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I got this in an email and thought it was pretty funny.


The federal government, which has " Tomahawk" cruise missiles and "Apache," "Blackhawk," 'Kiowa" and "Lakota' helicopters -- and used the code name "Geronimo" in the attack that killed Osama bin Laden, officially objects to the name of the Washington "Redskins".
 
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Re: Irony

I edited the title. I couldn't tell what it was about, even with the popup. I do agree with the "irony" part. Funny we've never heard of any demonstrations against the feds over naming...
 
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Well we are using those names to honor the native Americans, while being named as a mascot of a sports team is a racial slur.
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Maybe we're using those names to subtly demonstrate the brutality of the Native Americans.

I'm still waiting for the Greek & Italian Americans to get up in arms about Spartans, Romans, Centurions, etc.
 
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Displaced Bama Fan said:
I got this in an email and thought it was pretty funny.


The federal government, which has " Tomahawk" cruise missiles and "Apache," "Blackhawk," 'Kiowa" and "Lakota' helicopters -- and used the code name "Geronimo" in the attack that killed Osama bin Laden, officially objects to the name of the Washington "Redskins".
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To be fair, some consider "redskins" to be a racial slur while the other names you list are simply nouns. I guess somewhat similar to using names like blackies, kykes, spics, wops etc
 
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Displaced Bama Fan said:
Maybe we're using those names to subtly demonstrate the brutality of the Native Americans.

I'm still waiting for the Greek & Italian Americans to get up in arms about Spartans, Romans, Centurions, etc.
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Notre Dame is the most egregious name, IMO. Fightin Irish? I'm sure the peaceful people of Ireland are appalled at such a heinous slur of their good name.
 
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Bamaro said:
To be fair, some consider "redskins" to be a racial slur while the other names you list are simply nouns. I guess somewhat similar to using names like blackies, kykes, spics, wops etc
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Being represented as blood-thirsty killers is also considered a racial slur by some.
 
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TideEngineer08 said:
Notre Dame is the most egregious name, IMO. Fightin Irish? I'm sure the peaceful people of Ireland are appalled at such a heinous slur of their good name.
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I'm of Irish descent and I'm completely offended by the wimpy Leprechaun as Notre Dame's team symbol. Leprechauns are only found in Crichton-Mobile, AL.
 
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