Comments on: Indigenous Americans football squad forces Washington Post to re-name blog

By: ProFootballHasBecomeAJoke

ProFootballHasBecomeAJoke — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:29:34 +0000

How about the Washington Cadavers since they will be Dead on Arrival when the season does eventually start ? Or would that be offensive to decaying-americans ?

By: slickzmoney

slickzmoney — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:51:28 +0000

As a Redskins fan I have warmed to the idea over the years of re-naming the team. Someone mentioned “Warriors” and that’s not bad. I’ve read that Snyder has the rights to that name already. Another person mentioned “Federals” which was the USFL team in D.C. I’ve always been partial to “Potomacs” invoking a local Native-American tribe and river without the blatent race reference. Back to reality – Snyder will not re-name the team unless he is forced to.

By: 420fan

420fan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:00:47 +0000

So Dan Snyder is trying to steal a name that he already stole? The indians in america should be pissed! Our government has lied to them since day one, and now Dan is trying to steal the name too? Damn!

By: pftequalsgreatjournalism

pftequalsgreatjournalism — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:48:30 +0000

clownburger says:
Mar 15, 2011 4:24 PM
While it’s true that some people did refer to indians as “Redskins”, the term “Redskin” was a common slang for “Scalping”.

This is a fact.

Do a little research other than “Wiki” for finding out the TRUE meaning behind the name for Washington’s NFL team and you’ll see that I am correct.

Of course, some people don’t want to know the truth and would rather wallow in their ignorant ways.

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Try following your own advice:
http://anthropology.si.edu/goddard/redskin.pdf

Focus on the center column on page 1 where it say “Harjo’s unfounded claim…” Suzan Harjo is well know for being wrong about this application by people in the Muscogee Creek Nation of which she is a member. Say, you aren’t a member, are you?

Want to compare BIA CIDB cards?

By: yahmule

yahmule — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:22:11 +0000

What does Andyman have to say about this?

By: tahjay

tahjay — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:35:57 +0000

First of all Washington needs to disassociate themselves with the team altogether.

The name should be the Landover Landfills, Landover Lougies, Landover Lollipops, Landover Lavender Flowers, or the Landover Fanlessness

By: jalindrine

jalindrine — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:36:34 +0000

It’s a little too hardy har, but I’ve always liked the idea of paying royalties and becoming The Washington Sioux.

By: goriidskiiin

goriidskiiin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:54:14 +0000

We miss you Jack Kent Cooke!! Ya know, FedEx Field was supposed to be Jack Kent Cooke Stadium but Mr. Snyder had a problem with that and sold the name rights of the man who built the franchise into a champion. Snyder is the most classless person in sports. He takes advantage of Redskin fans love of the team and creates a lousy bunch of sellout, lazy part timers of a team

By: formerredskinsfan

formerredskinsfan — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:25:38 +0000

I’ve taken to calling them the Washington Snyders. Whatever they are, they aren’t the Redskins anymore.

By: fmjohnson

fmjohnson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:40:03 +0000

“sickcuz says:

“I call them the Washington Cherry Blossoms. They only look good for a couple weeks (usually during the offseason)”

That’s the funniest thing about all this I’ve read yet.

By: dikshuttle

dikshuttle — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:28:47 +0000

Obviously the name carries all sorts of racism with it – not just the connotations to Native Americans, but for the acts unders Marshall’s stewardship…

That doesn’t mean the franchise should or will change names any time soon.

The name should remain Redskins until we’ve evolved as a society beyond the need to relate to these kinds of useages as racist.

… a hundred years or so. Maybe that’ll do it.

By: covercorner

covercorner — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:46:17 +0000

Wahsington Federals

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:56:24 +0000

azbearsfan says:
Mar 15, 2011 6:22 PM
For those folks who think Redskins is a fine way to describe Native’s, I suggest you walk into a room full of Native American’s and start calling them Redskins and see what kind of reaction you get.
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As for the argument that historically it was an acceptable term to use; I recall Malcom X using Negro to describe blacks, but I don’t think you’d walk into a room full of black folks and start calling them Negros in 2011.

