I still say Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians am I a evil hateful racist bigot?

[RetroReviews]

I still like the name Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians better than the generic lame crap names they came up with commanders and guardians? Are you kidding me? Not only the names but the new logos are lame to. For the commanders their logo is simply a W and the guardians it's a baseball with the letter g... some lame ass shit there. So for me the Retro name and logo is better. So on my YouTube channel I'll have Washington Redskins football night and Cleveland Indians baseball night and will not apologize for it. It was stupid they changed the names anyway they caved and bent their knee to the woke mob. Whoever made the decisions was weak minded I don't go for intimidation that's how a bully Acts. If I was the owner of those clubs it's like this is who we are if you don't like it then tough. No one forces you to watch our games or buy our merchandise you live your life we're going to live ours. What are your thoughts? Here's a link to the game between the Indians and the angels I broadcast on my channel

Indians host the Angels

Washington Redskins logo

[David94358]

No you are not racist in fact the Native American Guardians Association is suing the NFL to return to the name redskins..

"The name ‘Redskins’ carries deep cultural, historical, and emotional significance, honoring the bravery, resilience, and warrior spirit associated with Native American culture," the NAGA complaint states.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/washington-commanders-fitting-name-oppressors-native-american-group-claims-new-federal-lawsuit

[RetroReviews]

That's good to hear because yeah what they've done by getting them to change the name is going from complaining about the name to basically now it's nothing to do with native Americans at all so zero representation let's just erase them and their history. Wonder how the people that were native American screaming about this feel about now you go from complaining about the name to now you have nothing to complain about because not only is the name gone but the representation entirely is gone

[loveslongnails]

They can "claim" whatever they want, but you won't find agreement throughout all the Indian nations, that's for sure. My girlfriend's parents and grandparents will tell you that "redskins" was used the same way the "N word" was used, in their time. It was used as a slur and to mock those who were forced to attend "Indian schools" and punished for speaking their language. Yes, there's plenty of "emotional and cultural significance" for their tribe, and none of it is good when it comes to being called a redskin.

[RetroReviews]

@loveslongnails for me it was paying tribute because different Indian tribes would paint their faces red with war paint going in the battle. But they not only changed the name they just changed the whole theme so there is no native American representation AT ALL NOW. So it's like just erase them completely from the minds of everyone. Commanders is more of a government vibe now as the sitting president is the Commander in Chief. Some wonder if they're happy about that now they get a big fat zero nothing

[loveslongnails]

If they, the Washington team, were truly interested in honoring or representing the native population of the area, they'd have worked WITH them like the Packers do in Green Bay with the Oneida Tribe. But the whole thing was a battle of egos when it came down to it, nothing more.

[RetroReviews]

@loveslongnails so they whine about it and then now look what they got they got nothing no representation commanders does not represent any kind of native Americans that's a very government sounding name. So they're little whining got them zero representation 0

[loveslongnails]

Got "who" zero representation? There never WAS representation, dude. You're missing the point. There WAS no representation calling them "redskins" because it was considered a slur. Besides, unless you're going to PAY a tribe for using their name, what good does it do them? If Washington wanted to keep a native American theme and call themselves "The Washington Piscataways", the largest tribe native to the area historically, then THAT would represent them. And if they did that, they should PAY the tribe a portion of their profits. But that's not what happened, and the local tribes don't care about that. What they cared about was the use of the slur.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

I will always remember both teams by their original names.

I miss both logos too though I don't watch baseball.

[RetroReviews]

Same here I was never a big baseball fan but after all this happened that did cause me to go get a Chief wahoo logo and stick it on my car it's like people will still see it

[NamerOfStars]

I, for one, remain deeply disappointed they didn't go from "Washington football team" to "Washington baseball team". And then have the logo be an Indian guy with a headdress and a hockey stick slam dunking a basketball. Just confuse the fuck out of everyone.

