US Patent Office withdraws Redskins' trademark due to "disparaging" nickname

[bigjon]

McDonaldsGuy said:

Red4ADevil said:
As much I oppose racism, it's another thing to persecute/prosecute people over a stupid word. The way we've been attacking racist terminology (for the most part) has been ineffective.


Was it really justifiable to ruin Paula Deens career over a stupid racist remark she said 30yrs ago? (correct me if I'm wrong)

Why do people feel they need to single out Justin Bieber because he used the word "nigga" when a lot of other artists use it?

Same thing with the Redskins. If you wanna go a little bit further how come no one is crying about Disney's "what makes the red man red?" scene in Peter Pan.

The way you attack this is by educating not prosecuting. Plus honestly I don't see why it disparages the natives when we call people of African descent "black" or others like Indian, Mexican, etc "brown people."

The thing is is that racism leads to atrocities. What's so bad about what Paula Deen said? Well the word she said has been associated with slavery, abuse, kidnapping, segregation, murder, family separation, genocide, etc. etc.

"Red*****" (I won't say it anymore) is associated with genocide, invasion, disease, segregation, humilation, tears, murder, etc. etc.

Honestly these are more than just words. They lead to much more. Remember Hitler would refer to Jews as "parasites" and "rats."

People who want make those associations do. For instance when I hear or see redskin I think of like an old western or that famous painting of sitting bull. When someone calls someone else a rat or a parasite I think, "well that not nice, oh well dudes a dicks probably should ignore him" , I dont think "ZOMG he is saying that we should put that man's race in consentration camps and gas them because Hitler called Jews rats and thats what he did"   I seriously get a kick of out people who immediate jump to murder, death, rape, genocide whenever possible, makes me think those people use it for an agenda and that they honestly dont give a shit, its just a f-ing talking point to them.