'+redskins +name'
[2020-07-15 00:13:21] - paul: from 2006: "Dave: I have a coworker (who as far as I can tell has absolutely no ties to native americans at all) who hates the name "Redskins" and says she refuses to cheer for the team at all until they change the name. -Paul" ~a
[2020-06-23 13:52:32] - Paul: I'm not sure there is a "turned so" as much as a tipping point eventually where things can change. I'm not sure where the tipping point was but I think even 10 years ago you had people who didn't like it. Like the 'Redskins' - there are already people that don't like it so if in five years the name changes and you ask when did people turn against it the answer would be slowly over the last fifty years or something. -Daniel
[2019-10-10 10:34:01] - imo probably more. redskins never got their name changed, but if you used that same title with the redskins, i think you'd see outrage today, and in 2014, and in 2009. ~a
[2018-10-16 15:36:16] - There's a narrative about how a lot of these big controversies (the Redskins name, cultural appropriation, etc) are ginned up by white liberals who are outraged on behalf of groups who largely don't care. I don't know if there's anything to that narrative, but there's anecdotal evidence supporting it. -Paul
[2018-10-16 15:00:45] - a: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/new-poll-finds-9-in-10-native-americans-arent-offended-by-redskins-name/2016/05/18/3ea11cfa-161a-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_sto I do not. -Paul
[2018-10-16 14:59:59] - paul: "see the Redskins controversy" don't mean to derail here, but i don't follow the premise of this. i'm pretty sure actual native americans (at least 50%?) are against the redskins team name. do you feel this is not true? ~a
[2018-07-26 11:47:28] - Daniel: Okay, so let's go with Redskins or Braves then. Should Dan Snyder or whoever owns the Braves (or even their players and fans) feel responsible for the hurt the team name inflicts on people who are offended by it? -Paul
[2014-09-22 17:28:46] - redkins+name. it looks like we talked about the name change in 2006 and twice in 2014
~a[2014-09-22 17:25:10] - paul: the tipping point seemed to be when the USPTO revoked their trademark. anyways, we have already talked about the name a little. the Notre Dame Fighting Irish seems pretty horrible ~a
[2014-09-22 16:52:02] - Speaking of which, do the message board denizens have an official position on the Redskins name? Offensive? No big deal? I personally don't care much about the name debate, but it does seem like a tipping point might be fast approaching. -Paul
[2014-09-22 16:49:25] - a: The dialog from Snyder and RG3 where they are supposed to sound like the native american side which are against the name seemed forced. I don't think in real life anybody would call it offensive or derogatory if somebody else named their organization the Redskins. -Paul
[2014-06-19 09:44:04] - the appeal better not win. the redskins name is pretty cut and dry, imo. but maybe i'm a little skewed, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish seems pretty horrible too. ~a
[2014-06-19 09:08:03] - So, the radio was full of talk about the Redskins losing their patent (trademark?) on the name (3 out of my 4 normal stations were talking about it). I don't really care about this specific instance (not offended by the term, but also no loyalty to the team/name), but I find the discussion over what is offensive to be interesting. -Paul
[2014-04-28 13:07:15] - I think there's something about the timing. The Redskins were bad for a decade, "no one" cared that they were called the Redskins. They had one winning season and went back to the playoffs, and now everyone's insisting on a name change. Winning changes the profile. -- Xpovos
[2010-06-28 10:02:29] - a: I'm saying it's weird because we don't do it in American English. If we're using a singular word for the team (Ghana, England, Boston, Washintgon, etc), then we tend to use "is". We don't use "are" unless the team name is plural (Celtics, Redskins, Hokies, etc). -Paul
[2006-01-05 14:31:50] - In other words, at some point in time the majority of people in the Washington D.C. area probably had to have thought that the name "Redskins" was a proud and honorable name for a team or else they wouldn't have picked it. -Paul
[2006-01-05 12:47:57] - Dave: I have a coworker (who as far as I can tell has absolutely no ties to native americans at all) who hates the name "Redskins" and says she refuses to cheer for the team at all until they change the name. -Paul