I'm a bleeding heart lefty liberal. What is so wrong with a football team being named "Washington Redskins"? If anything, the Indians wouldn't want their name associated with or tarnished by the name Washington DC. Maybe we could change it to East Coast Redskins. Just a thought.
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I just don't get it ..
Hmm.. Same thing that would be wrong about naming a team the "Alabama Fat Rednecks", I imagine.
How very, very funny. There is a website that claims it's conservatives only that don't want the name changed, yet here we have a self proclaimed "bleeding heart liberal" that doesn't see anything wrong with it. Even old dirty harry reid has taken time out of scamming the country to speak against it.
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In what some see as the first step to forcing the Washington Redskins football team to change their name, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday cancelled six federal trademarks of the team name because it's “disparaging” to Native Americans.
“Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the evidence that a substantial composite of Native Americans found the term REDSKINS to be disparaging,” said the decision.
Fans, however, won’t see any immediate change — even if Daniel Snyder’s team eventually loses in court. That’s because all the order will do is eliminate the trademark the team has on merchandise.
The Redskins are expected to appeal.
But opponents of the name were quick to pounce, expressing hope that it will lead Snyder to reconsider his devotion to the historic name of the team.
“I hope this ruling brings us a step closer to that inevitable day when the name of the Washington football team will be changed,” plaintiff Amanda Blackhorse said, according to Politico. “The team's name is racist and derogatory.”
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called the team name "racist." He went to the Senate floor just after the trademark decision was made and said the team will be forced to change the name.
"Daniel Snyder might be the last person in the world to realize this, but it is just a matter of time until he is forced to do the right thing and change the name," said Reid.
And Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, one of the papers many who have hopped aboard the anti-Redskins bandwagon, tweeted, "Hail to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Hail Victory!"
The case goes way back to 2006 when five Native Americans filed Blackhorse v. Pro Football with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, claiming that the name violated a law that bars trademark registrations that “may disparage” groups or individuals.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.
Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the evidence
Gosh, there was 5 of them, I suppose that makes the above quote accurate.
Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the evidence
Gosh, there was 5 of them, I suppose that makes the above quote accurate.
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The interesting thing is if you read and can believe what the media has printed about the court findings is that the name "Redskins" has not been "banned". Instead what they did is to go the long way around and force them thru their pocketbooks to "electively" choose to change their names. The government is a bunch of sneeky bastads if you ask me. They know that if the Washington Redskins cannot use their logo and make money from it they will change the name to something that will allow them to do so. I personally think they shoud cite Congress and the current administration in a press conference and publically name the team after all of them. they can call themselves the Washington Scumbags. Heck even I would buy a jersey with that on it.
And RP, if you don't like the Alabama Fat Rednecks, pack up your goodies and take yourself back up to the land of milk and honey where the elite live. It is getting pretty tiresome hearing you whine and complain about the people whom you have chose to reside with. You want some cheese with that whine?
Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the evidence
Gosh, there was 5 of them, I suppose that makes the above quote accurate.
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Best, the first line was in your post. I suppose it's quoting some government person. The second is where I agreed that if 5 native americans complained, the evidence was bound to be preponderance.
If I'm completely wrong, who cares, not me
How about the Washington Ni**ers? Maybe the Washington Slant Eyes, or better yet the Washington Wet Backs! All good American names...
Jt, its more than 5. They only named 5 in the petition. Here is a list of Native American Tribes, organizations, and people that oppose the name.
Tribes[edit]
- Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians[155]
- Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma[155]
- Comanche Nation of Oklahoma[155]
- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Washington)[155]
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Michigan)
- Hoh Indian Tribe[156]
- Inter Tribal Council of Arizona[157]
- Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes[158]
- Juaneño Band of Mission Indians (California)[155]
- Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (Michigan)
- Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Gun Lake Tribe (Michigan)[159]
- Menominee Tribe of Indians (Wisconsin)[155]
- Oneida Indian Nation (New York)[160]
- Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin[155]
- Navajo Nation Council[98]
- Penobscot Nation[161]
- Poarch Band of Creek Indians[162]
- Samish Indian Nation (Washington)[163]
- Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Michigan)[164]
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Idaho)[165]
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (North Dakota)
- The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (North Dakota)[166]
- United South and Eastern Tribes (USET)[167]
Organizations[edit]
- Advocates for American Indian Children (California)
- American Indian Mental Health Association (Minnesota)
- American Indian Movement[168]
- American Indian Opportunities Industrialization Center of San Bernardino County
- American Indian Student Services at the Ohio State University
- American Indian High Education Consortium
- American Indian College Fund
- Americans for Indian Opportunity
- Association on American Indian Affairs
- Buncombe County Native American Inter-tribal Association (North Carolina)
- Capitol Area Indian Resources (Sacramento, CA)
