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Recently 50 Dem. Senators petitioned Commissioner Goodell to basically force Lil Dan Snyder to change the name of his team since they said it was offensive to native Americans, regardless where we all stand on this I think it incumbent upon those Senators to give up their season tickets in protest or be known as the posturing panderers they appear to be.
 

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going off my twisted memory here, but wasn't the term "COWBOY" a derogatory name for cattle rustlers back in the day?
 

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What makes you think they have season tickets?
Just those that do, I don't have the Redskin season ticket roles and most of them probably go on tickets given them by lobbyists ,but still you've changed the question,so I'm hijacking my random thought back where it began,K?
 

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going off my twisted memory here, but wasn't the term "COWBOY" a derogatory name for cattle rustlers back in the day?
Really doesn't matter to me, what matters to me is if people have the courage of their convictions rather than run around trying to score cheap political points.
 

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Ha! There's your logical fallacy. You're assuming our elected officials have courage in their convictions.
 

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Ha! There's your logical fallacy. You're assuming our elected officials have courage in their convictions.
Blue Font please,I'm under no illusions there ,normally this forum steers clear of politics but when politics steers so directly into the NFL sorta thought it was a valid point.
 

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I doubt any of them even go to those games anyway. Pointless vote that means nothing, exactly like every other pointless vote that every party does just so they can say they tried something, even though they all knew it was pointless.
 

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I wonder if Scandinavians are pissed that their heritage has been reduced to a mascot.

vikingslogo.jpg
 

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Just those that do, I don't have the Redskin season ticket roles and most of them probably go on tickets given them by lobbyists ,but still you've changed the question,so I'm hijacking my random thought back where it began,K?
I think it's relevant. Publicly putting your name out there as someone who supports a name change is probably conviction enough, I don't see the big deal about protesting and making a spectacle out of it or whatever.
 

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I wonder if Scandinavians are pissed that their heritage has been reduced to a mascot.

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Frankly I'm flattered , I think every ethnicity has the option to see their heritage of sturdy survivalist warrior types glorified and pointed to as a model for athletic teams that embrace those attributes
 

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I think it's relevant. Publicly putting your name out there as someone who supports a name change is probably conviction enough, I don't see the big deal about protesting and making a spectacle out of it or whatever.
Well of course you do , but I respect those that walk the walk if you respect those that just talk the talk so be it.
 

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I wonder if Scandinavians are pissed that their heritage has been reduced to a mascot.

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That Viking logo is pretty cool.

I remember going to a Chargers/Redskins preseason game in SD when I was in school in the 90s. There were a couple protesting the name then.
The biggest reason I don't see it changing is the NFL likes to push people around not be pushed around.
 

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Blue Font please,I'm under no illusions there ,normally this forum steers clear of politics but when politics steers so directly into the NFL sorta thought it was a valid point.

It's a valid point indeed. I think regardless of one's political affiliation one sees that money and politics are strange bedfellows and that our system now is all about the money. I'm just glad our forefathers are dead so they don't have to see what a mess we've made of things.

Happy Memorial Day all! Great men have come before us. Let's honor their memories by not running out country into the ground!
 

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Recently 50 Dem. Senators petitioned Commissioner Goodell to basically force Lil Dan Snyder to change the name of his team since they said it was offensive to native Americans, regardless where we all stand on this I think it incumbent upon those Senators to give up their season tickets in protest or be known as the posturing panderers they appear to be.
I wonder how much in campaign contributions each of these Senators were promised by these now very 'Gambling Rich" Indian Tribes?
 

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I wonder how much in campaign contributions each of these Senators were promised by these now very 'Gambling Rich" Indian Tribes?
Yeah I guess that could be the origin ,but seriously I think the whole idea is just to make those who don't agree look like racists, just another dog and pony show from people who probably attend the games are huge Redskin fans and will continue to be while posturing as the champions of the offended,BTW glad you at least know our freedom of speech only needs to protect offensive speech , pleasing speech needs no protection.