Poll: Less Than 30 Percent Of Americans
Say Redskins Should Change Their Name
The Federalist,
by
Paulina Enck
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
7/18/2020 10:34:48 AM
Nearly half of respondents of a national poll conducted by Morning Consult are just fine with the name of NFL team The Washington Redskins. The football team, which has been for years accused of racism against Native Americans despite polls finding Native American majorities support the name, has been slated for change to placate a small group of online leftist agitators.
However, it turns out that far more Americans believe the name ought to remain than those who prefer a more culturally sensitive name. According to the poll, 49 percent of respondents believe the Redskins should keep their nickname, with only 29 percent in favor of the upcoming change and 22
Reply 1 - Posted by:
tsquare 7/18/2020 10:47:03 AM (No. 482518)
Keep the name. The end game of being a surrender monkey is to have nothing left to surrender.
8 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Italiano 7/18/2020 10:51:46 AM (No. 482525)
The NFL is circling the drain.
12 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/18/2020 10:56:30 AM (No. 482530)
The new Redskins should wear their pink every game.
7 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 7/18/2020 11:05:52 AM (No. 482547)
Apparently American Indians are fine with the team name, too.
This is just lunatic leftist garbage.
10 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
woastew 7/18/2020 11:08:32 AM (No. 482552)
This is going to erase the American Indian from our culture....brilliant....
9 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
FLCracker 7/18/2020 11:09:16 AM (No. 482554)
I'm telling ya, "Washington Zulus". Fits the aea and who could complain?
12 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
FLCracker 7/18/2020 11:10:19 AM (No. 482557)
Uh, make that "area."
2 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/18/2020 11:21:33 AM (No. 482582)
How about the Washington Seriously Lousy Football Players.
And as far as my home team if I cared, The Houston Texans ... very few of them are Texans. After a month in our summer sun many of them might even be red skins. I'm pink myself.
5 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 7/18/2020 11:22:04 AM (No. 482584)
Redskin Potatoes farmers change name to Floyd George Delicacies..
4 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/18/2020 11:23:29 AM (No. 482588)
As far as Native Americans are concerned, they are wiping those tribes right out of US corporate culture and history by removing even the honorable depictions of Native American corporate symbols from being seen by the American people on a daily basis. The result of which will push Native Americans and their culture back into obscurity. An example of that is the removal of the depiction of a proud Indian Chief’s Profile as the corporate symbol of the Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company that had no racial connotations.
5 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 7/18/2020 11:28:21 AM (No. 482593)
I still vote for the "Washington Wussies"
1 person likes this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Johneboy2 7/18/2020 11:31:43 AM (No. 482603)
I am a Florida Gator, and my sister went to Florida State (Seminoles). I can assure the writer that polls were taken among actual Seminoles, and especially during the Bobby Bowden era, they were supportive and proud of the moniker. This is so like liberals ... they will take care of and fix YOUR problem, when and where you don't have a problem.
10 people like this.
I suggest they keep the name but change the logo to a red potato. We can honor the Irish and they won't be offended at all.
4 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Cindiana 7/18/2020 11:57:25 AM (No. 482655)
Has there been an explanation for how this will be enforced? Will fans be "allowed" to wear their Redskins clothing and gear to the stadium or even around town? It seems the owners and league are backing themselves into an ugly corner.
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Historybuff 7/18/2020 11:57:53 AM (No. 482658)
Translation:
White privileged Woke Folks tell Native Americans they should be offended when they weren't. "cause White privileged Woke Folks know what's best for you.
6 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 7/18/2020 12:02:17 PM (No. 482667)
#12, Go Gators! Yes, asking actual Indians about the use of Indian images isn't done. These images honor them, and remember them - how stupid to want to wipe them out.
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
immelman 7/18/2020 12:26:00 PM (No. 482688)
Wussies is good. Another option is Washington Rats.
3 people like this.
Keep the name. But move the team out of D.C. and to a place where they would be appreciated and for many good reasons. Relocate the team to Oklahoma City, and call them the Oklahoma Redskins. Oklahoma literally means "Land of the red skinned people." It's a perfect fit. Get away from those backstabbing ingrates in Washington D.C. and move to Oklahoma, and get a real fan base. Plus, they would be just over the line from the hated Dallas Cowboys. A long standing tradition is maintained, and the rivalry made all the more fun.
6 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
mathman 7/18/2020 1:11:59 PM (No. 482760)
Change the name to the Nomes. This is a place in Alaska which was originally labeled as "No Name". Then the map got folded, and was read as Nomes.
Come on. The whole thing is pathetic. Redskins was an appelation given to a group of warriors who fought like h***. The intent of the name was that the players would likewise fight.
This was not a "fight fiercely, Hawvid" name.
Washington Wusses. Dan's Divers. Snyder's Suckers.
Better yet: just disband the team. Serves no further purpose.
4 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
lakerman1 7/18/2020 1:27:10 PM (No. 482776)
I have a few suggestions, limiting my choices to words used by Thomas Jefferson, in composing the Declaration of Independence -
Washington Plunderers
Washington Mercenaries
Washington Tyranny
Washington Merciless Indian Savages
And if the 'savages' name is chosen, no need to change the logo.
Going outside of Jefferson's words, my personal favorite would be -
Washington Corruptocrats - just think of the logo possibilities, and the mascot costumes.
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 7/18/2020 1:54:02 PM (No. 482819)
It’s mostly blackskins in college football and the nfl and nba....isn’t it?
7 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Polecat49 7/18/2020 2:08:45 PM (No. 482837)
May they go down the toilet with the rest of the nfl.
7 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/18/2020 2:11:35 PM (No. 482840)
How about renaming the team “The Gay Blades” as surely the New York and Washington, DC centric media would have no problem with that? They might even pick up a lot of new fans from as far away as San Francisco?
4 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
VirtuDawg 7/18/2020 4:39:26 PM (No. 482968)
Who cares??? Stop watching the racist NFL and racist NBA. Donate that time to volunteer work in your community.
1 person likes this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/18/2020 6:41:17 PM (No. 483079)
Having once lived in the DC area, I know a lot of hard core Redskins fans. I seriously doubt that any of them will use the new name or throw away their jerseys, hats, beach towels and other merchandise featuring the old logo. I’d love to see thousands of them wearing their Redskins clothing at the opening game - what are the thought police going to do? Throw them all out?
0 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Faldo 7/18/2020 9:32:30 PM (No. 483166)
How about the Washington White Hawks...? Something safe and neutral...
0 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
SALady 7/19/2020 2:19:39 AM (No. 483303)
The "Washington" (as in Washington DC) part is the offensive part of their name, not the "Redskins" part!!!
Redskins represents brave and fierce warriors (not that that is very representative of this team, since the Redskins have pretty much sucked for most of their history). Washington (as in Washington DC) represents a bunch of pansy bed-wetting swamp creatures -- which apparently is a great description for their owner too.
Just call them the "East Side Crips". That will give them lots of street cred with the only people that will still be fans of these racist thug players!!!
0 people like this.
There should be a Statue of Limitations on names. Whiners and bed wetters are ruining the country.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
mifla 7/19/2020 8:39:23 AM (No. 483469)
Won't stop the NFL from collapsing.
1 person likes this.
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