he's doing this not to profit but to get the team names before somebody else can claim them maliciously.

https://www.espn.com/blog/washington...-with-nfl-team

Ha. Reminds me of when people were registering .com names in an effort to snatch up all of the good names to force companies to pay through the nose to buy them back. Eventually ICAAN deemed that if a company had a trademark on the name they had a right to the domain name. So if someone registered cocacola.com thinking they could blackmail CocaCola Bottling company, they were disappointed.

[MaxVel]

Ha. Reminds me of when people were registering .com names in an effort to snatch up all of the good names to force companies to pay through the nose to buy them back. Eventually ICAAN deemed that if a company had a trademark on the name they had a right to the domain name. So if someone registered cocacola.com thinking they could blackmail CocaCola Bottling company, they were disappointed.

Really? That is bad news. I had Sparko.com, SparkothePirate.com and SparkoPirate.com all registered. All for a share of your pirate gold, when you finally establish an online presence. I guess that means I won't be getting any pieces of eight, huh.

[rogue06]

Really? That is bad news. I had Sparko.com, SparkothePirate.com and SparkoPirate.com all registered. All for a share of your pirate gold, when you finally establish an online presence. I guess that means I won't be getting any pieces of eight, huh.

Don't tell anyone but the mangy pirate hasn't trademarked his name unlike corporations like Coca-cola. So you're still in the running for some doubloons.

[Mountain Man]

That's offensive. It reminds me of the time I ruined clothes by accidentally mixing whites and darks in the washer.

Mixing whites and darks is bad?

That sounds racist to me.

[Mountain Man]

I saw someone on twitter suggesting the Wasington Red Tails. That sounds like an awesome suggestion to me.

Nope. It refers to people of color, which in today's "woke" culture means it's automatically racist.

Back to the drawing the board...

[rogue06]

Mixing whites and darks is bad?

That sounds racist to me.

I heard that it'll turn the laundry room into a "jungle".



Oh, wait. That was what Biden said about desegregating schools.

[Leonhard]

Nope. It refers to people of color, which in today's "woke" culture means it's automatically racist.

Back to the drawing the board...

I agree if the Tuskegee Airmen survivors are not comfortable with it, then it shouldn't be done.

[Cow Poke]

I agree if the Tuskegee Airmen survivors are not comfortable with it, then it shouldn't be done.

Yeah, that.

[Mountain Man]

I agree if the Tuskegee Airmen survivors are not comfortable with it, then it shouldn't be done.

As we've seen from the Redskins name, it doesn't matter if the people it's referring to are offended or not. If it offends white liberals then it's racist and must be purged from society.