In regards to the dino question, you’re forgetting one thing about modern technology: much of our energy stores are derived from petroleum or coal...which is just ground up old dinosaur and trees over long periods of time under intense pressure.

Here at least
we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
to reign is worth ambition though in the NFL:

Not a reach at all.

Exactly. The article is beating around the bush, but it’s saying “This is an argument used by racists,” and then straw-manning it. The truth is as you say, black culture doesn’t serve black people. And Mr Nutty accurately points out that this culture is a result of oppression... but this argument discards the agency…

i kind of agree! “black culture” did indeed develop in truly miserable conditions and in presence of systemic oppression. also, poverty clearly plays a part in violence! there is a very clear positive statistical correlation between the two. however, I don’t agree that violence is purely a result of capitalistic…

Maybe because he thinks we are supposed to have a preconceived notion of how Sherman should feel about this issue? And yes, by mentioning the “context” of one side being more similar to what conservatives or Jason Whitlock, two obvious and frequent targets of Deadspin/Gawker ridicule, might say, it’s painfully obvious…

Well....it should be.

I think comparing things to the GOP has become the new Godwin’s Law

You sound like a moron.

I’m sorry, are you out here arguing against saying “Hello?” when answering the phone?

I still can't understand how Fighting Sioux is so offensive but Fighting Irish is OK. All the social justice warrior clowns out there need to read up on how Irish immigrants were treated in the 19th Century.

For my emotional well-being, I gave up on the Redskins in the summer of 2009. Gregg Williams left in January, after Snyder had made a quarterbacks coach with no NFL coordinator experience the head coach of the Redskins; this coach, Jim Zorn, is the only NFL head coach in history to get a play-calling assistant coach…

This is how bad it is:

My Dad has been a fan of the Redskins since his childhood in the ‘60s. He moved to Washington in 1976 and waited over 20 years before he was able to get his hands on season tickets (and even still he had to get them as a transfer from a friend). During the glory years of the ‘80s, he would show up at RFK just after…

Rooting for the Redskins is like child abuse. My father got a Redskins outfit for me as a baby in ‘83 - ‘84...I grew up rooting for them and remember their last superbowl win somewhat. I mostly remember the atmosphere because everybody was elated. Fast forward so many years and now I have a son and like an idiot,…

Normally a name change, rebranding in todays mindless corporate bullshit, would do wonders for the team. But almost every name imaginable sounds as silly or dumb as redskins is racist. For instance, if they went the way of the Houston Texans and became the Washington Virginians or took a cue from Miami and became the…

They really should change the name. Washington Redskins is just way too offensive for this country right now in this political climate. I vote for them to change their name to the D.C. Redskins.

Maybe somewhere at the very center of this is some guy who would not stop rooting for his team even while everyone on the team’s payroll took turns stabbing him with an actual chef’s knife.

Between Snyder and Angelos owning the O’s right up the Parkway, I’ve become sandwiched between two of some of the most truly awful owners/people on the planet. Who happen to run my favorite teams. Thank God for the Capitals & Bullets (eff the “Wizards” ... worst name EVAR) and Leonsis ... except for their annual…

After the first few Snyder years, I hoped that he would turn out like Steinbrenner; a mostly self-inflicted rough start turning into a long run of winning.