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Story: http://cleveland.cbs...n-indian-group/. Group says mascot, potentially name racist.

 

Obama now wants the Skins name changed. Look out Braves, Seminoles, Chiefs, Blackhawks...

 

Also wonder about the Vikings name/mascot. It's apparently racist to depict an indian, but not a viking.

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Man, I am getting so tired of all the traction this story is getting.

 

How long before PETA sticks their noses in this debates and convinces the masses that Lions, Tigers, Broncos, Bears, Falcons, Panthers and all the rest are abusive and hurtful to the animal world?

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Man, I am getting so tired of all the traction this story is getting.

 

How long before PETA sticks their noses in this debates and convinces the masses that Lions, Tigers, Broncos, Bears, Falcons, Panthers and all the rest are abusive and hurtful to the animal world?

 

Not to mention having a team share a name with the biggest animal rights absuer of them all: Buffalo Bill.

 

I'd also like to know how midgets feel about the insensitively named New York Giants.

 

And environmentalists about the NY Jets. Do you guys know what the carbon footprint is of a jet plane??

 

Nonsense. Again, a simple logo change would put an end to it.

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Isn't Kahn going to make that Jacksonville's new logo?

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Not to mention having a team share a name with the biggest animal rights absuer of them all: Buffalo Bill.

and don't forget his unforgivable exploitation of Sitting Bull and other once-proud native americans.

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Don't forget team that uses the exploitation of simple miners in San Francisco, the teams that glorify rapists, thieves and murderers in both Oakland and Tampa Bay, the celebration of oppressors/murders/racists by both Dallas and Houston and the clearly scary nicknames invoked by the Minnesota team's ghastly color scheme (not to mention that team's penchant for bringing to light all of the atrocities committed against the peoples of western Europe 1,000+ years ago).

 

Don't even get me started on the violent imagery perpetuated by the teams in the WNBA and NHL. Evil racist corporatist bastards exploiting everyone and everything.

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Why a drawing of a person depicting ethnicity is considered "racist" is something I will never understand. Firmly believe PCers have deep seeded bigotry within and compensate with this mindless crap. We can take their views and extend it to 30 - 40 percent of the teams out there (seriously what about the Vikings?). Before it's done, we'll have a generic, faceless, soulless and politically correct brand for each team like the Warriors image above. WTF is that thing, anyway?

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Why a drawing of a person depicting ethnicity is considered "racist" is something I will never understand. Firmly believe PCers have deep seeded bigotry within and compensate with this mindless crap. We can take their views and extend it to 30 - 40 percent of the teams out there (seriously what about the Vikings?). Before it's done, we'll have a generic, faceless, soulless and politically correct brand for each team like the Warriors image above. WTF is that thing, anyway?

 

I think the issue is power and control and the image portrayed. I am not sure where the Natives stand on teams like the BlackHawks, Illini, and Seminoles. I know the Illini are very active in the image the UofI portrays.

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I think the issue is power and control and the image portrayed. I am not sure where the Natives stand on teams like the BlackHawks, Illini, and Seminoles. I know the Illini are very active in the image the UofI portrays.

 

So what's wrong with the way the Redskins imagine is portrayed? That's not a strong and dignified image???

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Not to mention having a team share a name with the biggest animal rights absuer of them all: Buffalo Bill.

 

I'd also like to know how midgets feel about the insensitively named New York Giants.

 

And environmentalists about the NY Jets. Do you guys know what the carbon footprint is of a jet plane??

 

 

Isn't Kahn going to make that Jacksonville's new logo?

That made me laugh. Pretty much any joke involving midgets is high percentage. Ive always liked both the Indians and the Redskins logos. Never considered them negative just kind of cool. Edited by Dante
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