Nobody should really bitch about a lot of things but it happens anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackWhisper
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Nobody should really bitch about a lot of things but it happens anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackWhisper
You have no room to talk. There are victims going through withdrawal since you're banned. YOU ARE CAUSING AN EPIDEMIC.
LOL, how so?Quote:
Originally Posted by JackWhisper
So I've heard.Quote:
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A GW law professor challenged a local radio station’s on-air use of the word "Redskins," the controversial name of D.C.'s football franchise, this week.
John Banzhaf, a law professor who focuses on legal activism, is trying to push the Federal Communication Commission to label the word a racial slur, which would prohibit its use on the air. He filed a complaint against WWXX-FM, an ESPN affiliate owned by the team's owner Dan Snyder, arguing that the license for the station should not be renewed because broadcasters now use the term.
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Seven -- no, make that eight -- dirty words.Quote:
If the FCC approves prohibiting the word from the air, a station that uses the team's name could lose its license to report on the airwaves.
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When the US patent office cancelled the Washington Redskins trademark earlier this year in a bid to force the team to change its offensive name and logo, it made it much easier for other people to use the organization's branding to advertise their own products or services. The latest person to do just that is a fat little animated ten-year-old named Eric Cartman.
South Park has sent the infamous Cartman out to satirize team owner Dan Snyder's repeated arguments that the "Redskins" moniker is not offensive. In a short clip poste ahead of the start of the show's eighteenth season on Wednesday, Snyder comes to Cartman's office to argue that by calling a new company "The Washington Redskins," he's being derogatory to the team's owners. Cartman parrots Snyder's real life arguments right back to him, saying he chose to use the name out of "deep appreciation for your team, and your people."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK-jYzaWtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnK-jYzaWtw
Was this something to call the police about?
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A Washington Redskins fan called the police after producers of The Daily Show set up a tense encounter between a group of the team's supporters and Native Americans activists.
Kelli O'Dell, 56, ran out of the room in tears after the heated confrontation that took place during filming of the yet-to-air episode at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington D.C.
The former teacher described how she was accused of 'psychologically damaging' Native American children and claims was 'cut off' every time she tried to speak.
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Here's the episode. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/18...atching-racismQuote:
Originally Posted by ClydeR
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Originally Posted by ClydeR
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(CNN) -- A Native American chief has asked all tribal employees not to use FedEx until the Washington Redskins changes its team name.
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FedEx is still claiming that there naming rights relate to stuff done at the stadium other than football.Quote:
The Redskins play their home games at FedExField, to which the shipping giant purchased the naming rights in a 27-year, $207 million deal in 1999, Forbes reports. Fred Smith, FedEx's chairman, president and CEO, is part ofthe team's ownership group.
Patrick Fitzgerald, FedEx's senior vice president of marketing and communications, released a statement Wednesday saying that his employer values its sponsorship of the stadium and "we are proud that FedExField is a venue that is used by a wide range of community groups."
As I pre-reported two weeks ago..
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The FCC, which enforces broadcast indecency violations, has received a petition from legal activist John Banzhaf III, asking that regulators strip local radio station WWXX-FM of its broadcasting license when it comes up for renewal for using the name "Redskins."
Banzhaf says the word is racist, derogatory, profane and hateful, making its use "akin to broadcasting obscenity."
"We'll be looking at that petition, we will be dealing with that issue on the merits and we'll be responding accordingly," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told reporters.
"There are a lot of names and descriptions that were used over time that are inappropriate today. And I think the name that is attributed to the Washington football club is one of those," Wheeler added.
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