• angrymouse@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The problem with the football teams is that usually the name of team is the name of a group of ppl that was almost exterminated and their descendants still pay the price and nobody cares while their name is used as something cool. Just using the name should not be that offensive.

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      11 months ago

      Except redskins is offensive. It’s not the name of a group of people, it’s an epithet describing them.

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          11 months ago

          Were you going to show us this poll or were you just going to expect us to believe that quote of yours isn’t one you just made up?

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            11 months ago

            I like to omit the source sometimes just to draw out lazy comments like yours. It really shows that you’re not that interested but just want to argue. It’s the title of an article from one of the most prominent newspapers out there, it’d be the first result if you simply pasted it in Google, but rather than save yourself the embarrassment, you chose this route.

            Swing and a miss.

            The article is even better than the title.

            Among the Native Americans reached over a five-month period ending in April, more than 7 in 10 said they did not feel the word “Redskin” was disrespectful to Indians. An even higher number — 8 in 10 — said they would not be offended if a non-native called them that name.