It’s about respect for other people, and if Native’s are offended to be called Redskins, change the name and move on.
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Nobody is saying to refer to “Native Americans” or “Indians” as “Redskins”. The term is almost exclusively used in reference to the NFL team. It is not meant as disparaging and if it is perceived that way, then there are some people that need to lighten up and stop taking everything as a personal attack or a way for them to become an “activist” fighting for a cause. This PC garbage is completely out of control.

By: dcpowergator

dcpowergator — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:52:23 +0000

I think it’s Gregg Easterbrook has been referring to them for years as the “Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Peoples.”

It even takes “Washington” out of the name just to be on the safe side.

By: MichaelEdits

MichaelEdits — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:18:50 +0000

The Washington Losers. No, wait, that won’t work because then you’ll ask “which ones?” How about we just don’t write about them at all unless Dan pays us? In bankrupt airline peanuts.

By: 12strikes

12strikes — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:57:42 +0000

The Washington Implosions

By: lionglass

lionglass — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:32:40 +0000

Why not “The Team That Must Not Be Named”?

By: psychostats

psychostats — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:36:23 +0000

The Washington Copyright-skins

It might clue people in as to what’s going on.

By: bondo42

bondo42 — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:32:31 +0000

I’ve always like the idea of the Washington Warriors. A warrior could be any race!

By: robatopia

robatopia — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:29:59 +0000

I was going to suggest the Washington Red Helmets, but clownburger’s note about the scalp made me think of the following, which just rolls right off the tongue:
the DC Redheads.
And yes, the Foreskins is common enough slang for the team we’d all know exactly who you’re talking about.

By: landroo

landroo — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:26:35 +0000

The Washington Thinskins…

By: onderin

onderin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:50:43 +0000

Anyone else find “skin” to be a creepy word?

By: thegonz13

thegonz13 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:13:58 +0000

Azbearsfan… The analogy to Malcolm X is good, although some African-Americans refer to each other using the n-word. So it’s racist if it comes from whites but not the other way around…

By: billsfan27

billsfan27 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:08:38 +0000

The Washington “Screw Your First Amendment Rights”

By: azbearsfan

azbearsfan — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:22:49 +0000

For those folks who think Redskins is a fine way to describe Native’s, I suggest you walk into a room full of Native American’s and start calling them Redskins and see what kind of reaction you get.

If a person I knew didn’t want me to call them a certain name, or describe them a certain way, I certainly would respect that wish.

As for the argument that historically it was an acceptable term to use; I recall Malcom X using Negro to describe blacks, but I don’t think you’d walk into a room full of black folks and start calling them Negros in 2011.

It’s about respect for other people, and if Native’s are offended to be called Redskins, change the name and move on.

If they could do it for the bullets they can certainly do it for the Professional Football team in Washington D.C.

By: thefiesty1

thefiesty1 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:14:03 +0000

Snyder needs to get a life without football. I guess he thinks the capital should move out of DC too. We want the nations capital to infringe on the name he bought.

By: thegonz13

thegonz13 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:14:02 +0000

OK, considering the Washington team (I can’t use the name for fear of being sued!) loses games at an alarming rate,how about the Washington Generals?

By: sudzy11

sudzy11 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:07:01 +0000

If I were the Post I would institute a blackout of anything related to Washington Name Withheld on Request. I guess little Danny is too dumb to realize that the blog was actually promoting his business by its existence. Unless 90% of what was written was negative about the team which would be understandable.

By: fatelvis77

fatelvis77 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:38:23 +0000

Being oh so p.c., I have for years called them The Aboriginal Land Owners.

By: corvusrex96

corvusrex96 — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:36:06 +0000

Considering their record how about the “Washington Generals” same name as the team that the Harlem Globetrotters used as a punching bag