Thank you for saying this. These articles BEGIN with a fallacy — that "redskins" is obviously terribly racist, and anyone who thinks otherwise is bad. Is it? I don't know.
Thank you for saying this. These articles BEGIN with a fallacy — that "redskins" is obviously terribly racist, and anyone who thinks otherwise is bad. Is it? I don't know.
Right on - Deadspin likes to bitch about Tebow being on ESPN all the time? Well, the Redskins are becoming this website's Tebow (other than, of course, DS actually bitching about Tebow on ESPN all the damn time.)
Full disclosure: I'm a Pats fan, and a huge Belichick fan (but really, what Pats fan can't say that?). He wins, he makes sure his team is all about football (and nothing else, really), and he fucks with the media like no other coach in recent memory. His Football Life on NFLN a couple of years ago was great, and…
Kind of like how the name Redskin doesn't affect the 95% of those complaining about it who just happen to be white.
I didn't say I read them. Like I said, its their mere existence that frustrates me. I don't read most of them. Its fine to have a slight bias, but there is a plethora and its just ridiculous. BUT you'll probably come back and just say "so don't read them." Well fuck you. That's what I say. Don't care. …
Obviously the headlines are a clear indicator. My frustration arises when every other article on DS reads, "Snyder's Racist-Redskins-Racism. Racist? We think so!" I'm just saying enough already - we get the point. Stop the spam.
Just like 100% of the colonists wanted to break away from Britain!
Didn't you know, Jews are white now? Someone told me that the other day, in the same breath as they told me to "go back to Israel" with the other Zionist pigs.
Wait, the Redskins team name is offensive? I had no idea the writers at Deadspin thought this! Do you guys have any more articles on this topic??
This silliest thing is that the overwhelming majority of people 'offended' by this whole issue are not Native Americans at all. Many Native Americans openly root for the Redskins because of the logo paying tribute to, or at least acknowledging, their heritage. The VAST majority of those 'outraged' on this issue are…
I'm an enrolled member of the Potawatomi Indian Tribe and I don't feel marginalized at all. I also am not offended by the name, in fact, I've been a fan of the 'Skins since birth. I'm not trying to discount racism (which was and is absolutely disgusting), but it's a different era now and this is a football team.
And there you have Left America in the 21st century.
Except they didn't. They held out and punished the kid for years when they shouldn't. His numbers are now acceptable so they let him play.
Revolutionary thought: The NCAA is FUCKING dumb.
Wow, Drew, this is one hell of a commitment. It's commendable that you're doing 125 of these in addition to the NFL ones this year.
Actually, when I was a kid, I preferred Nick Charles and Fred Hickman.
Nice effort by ESPN, but they got completely one-upped by NBC Sports today.
The point is, he shouldn't have to defend it that way. If people want to boycott Redskins games until the name is changed, that's one thing. But this doesn't belong in a courtroom.
AARRGH!!!!! I'M REALLY MAD!!!! YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE I'M USING ALL CAPS!!!!!!
The Flyers media is pretty terrible. They drove Mike Richards and Jeff Carter out of town, unfairly, and now it's Bryz. I'm not stoked it happened this way but I am glad to be rid of that contract, which I think was everyone who wasn't an idiot's "problem" with Bryz in the first place. I will miss him giving the…