Commanders might change their name again

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*mod note*. I removed the P&R comments from posts above. Please do not discuss political angles here. If you want to discuss the political side of this, you know where to go.
 

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Plenty of our friends, from different tribes, were never offended and didn't understand all of the drama over what was a great team name for so many years. They say they were proud of the name and don't like losing other teams named for Indians either. They say it is like the rest of the country is trying to erase any Indian names in the guise of them being offensive and pretty soon there may be no sports teams with Indian names or mascots.
 

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Plenty of our friends, from different tribes, were never offended and didn't understand all of the drama over what was a great team name for so many years. They say they were proud of the name and don't like losing other teams named for Indians either. They say it is like the rest of the country is trying to erase any Indian names in the guise of them being offensive and pretty soon there may be no sports teams with Indian names or mascots.
Mr. Moderator: Take this to P&R and you will get a discussion. In this forum, it is just BS.
 

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Plenty of our friends, from different tribes, were never offended and didn't understand all of the drama over what was a great team name for so many years. They say they were proud of the name and don't like losing other teams named for Indians either. They say it is like the rest of the country is trying to erase any Indian names in the guise of them being offensive and pretty soon there may be no sports teams with Indian names or mascots.
I think it’s weird that they were okay with a clearly derogatory name like “Redskins.” It’s not like “Seminoles” or “Chippewas” which are actual names of tribes. It would be like calling a team the “K!kes.” As a Jew I would be offended by that. I could understand them liking the logo, but not the name, Redskins.
 

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I think it’s weird that they were okay with a clearly derogatory name like “Redskins.” It’s not like “Seminoles” or “Chippewas” which are actual names of tribes. It would be like calling a team the “K!kes.” As a Jew I would be offended by that. I could understand them liking the logo, but not the name, Redskins.
If you ever saw me in July you would understand why redskin is appropriate.
 

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Nice post @jf-08. Too bad some people ignore it and still have to put in their political two cents.. The end
 
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They could go the way of the Braves or Black Hawks. Keep the logo but go with a name that is less controversial.
 

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You know, most Amerindian names which nations are known by as Comanche and Apache is not their actual name but a name which basically means enemy. Europeans asked what tribe is over the next knoll and they would get that other tribe's name for enemy and sometimes worst. All I know is this, the Amerindians I know were upset when they were changed to the Commanders, which incidentally is the name of Biden's dog lol

And on a sidenote, this is a difficult subject because even a name like Seminole is seen as derogatory by a few since it means roughly outlaw or runaway for those of the Creek nation which broke off and went south

I just want to know one thing, why can't Americans say 'Celtics' right? Inquiring minds from Western Europe would like to know
 
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