'Redskins' stripped of trademarks

[MVPete]

Get rid of all Native American logos and team names at all levels in North America. Problem solved.

 

[ram29jackson]

Considering that might be 10k- 35k people thats nothing compared to the millions of native americans that care. it's a losing battle. now MLB is feeling pressure again to get rid of the indians logo and team name. in the big picture its just a sports team not anything more.

you don't do a lot of reading obviously. Are we sure Buckeye isn't using multiple accounts to make it look like theres more traffic around here ?

There are no millions of offended Indians anywhere, there are 64 reservation high schools who use Redskins as a mascot name.

the only legit study about the word redskins finds no major insult history in it. Just because politically motivated representatives say they speak for an entire tribe it doesn't make it so.

there are no Indians in front of retail business's all over the country protesting anything and asking people to sign petitions. Its a pretend issue that doesn't exist aside from obsessive PC morons looking for something to do and journalists who don't really care but are trying to get views and write whatever is trendy

 

[kingbryk]

you don't do a lot of reading obviously. Are we sure Buckeye isn't using multiple accounts to make it look like theres more traffic around here ?

There are no millions of offended Indians anywhere, there are 64 reservation high schools who use Redskins as a mascot name.

the only legit study about the word redskins finds no major insult history in it. Just because politically motivated representatives say they speak for an entire tribe it doesn't make it so.

there are no Indians in front of retail business's all over the country protesting anything and asking people to sign petitions. Its a pretend issue that doesn't exist aside from obsessive PC morons looking for something to do and journalists who don't really care but are trying to get views and write whatever is trendy

Funny was just at the Indians game the other night and they had about 30 people outside protesting the indians logo. They have been at it since the redskins logo events. Guess your misinformed. If you go back to my first post i said no one gives a fuck. That probably includes many indians in there. I just dont see a point in people areguing over a sports teams logo. Its a sports team.

Now with that said i was in the Army for many years and still work for the goverment in a higher compasity. How is the 2nd infantry Div patch differnt than any of these sports teams logo??? It isnt yet no one is saying lets get rid of one of the oldest Army units patches in the united states.

 

[Senser81]

Now with that said i was in the Army for many years and still work for the goverment in a higher compasity.

I'm guessing by "higher compasity" you mean to say that you now are working in the field of counter-intelligence?

 

[ram29jackson]

I'm guessing by "higher compasity" you mean to say that you now are working in the field of counter-intelligence?

no that's coumpter intelligence you mean

 

[thirtydaZe]

I actually call a lot of people chief. Now you've made me fell like a racist.

when people call me chief, i think friend.

 

[ram29jackson]

when people call me chief, i think friend.

I think its an indian who cooks a lot

 

[ram29jackson]

I'm a racist

 

[Golden Taters]

If they are forced to change their logo in the future, they should just go to these helmets full time.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

If the name is changed, I will buy enough Redskins hats/shirts to last a lifetime. Though I wouldn't mind those helmets.

 

[BigBucs]

* how old were you 25-30 years ago?? i am 48 now - you can do the rest of the math......

* how is better nowadays?? last i checked, we werent in a "great recession" like we are now.
not to mention there were plenty of good jobs back then

* thats as much racist as saying "white people cant dance" or "black people like fried chicken and collard greens"
or "italians talk with their hands" or "asians cant drive"

Not a real good argument. Some shit is just facts.

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

Not a real good argument. Some shit is just facts.

:lol4:



my nigga - you comin in here like regular at VSN still
:bobbyv:



sup playa?!?!
:MFer2:

 

[ThomasTomasz]

He's not officially back yet......hasn't take to criticizing the Redskins yet. I'm sure it's coming though:what:

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

yah - most likely in mid-august
so; is this just his prep,
:yup:

 

[BigBucs]

No reason to talk about them bums during the offseason. Back to the status quo come training camp though :troll:

 

[Argath]

No reason to talk about them bums during the offseason. Back to the status quo come training camp though :troll:

Josh Freeman is soooo good. Definitely better than RG3 :dd:

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Josh Freeman is soooo good. Definitely better than RG3 :dd:

Just wait, his next argument is that Freeman deserves to be the backup over Cousins and McCoy :gooby:

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Might as well just keep discussion in one thread. Looks like I am going to have to buy a bunch of Indians gear soon.

A Native American group is planning to file a $9 billion federal lawsuit against the Cleveland Indians and their "offensive" Chief Wahoo logo, according to CBS Cleveland. The suit is expected to be filed next month.

Here's more from CBS Cleveland:

Robert Roche, a Chiricahua Apache and director of the American Indian Education Center, is planning to file a federal lawsuit in late July against the Cleveland Indians organization. Roche, who is also the leader of the group People Not Mascots, says the lawsuit will challenge that the team's name and Chief Wahoo logo are racist.

“We're going to be asking for $9 billion and we're basing it on a hundred years of disparity, racism, exploitation and profiteering,” Roche told WEWS-TV. “It's been offensive since day one. We are not mascots. My children are not mascots. We are people.”

Local supporters of the Chief Wahoo logo say it is only a small minority of people who are offended by the logo.

“If just a small amount of people are against it, than I think you're doing a disservice to people that like it,” Bob Rosen, president of the Wahoo Club, tells WEWS. He added that thousands of Indians fans embrace Chief Wahoo as a loyal and friendly symbol.

“I'm not insensitive to the issue, but our 1,650 members of the Wahoo Club, anytime we have a Wahoo Club item they but it up they love it,” Rosen said. “Can you imagine the baseball team in this city not being called the Cleveland Indians? I can't picture that.”

The Indians have been gradually phasing out the Chief Wahoo logo over the last few years, replacing it with the red block letter "C" logo.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stripped the NFL's Washington Redskins of its trademark last week and called the team name a "racial slur." The Redskins are appealing the landmark ruling. People Not Mascots is looking for similar action against the Indians.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...lanning-9-billion-lawsuit-against-the-indians

No way a $9 billion lawsuit passes, so this group is either hoping to bluff the Indians organization, or hope for a much smaller settlement.

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

 

[ram29jackson]

nice helmet