- Concerned American Indian Parents (Minnesota)
- Council for Indigenous North Americans (University of Southern Maine)
- Eagle and Condor Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance
- First Peoples Worldwide
- Fontana Native American Indian Center, Inc. (California)
- Governor’s Interstate Indian Council
- Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission
- Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (Wisconsin)
- HONOR – Honor Our Neighbors Origins and Rights
- Kansas Association for Native American Education
- Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs
- Medicine Wheel Inter-tribal Association (Louisiana)
- Minnesota Indian Education Association
- National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
- National Indian Child Welfare Association
- National Indian Education Association
- National Indian Youth Council
- National Native American Law Student Association
- Native American Caucus of the California Democratic Party
- Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)[169]
- Native American Journalists Association[170]
- Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio
- Native American Journalists Association
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
- Native Voice Network
- Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs
- Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (Michigan)
- North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
- North Dakota Indian Education Association
- Office of Native American Ministry, Diocese of Grand Rapids (Michigan)
- Ohio Center for Native American Affairs
- San Bernardino/Riverside Counties Native American Community Council
- Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
- Society of Indian Psychologists of the Americas
- Southern California Indian Center
- St. Cloud State University – American Indian Center
- Tennessee Chapter of the National Coalition for the Preservation of Indigenous Cultures
- Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs
- Tennessee Native Veterans Society
- Tulsa Indian Coalition Against Racism[171]
- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Unified Coalition for American Indian Concerns, Virginia
- The United Indian Nations of Oklahoma
- Virginia American Indian Cultural Resource Center
- Wisconsin Indian Education Association
- WIEA “Indian” Mascot and Logo Taskforce (Wisconsin)
- Woodland Indian Community Center-Lansing (Michigan)
- Youth “Indian” Mascot and Logo Task force (Wisconsin)
Individuals[edit]
These prominent Native Americans have put their opposition to the Redskins' name on the public record:
- Sherman Alexie (author, Spokane)[172]
- Notah Begay (Navajo, PGA pro golfer) called the Redskins' name "a very clear example of institutionalized degradation of an ethnic minority."[173]
- Clyde Bellecourt (Ojibwe, co-founder of the American Indian Movement)[174]
- Bob Burns (Blackfeet elder)[175]
- Vine Deloria, Jr. (Sioux, historian/author)[176]
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne, U.S. Senator)[177]
- Kevin Gover (Pawnee, director of The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian)[178]
- Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee, author/activist)[179]
- Litefoot (Cherokee/Chichimeca, rapper) ironically celebrates Native American team names as "recreational genocide" on the track 'Stereotipik'.[180]
- Russell Means (Oglala Lakota, activist/actor)[181]
- Billy Mills (Sioux, Olympic gold medal winner)[182]
- Ted Nolan (First Nations Ojibway, NHL player and coach)[183]
- Buford Rolin (Creek tribal chairman)[184]
- Shoni Schimmel (Umatilla, Louisville Cardinals guard, class of 2015)[185]
- Charlene Teters (Spokane, artist/lecturer)[186]
- W. Richard West Jr. (Cheyenne) - President of the Autry National Center in Los Angeles: Redskin is "an openly derogatory term. It always is and it always has been.” West also characterizes the Original American's Foundation as an "attempt to divert attention from the fact that his team’s nickname is coming under increasing heat from people who think it’s an offensive racial term."[187]
Petitioners have shown by a preponderance of the evidence
Gosh, there was 5 of them, I suppose that makes the above quote accurate.
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Best, the first line was in your post. I suppose it's quoting some government person. The second is where I agreed that if 5 native americans complained, the evidence was bound to be preponderance.
If I'm completely wrong, who cares, not me
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It only takes one.
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- A petitioner is a person who presents a petition. A petition is a formal written application requesting a court for a specific judicial action
If the gov't can deny patents on what THEY or someone else deems offensive then where will it end?
Seems like a slippery slope, IMO.
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And RP, if you don't like the Alabama Fat Rednecks, pack up your goodies and take yourself back up to the land of milk and honey where the elite live. It is getting pretty tiresome hearing you whine and complain about the people whom you have chose to reside with. You want some cheese with that whine?
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Ooooh....yer jutht tho thenthitive....
It was an example, Einstein....Not an insult.....unless....the shoe fits, baka.
C'mon, tey..you can do better than that.... Where's the emotion? Where's the 'feeelin'?
Ya sound like a piggy-faced fat chick from East Florence with that stock unoriginal response.
dangit T, I've scolded you before about rollin' around down here with us common folk.
I'm wondering if you are really a repug now???????
Jt, the Washington redskins are affiliated to Washington State ,Not Washington D.C.
UncleGus,
If I am not mistaken, the Redskins are based out of Washington DC. The Seahawks are located in Washington state.
I'm neutral on this. Redskins originally applied to a warpaint Indians used to color their skins red. However, I remember the term used in a derogatory way in old westerns -- thieving or murdering redskins. Call them the Warriors or even Braves and keep the same logo.
I think they should change their name. I just don't think gov't should play a role in changing it and the ACLU agrees.
UncleGus,
If I am not mistaken, the Redskins are based out of Washington DC. The Seahawks are located in Washington state.
Thank, I didn't realize D.C had a team?
Originally, the new DC baseball team, the Washington Nationals, was to use the old Senators name. However, it was considered demeaning -- to baseball.