Jumpin Johnies Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Who is the top racist?? 796707[/snapback] H8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 F'n Yankees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 WOW 796672[/snapback] Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 it's an incredibly racist term. it's not that indian names and logos are racist per se...the braves, chiefs, seminoles, etc. all seem perfectly fine to me. the only two that are really racist and ought to go, IMO, are the redskins name and the cleveland indians 'chief wahoo' logo. i mean, you can't get much more blatantly racist that a term like "red" + "skin", and a goofy cartoonish racial caricature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Washington Martin Luther Kings has a nice ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengal Mania Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 i mean, you can't get much more blatantly racist that a term like "red" + "skin", and a goofy cartoonish racial caricature. 796735[/snapback] How about the Washington "Savages" with the same logo? I object to county-music bars being called "honky-tonks" I object to my small peener being the result of "white-man's disease" I object to Spike Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Instead of country, we could go rock and roll and call them the Washington Dead Kennedys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 This is just wrong. They will never, ever change their name. There was a big push about two years ago and Redskins still stands. I mean who does it really piss off? Most of them are either drunk, gambling, huffing paint, or any combination of the three. I just want them to change their losing ways asap. Campbell in 2008. Sweeeeett. 796648[/snapback] must be an asian american F'n Yankees. 796721[/snapback] quite or ill go all sherman on you and youre trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ok i vote for foreskins 795959[/snapback] Can't go with this one. Now you're stepping on the toes of the many who have been circumcised. Potentially huge groundswell of public backlash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcmast Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I became a Packer fan because my Dad worked for Oscar Mayer. Cheering them on made me feel like I was cheering my Dad. He, on the other hand, was offended by the name and locked me in the basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 I object to county-music bars being called "honky-tonks" 796856[/snapback] i'm not 100% sure, but i think the musical term honky-tonk may predate, or be totally unrelated to the racial term honky. in fact, i think the musical term originated with black musicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ok i vote for foreskins 795959[/snapback] That gets my vote too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoog Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 ok i vote for foreskins 795959[/snapback] Good call. Enough name recognition to not cause too much confusion. I think the logo would have to be changed. How about the profile of a Moyl? Would this offend any of our Jewish brethren? Do I smell chum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted April 28, 2005 Author Share Posted April 28, 2005 William and Mary in Williamsburg VA is one of the oldest schools in the country, and their nickname is the Tribe... 796691[/snapback] I dont think anti-semitic references like that should be tolerated either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Gigantes Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 saw a play last night called two grooms and a moyle. fantastic. Poked fun at gays, straights, jews, lawyers, old people and fat people. sort of like south park, but funny and with partial nudity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Gigantes Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 seriously though, what if a team was called the n words? or the kikes? it wouldn't be tolerated for a second. Native Americans I know feel the same way about the name redskins. I'm a about as non-PC as you can get, but we can't ignore that it does really bother people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted April 29, 2005 Author Share Posted April 29, 2005 (edited) seriously though, what if a team was called the n words? or the kikes? it wouldn't be tolerated for a second. Native Americans I know feel the same way about the name redskins. I'm a about as non-PC as you can get, but we can't ignore that it does really bother people. 797290[/snapback] Agreed. I think nearly everyone is offended by everything about that stinking organization. From the racist nickname, to the jackass owner, to the horrific uni's, to the city of D.C itself. Perhaps we could re-name them the Washington Offensives. Oh wait. Since they have no offense, that might not be a good idea either.. Edited April 29, 2005 by spain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardrocker Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I dont think anti-semitic references like that should be tolerated either... 797286[/snapback] You know, you are absolutely right. I think the only thing we can do is ask that a responsible group buy the Redskins...I mean the Offensively named, Offensively challenged team, and change the entire name... Hey I know, a group that is unchallenged and diverse...The United States Congressmen. It could truly be AMERICA'S TEAM. Of course we'd still get our A$$E$ kicked by the Cowboys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispirons Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 i like brown sugar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 Awww, man. I missed all of the flamewar bait. It's my favorite, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE SIX KINGS Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 I object to my small peener being the result of "white-man's disease" 796856[/snapback] Speak for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 i'm not 100% sure, but i think the musical term honky-tonk may predate, or be totally unrelated to the racial term honky. in fact, i think the musical term originated with black musicians. 797040[/snapback] It would seem to be so: Such a colorful word ought to have an equally colorful history, but the origin of "honky tonk" is actually rather simple. It is almost certainly "echoic" in origin, meaning that "honky tonk" was coined to imitate the actual sound of a raucous saloon, the same way "bang" is supposed to sound like an explosion. And, in case you were wondering, "honky tonk" is not related to "honky," disparaging slang for a Caucasian person, which comes from "hunky," 19th century slang for someone of Hungarian extraction. and honky-tonk. The first printed use of this word for a cheap dance hall featuring gambling or burlesque shows, in a February 1894 Oklahoma newspaper, described a _honk-a-tonk_ "well attended by ball-heads, bachelors and leading citizens." No one is sure how the word originated. The British attribute it to America, calling _honky-tonk_ "Negro slang," while one American authority claims it is from the English dialect word _bonk_, "to idle about." Either way _honky-tonk_ is a reduplication, with _tonk_ repeating the sound of _honk_. "... It was nothing for a man to be drug out of them dead," testified a jazz musician of an early _honky-tonk_.From _Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins_ (1997) by Robert Hendrickson The honk-a-tonk last night was well attended by ball-heads, bachelors and leading citizens. (_Daily Ardmoreite_, February 24, 1894) These honkey-tonks ran wide open twenty-four hours a day and it was nothing for a man to be drug out of one of them dead. Their attendance was some of the lowest caliber women in the world and their intake was from the little, pitiful gambling games they operated, waiting for a sucker to come in. (Alan Lomax, _Mister Jelly Roll_, 1950) Sounds like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshi17 Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 You know, you are absolutely right. I think the only thing we can do is ask that a responsible group buy the Redskins...I mean the Offensively named, Offensively challenged team, and change the entire name... Hey I know, a group that is unchallenged and diverse...The United States Congressmen. It could truly be AMERICA'S TEAM. Of course we'd still get our A$$E$ kicked by the Cowboys! 797507[/snapback] Or one of those rich tribes operating casino's could purchase the Redskins and change the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin Johnies Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 William and Mary in Williamsburg VA is one of the oldest schools in the country, and their nickname is the Tribe... 796691[/snapback] It is the second oldest in the country. It's a great school. I proposed to my fiancee up there and my mother was the Grand Marshal of the homecoming parade about a decade ago. My Grandfather was the Chairman of the Board of Visitors there and all in all over 20 of my relatives have graduated from there. I love that place and the campus is beautiful. Just ask Keggerz, he's getting married there this summer in the same chapel that my grandparents exchanged their vows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted April 29, 2005 Share Posted April 29, 2005 how about the Washington Native American Scalp Hunters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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