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Remove Washington name while you are at it


Bad man, own slaves, cancel him

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I know the cancel culture people are nuts, but there's a difference between being okay with using the name of the founder of a country who had some severe personal drawbacks and using an actual racial slur as your team name.

I'd even argue there's a big difference between the Washington Redskins as a team name and the Chicago Blackhawks. The latter is not a racist slur, for instance.

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the indians were the ones that used the name to describe themselves.

only ones that want the name gone, are white low IQ libs, that are offended by everything and anything, and even on other peoples behalf.


"Linguistic evidence indicates that, while some tribes may have used red to refer to themselves during the Pre-Columbian era based upon their origin stories,[10]:634 the general use of the term was in response to meeting people who called themselves "white" and their slaves "black".[10]:629 The choice of red rather than other colors may have been due to cultural associations, rather than skin color."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redskin#Red_as_a_racial_identifier

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I also dislike “dark” being in your name. Change it. It’s hate speech. It’s violence.

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Don't watch the thrash anyway.

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