Washington Redskins will NEVER change name

[Tgo01]

I know it's not the same Washington but...shut up!

Anyways. Someone on my Facebook page shared a picture saying Washington state had replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People Day and said shit like oh this is so awesome! We shouldn't be celebrating a murderer!

I replied with something like: Funny how Washington state is so offended by Columbus Day when their entire state is named after someone who owned hundreds of slaves.

They unfriended me after that

More of that liberal tolerance at work there.

[Jarvan]

I know it's not the same Washington but...shut up!

Anyways. Someone on my Facebook page shared a picture saying Washington state had replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People Day and said shit like oh this is so awesome! We shouldn't be celebrating a murderer!

I replied with something like: Funny how Washington state is so offended by Columbus Day when their entire state is named after someone who owned hundreds of slaves.

They unfriended me after that

More of that liberal tolerance at work there.

Also... we all KNOW that the Indigenous people of America were peace loving people that didn't even understand the word war and had never done anything wrong to anyone.

[ClydeR]

Also... we all KNOW that the Indigenous people of America were peace loving people that didn't even understand the word war and had never done anything wrong to anyone.

If that were true, would it impact your opinion of the team's name?

[Jarvan]

If that were true, would it impact your opinion of the team's name?

Nope. I still remember that old rhyme after all.

[ClydeR]

They appear to be using faked social media to make it appear that there's a lot of support for their position, which creates some real support. Are you as dumb as team owner Daniel Snyder thinks you are? I know some of you are, but most of you are not.

A recap: on Sunday, during Washington's 24-21 victory over the Chicago Bears, the team's official @Redskins account sent an innocuous tweet about a touchback from a Bears punt. But then the exact same tweet was simultaneously published by "Redskin Facts", an account said to be run by "passionate Washington Redskins fans and others who support the team's use of its name and logo".

Pretty suspicious. It had already emerged that @redskinsfacts was managed by a PR team, and not the fans themselves, but did the double tweet expose a sham orchestrated by people within the franchise?

Washington insists not. In a statement on Monday, the team said: "Yesterday our social media team accidentally posted a Redskins-authored tweet to the third-party Redskins Facts account, which is an account founded by alumni players and supporters and managed by a DC public relations firm.

"It was a simple login error that was quickly corrected after the mistake was realized. Washington have never posted content to any of the Redskins Facts digital assets, which include a Facebook page, Twitter account, and website. Official Redskins authored content can be found at @Redskins on Twitter."

But as Tom Ley on Deadspin put it: "Why on earth would the person who runs the official Redskins account also have the log-in info for this alleged third-party account if they never used it for anything?

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[ClydeR]

If Washington is in the Superbowl, should CBS use the "R" word when children might be watching?

Native American group Oneida Nation on Thursday sent a letter to CBS, asking the network not to use the Washington Redskins' name if the team advances to the Super Bowl.

"We are requesting that CBS right now commit to refrain from using the name of the Washington professional football franchise in its broadcast, because that name is a dictionary-defined racial slur," reads the letter. It is signed by Oneida Indian Nation representative Ray Halbritter and Jacqueline Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians.

The letter asks CBS to "make sure its airwaves are not used as a weapon of bigotry against the network's diverse audience" and says the request is critical considering the Super Bowl's global audience. The letter is part of a Change the Mascot campaign and was sent to multiple CBS executives.

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[Parkbandit]

If Washington is in the Superbowl, should CBS use the "R" word when children might be watching?

They lost yesterday, Brainiac. They won't be in the Superbowl.

Derp, derp less.

[ClydeR]

They lost yesterday, Brainiac. They won't be in the Superbowl.

I knew that, of course. I was talking about next year.

[Parkbandit]

I knew that, of course. I was talking about next year.

Superbowl won't be on CBS next year. It will be on Fox.

Less Canadian Derp Derp please.

[ClydeR]

A restaurant planned for Ashburn that was to to be called “Redskins Grille” and be themed around Washington’s NFL team has changed the name before its debut.

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You're probably wondering what the new name will be. It's the much catchier "Hail & Hog Kitchen and Tap."