I can understand objecting to "redskins", since, you know, it's an actual racial slur, but "Indians" being a problem is just stupid; likewise the Chicago Blackhawks (I'm sure someone's complained). And, of course:

people will tell you that it's actually a compliment; a reverence of Irish determination and willingness to thrown down with even deeply entrenched institutions, and NOT AT ALL our tendency to get drunk and start brawls. That not only reflects a poor knowledge of human psychology (since those two things aren't actually separate), but of history as well (since that pugnacity also got you "weekends" and "labor laws"). But then, the existence of the Irish, and their current social status as "white people", completely blows away the narrative the "everything is racist" people are trying to push, so it's no wonder we get ignored.

Two related little things: first, nearly every sports team is named after an animal, and even if you take out the teams named after subgroups of humans, almost all of them are warm-blooded animals. Now, I have nothing against warm-blooded creatures (being one myself), but there are SO MANY interesting reptiles, amphibians, fish, and so on out there that it just breaks my heart to see them ignored. I mean, beetles alone could probably name every sports team humanity's ever had without repeating a single animal even once.

Secondly,

[RetroReviews]

Okay glad you said nearly every team is named after an animal I can think of a few that's not patriots, buccaneers, steelers, chargers, jets. And I've always argued the name Redskins is not offensive as in native American tribes would take red war paint and put it on their face when they go into battle so once you put red war paint on your skin you have... red skin. So I didn't see it as a derogatory name but people want to complain about anything so now that that's gone they'll find something else to complain about

[NamerOfStars]

Patriots, buccaneers, and steelers ARE animals; humans, specifically. Chargers are, well, things that charge, but since that's charging football players, they count, too. Jets aren't; they and the Crimson Tide (which is an algae) are the only exceptions that I know of.

[RetroReviews]

Oh my Chargers is like an electric charge... a bolt of lightning. look at the logo on the helmet it is a bolt of lightning ⚡ not someone carrying a flag "leading a charge" not Chargers that way. and jets are a machine that flies ✈️... ugh 🤯 🙄

[NamerOfStars]

Ahem: www.thepostgame.com/nfl-team-name-origins-history-legend It's EXACTLY someone "leading a charge".

Jets, however, are indeed machines; as I noted above, they're not animals.

[RetroReviews]

But yet the Chargers logo on the helmet is... Drum roll... A bolt of lightning ⚡

[RetroReviews]

Humans are not animals, this one follow-ups from humans have a spirit of soul and can verbally communicate with each other , quite some time have debate s, compose music animals no

[NamerOfStars]

Humans are most definitely animals; we split off from the chimps only seven million years ago. The existence of our souls doesn't change the nature of our bodies. We're animals that can pull off some amazing tricks, to be sure, but still animals.

Dolphins can verbally communicate with each other, and parrots and corvids can even verbally communicate with US.

[RetroReviews]

Oh my this is what I call clown world. God made man in his own image okay enough said. Read Genesis

[NamerOfStars]

"Clown world" is ignoring centuries of scientific evidence, the evidence of your own eyes, and the acceptance of the Church?

If "making man in His own image" refers to physicality, then what color is God's skin? Does He have some kind of super vitiligo that gives every shade at once, both sets of sex organs, and simultaneously a beard and no beard?

[legman528]

Growing up in northeast Ohio, I have always been an Indians fan. I never felt that being called "Indians" in any way degraded Indians, but what do I know? What I don't understand is the inconsistency. Why do we still have the Braves, the Chiefs, the Seminoles, the Blackhawks?

[RetroReviews]

I grew up in central Ohio so yeah definitely agree with you there when they did the name change I went out and got me a Chief wahoo decal and now put it on my gas cap cover door. I'll see if I can update the question to so you can see it

[legman528]

I must live near your old stomping grounds. I'm just outside Columbus.

[RetroReviews]

Really wow, where? and I'm still hear near Columbus

[legman528]

Picktown

[RetroReviews]

Oh pickerington? I'm in Buckeye Lake

[Anonymous]

No. But eventually those names will lose all meaning. Personally I think Washington should have just changed thier logo to a bowl of red skinned potatoes. But you know some would say you're making fun of Native Americans, or maybe you're making fun of the Irish now. You can't swing a cat without offending someone anymore. I don't have a problem with the fact they changed those names. I just think racism is in intent.

