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Buff_bills4ever

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  1. "Redskins" comes from the cowboys skinning Natives and using some of their skin as bridles or chaffs. These were trophys. The common profile of a Native which looks similar to Redskin's logo was placed in post office windows when they had received money from the Federal goverment to pay for scalps.

     

    Since this was a government sponsored genocide I have no idea how someone could say it wasn't at least "insensitive." Especially for a team which represents our NATION'S CAPITAL!

     

    I wonder how many soccer teams in Berlin are called the "Lampshades?"

     

    How about the the Boston "Micks" or the NY "Ginnys" or the Alabama "Sambos?" Afterall, they should be "Honored."

    No I'm not Native-American, I'm just not wiiling to be disrespectfull to my fellow man. Especially for something as silly as sports. It's all good...cleveland+indians+cartoon.gif

     

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    Not supposed to reply but I will anyway. That whole "skinning Indians" thing is an urban legend with no historical evidence. It's much more likely that the term came from Natives themselves as a way of distinguishing themselves from whites, or at the very least as slang based around skin color. And the Redskins took their name in honor of their head coach from the 1930's, who was part Indian.

  2. I know. Beyond bizzare. I want to know why they think he did it on purpose? Is someone deflecting blame to him? Did he have a bad day and line up at the wrong spot multiple times, thinking he was where he was suppossed to be and the WR coach telling him its somewhere else?!?!?!

     

    I don't think it was he was lining up in the wrong spot. I think he was lining up in the hot read spot so he would be targeted more. What a fool...

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