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  • November 28, 2014 at 1:43 pm #12624
    PA Ram
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    A tweet from Washington:

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    Might want to rethink that.

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    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    November 28, 2014 at 1:48 pm #12627
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    I’m hoping the Washington team will
    stay cursed until they
    change the name 🙂

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    November 28, 2014 at 4:20 pm #12632
    znhater
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    They shouldn’t have to change the name.

    November 28, 2014 at 5:03 pm #12633
    PA Ram
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    If anyone wants to move this post to the other board–feel free.

    I didn’t post it to start any controversy over the name. People have different opinions on that–I get it. I just thought it was a very odd looking Thanksgiving tweet. There is a certain cluelessness about it. But maybe not everyone feels that way. Maybe it’s how I look at it.

    Fair enough.

    "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick

    November 28, 2014 at 5:33 pm #12634
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    znhater wrote:

    They shouldn’t have to change the name.

    Well no-one that i know of, has
    ever argued they ‘have to’ do anything.
    Its not about ‘have to’ — its about
    what ‘should’ they do.
    I think they ‘should’ — you think
    they shouldnt, i guess.

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    November 29, 2014 at 6:33 am #12648
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    PA Ram wrote:

    If anyone wants to move this post to the other board–feel free.

    I didn’t post it to start any controversy over the name. People have different opinions on that–I get it. I just thought it was a very odd looking Thanksgiving tweet. There is a certain cluelessness about it. But maybe not everyone feels that way. Maybe it’s how I look at it.

    Fair enough.

    No, it’s not you. It’s really awkward. Poor taste bordering on offensive, IMO.

    November 29, 2014 at 8:22 am #12649
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    Hey. This is from memory. I am in the airport so not as nimble on the board…which means I have not double-checked what I say here….but, so far, the way we have done this board, the washington team name issue has counted as football discussion. Just apply all the rules (eg. when you borrow the board car, return it with the tank full).

    In the past there were different takes on what to do with this topic, but so far we have been having that discussion on this board, with the assumption that this community can handle it and knows how to be civil in the middle of controversy.

    November 30, 2014 at 6:57 am #12695
    znhater
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    wv wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Rams4life wrote:</div>
    They shouldn’t have to change the name.

    Well no-one that i know of, has
    ever argued they ‘have to’ do anything.
    Its not about ‘have to’ — its about
    what ‘should’ they do.
    I think they ‘should’ — you think
    they shouldnt, i guess.

    w
    v

    Well eventually they will make them change it. The NFL, the government, someone will. It’s already heading that way.
    But i don’t think they should have to. And why should they? The last thing i think of when i hear the redskins name is a racial slur. Everyone knows the skins are a football team. I see no problem with it. And I’m about half Indian myself.

    November 30, 2014 at 9:42 am #12697
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    znhater wrote:

    wv wrote:

    Rams4life wrote:
    They shouldn’t have to change the name.

    Well no-one that i know of, has
    ever argued they ‘have to’ do anything.
    Its not about ‘have to’ — its about
    what ‘should’ they do.
    I think they ‘should’ — you think
    they shouldnt, i guess.

    w
    v

    Well eventually they will make them change it. The NFL, the government, someone will. It’s already heading that way.
    But i don’t think they should have to. And why should they? The last thing i think of when i hear the redskins name is a racial slur. Everyone knows the skins are a football team. I see no problem with it. And I’m about half Indian myself.

    Sure, i get that there are plenty of people who share
    your view. And there’s plenty of people who think
    the name is offensive/racist. So, its contested
    ideological-ground.

    There was a time white folks wore black-face makeup
    and did minstrel shows etc. At the time
    a lot of folks just saw it as good clean fun,
    with no harm intended — but then ideas changed.
    You dont see those shows much if at all anymore.
    Things change. Looks to me like the R-word
    is going to change. Just a matter of when,
    not if. I think thats a good thing. You disagree,
    apparently.

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    v

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