[RetroReviews]

I don't like the name change because they went from having character and personality and history to zip zilcho , notta commanders is sounds like the government institution and guardians super generic it's like they went with the safest thing possible it's like okay can they not find anything wrong with this. Oh no the baseball is white they better call her that baseball cuz they might be saying that next. You can't cave to these people because they will never be satisfied

[exitseven]

In the town I live in the mascot was always the Indians. 4 or 5 years ago they changed it to the Hawks. I still have a couple of shirts with the Indian logo on it. I have no problem wearing them

[RetroReviews]

Awesome where it was pride my next two shirts are going to be Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians and going to have no problem wearing them LOL

[exitseven]

I went to college at a school that had "The Chieftains" as a mascot. This college had a Celtic tradition similar to Notre Dame and Chieftains referred to the Gaelic term for klansman. Still the college folded to the woke protests that it was insulting to native Americans. They changed it ti Jayhawks which really has no meaning. Every time the college calls me for a donation I tell them I will donate only if they change the name back.

[RetroReviews]

Lol good for you, I think it was a year or two ago where there was a petition going around to change the name of the city of Columbus Ohio to flavortown because they said Christopher Columbus owned slaves so therefore he was racist, and that's why they wanted to do that. At first I thought I had to be a joke but actually no they was serious luckily it never heard anymore about it

[exitseven]

@RetroReviews Yes. in Boston they want to change the name of Faneuil Hall because Peter Faneuil was a slave trader.

[RetroReviews]

It's like you know history happened it's there
and nothing we do now will ever change it we can learn from it you know but it's almost like they want to try to erase history which is impossible.

[Anonymous]

No. I like those names too. It’s what I grew up w. I’m Native American from Arizona. Aside from the Miami Dolphins my grandma loved the Washington Redskins.

[RetroReviews]

Right on Redskins are my fourth favorite team. I have six teams I like
Broncos
Dolphins
Chargers
Redskins
Rams
Falcons

[Opinion Owner]

I like the Chicago Blackhawks.

[RetroReviews]

Cool

[Iron_Man]

No, you’re not. What about the Atlanta Braves? What about the Florida State Seminoles and so on

[RetroReviews]

Exactly 💯

[Iron_Man]

Yes..

[ApplePie409]

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The Squaw Valley ski resort had to change its name, because the "woke" didn't like it. They said it was racist. lol

Squaw = woman lol
That's it! Nothing diabolical about it.


I have a little guitar named a Papoose. Squaw is the Algonquin name for a woman, and Papoose is the Algonquin name for a baby.

[Iron_Man]

@ApplePie409 my brother was asking about the squaw at Cherokee Indian reservation in North Carolina and the older woman said this is offensive and my brother was just using the terms that he heard from a movie. He didn’t mean anything by it so it depends who you’re dealing with.

[RetroReviews]

@ApplePie409 yeah there's nothing wrong with that and it seems like the people that were screaming about this were mostly white liberals. But what they've done is there erasing the representation that existed. Like the Washington Redskins didn't change their name to like warriors that way they can still be native American themed a complete overhaul where there is nothing native American about it now. Same with the Cleveland Indians now they're called the guardians? And their logo is a baseball and the letter G. So they go from complaining about the name is a racial slur to native American people to now absolutely nothing pertaining to native American people a big fat ZERO REPRESENTATION. Also seen Eskimo pie had to change their name because that was offensive to people that are Eskimos associate them with an ice cream sandwich. I watch the original Flintstones cartoon on Roku some of the episodes have a warning saying it may be offensive to some viewers and it's a product of its time. That definitely is clown world 💯 episode of The Flintstones cartoon makes you feel uncomfortable... Oh love your name by the way apple pie 😎

[AngryCarl]

I'm going to say no. Maybe the real bigots are the shadowy organisations trying to revise history?

[RetroReviews]

Yeah the elites people calling the shots are the real offenders and people that's up to no good in my opinion

[normalice]

If you are doing it because that is what you are used to, fine. But if you're doing it entirely because you want to insist it is not racist then it probably is. Intention matters.

