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[–] tentonaraft 1 point 3 points (+4|-1) ago 

Hmmm. Gee, I wonder why? Could it be because the name of the team is a friggin' RACIAL SLUR? My goodness, if you have to try and convince others or yourself it's not racist, IT'S FREAKIN' RACIST! Paying Native Americans money and giving out footballs signed by your team's crappy QB won't change that.

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[–] Calzone 3 points -2 points (+1|-3) ago  (edited ago)

The name "Cowboys" is sexist, it's exclusionary towards women. See how stupid that sounds? Yeah, that's what you sound like.

Also most of them don't give a shit. If you actually walk on to a reservation and talk to them, it's a non-issue. It's new age liberals who are all white/black/1% native who are making a big stink about it.

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[–] tentonaraft 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

You raise a fair point. Tell me more about Washington D.C.'s rich history of Native American settlements.

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[–] ShagginTurtles 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

No it's not the same at all

Go to any of the Native reserves around me and say "What's up redskins!"

Hint: You probably aren't leaving the reserve unless it's in an ambulance

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[–] BomTrady 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The Vikings were rapists, murderers, and thieves. How could we let such a team take the namesake of such a vile group of people?

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[–] Sureyado 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

25 grand and a RG3 signed football is a lot cheaper than changing the team name, it was worth a shot.

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[–] ShagginTurtles 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

I'm 100% in the group to change the name. I don't care that there's a native high school in Arizona with the same name, it's a racist term

Washington Warthogs sounds way cooler anyways

I've been to a lot of native reserve towns in northern Ontario and they hate the NFL just for allowing a team so blatantly racist. It's absolutely no different than like the New York Japs, San Fran Jews or San Antonio Negros

It's racist as fuck and it's an embarrassment to the NFL as well as the USA that it's still a thing today

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[–] Sureyado 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I live in Northern Arizona and have quite a few Navajo and Hopi friends. In my experience, the Native Americans I know, don't give two fucks about the Redskins name, but I think it is more what they choose to get upset about, rather than they don't find it insulting. I can say personally, as a white guy, I agree it's embarrassing that we don't recognize the name for what it is, a slur. I don't think all teams named after Native Americans are degrading or a problem. But, "redskin" is absolutely a slur, just replace red with black, brown, yellow or white and tell me its not. Now bring out the "where will it end" crowd.

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[–] Maskedsaturn 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

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[–] gigantor 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Considering a Native American can make more than that in a month from the government, this is no surprise.

EDIT: Nevermind, they get this money from their tribe. I was going off of my poor memory, but it is still a ridiculous amount of money. My fiance's cousin receives this money every month.

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[–] Deth_comes_ripping 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Considering how much Dan Snyder and the Washington Redskins franchise must be worth, this is clearly a pittance and an insult.