[RetroReviews]

I grew up watching watching Redskins football, 🏈 watching them be a one of the better teams. Their head coach Joe Gibbs the only coach in history to win a Super Bowl with three different quarterbacks. The rivalry with the Cowboys, Redskins Cowboys was always a game to look forward to kind of like we would play Cowboys and Indians in the backyard is kids there's no foul intention towards it I'm just sick of this woke whiny baby world that wants to be a victim. I miss the days when people weren't such jellyfish candy asses. So now they teach it wrong for your kids to play Cowboys and Indians but they don't have problem pushing sexual crap on the kids nowadays and the transgender BS that's okay though right yeah F that crap. So yeah Washington Redskins football and Cleveland Indians baseball is what I was always used to never gave it any thought about that it's racist cuz I'm not a racist I just dig the cool names. Now they have lame generic names commanders and guardians? Even the logos are super generic the commanders is a w and the guardians is a baseball with the letter g wow that took a lot of imagination didn't it. I miss the days when I was personality and heart and character. Even the NFL has went generic the Super Bowl logo was a unique design but in recent years they just made it like the similar same design just the numbers are different. Look at McDonald's from the '80s and '90s the building it looks like a fun place now look at it it's lame and generic looking basically looks like a brown box. Just blah, no fun no energy. no character or personality at all so in modern society what let's just take the fun out of everything

[normalice]

You don't have to explain it to me. I'm not going to judge you either way, as I can never assume anyone online is being honest about their own possible shortcomings. Explain it to yourself. You can't lie to yourself, after all. Indeed trying to convince others only comes across as trying to outnumber and gang up on your own conscience.

[RetroReviews]

Um... yea,

[Dargil]

Don't forget the Atlanta Braves and KC Chiefs.

[Anonymous]

Those teams somehow managed to come up with two of the shittiest sports names ever. However, "Redskins" is very much a derogatory term and should have been gone long ago, but I don't know why the Indians felt a need to change their name, though their logo absolutely sucked. The Braves in Atlanta still do the "Tomahawk Chop", which is ironic and rather stupid when you think about the origins of it.

I truly preferred "The Washington Football Team"! What a great name. Now I just refer to Cleveland as "The Cleveland whatevers". You're probably still an evil racist bigot even if you didn't use those original names. LOL

[RetroReviews]

I will always say Redskins but it's not a derogatory term it's about Indian tribes painting their face red with war paint going in the battle so therefore their skin is now red. They're natural skin was not red , it's a more dark tan Latino look to it. So when I say Redskins it's not a racial slur it's about fierce warriors going into battle. I wonder if they like now having zero representation as they change the whole theme commanders as a government vibe now the present is the commander-in-chief so wonder if they like going from Redskins to a big fat zero just erase the representation completely. Do you see any white people whining and complaining about being called crackers? It's because we don't give a crap it's because we're not thin skin whiny babies. Plus people can throw cracker around all the time and nobody blinks an eye and nobody says anything about that. But it's a breakdown of society we are becoming more wimpy and wimpy as the days goes on. So hypersensitive the slightest thing just people it's I grow up. So I'm always going to say touchdown Washington REDSKINS! 🎉

[KostasKouvalis]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/rnK-jYzaWtw

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[RedInnocent69]

No, but the teams should change their names soon. Canada’s a bit more in touch with its colonial past.

[Snakeyes7]

No, you just aren't a virtue signaler who feels that he has the right to be offended on the behalf of others regardless of whether or not they were actually offended.

[RetroReviews]

You're entitled to your opinion but I'm going to say that's a bunch of word salad I'll keep it simple sir I'm not a thin skin candy ass like a lot of today's world has become you don't see me whining and protesting when people say cracker cuz I'm a white person and that should offend me right who cares. Like the old phrase goes sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. Sound off like you got a pair!

[Snakeyes7]

That is essentially what I am saying.

[DrPepper12]

Not racist. Just an adjustment that's all