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

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LiquorandGunFun said:

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LiquorandGunFun said:

Screw this, its a name a few find "offensive" due to political correctness run a muck. I am a redskins fan now! Just bought a Redskins hat and jersey off amazon.

 

So you became a fan of a team because they were politically incorrect. You do understand that there is such thing as a balance. You could be neutral or not care too. Will you buy my new teams shirt, the Milwaukee Cracker Honky tonk hill billies or maybe the Chicago American Fatso's.

 

In reality though, I wish people would lighten up. I'm Irish and Americans ramble on about leprechauns and nonsense and I find it funny. Look at the Celtics and the fighting Irish. Heck, look at P.S I love you. Silly stereotypes and nothing like or got to do with Ireland in reality, but yeah, maybe people just need to lighten up. But in my book, that means that everyone should be treated equally including jews, black people and mexicans. That is just never going to happen though.

Im saying that a small minority should not have a majority influence. And I am not alone, many others see this as bullshit. 

http://espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=4373137

As i insert this with over 45K votes, 62% say they should NOT change their name.

Well, the F word for Gay people is just a word to a small minority, people calling Irish people Paddys is offensive but I wouldn't stand for it. I moved to the US while everyone laughed at me at home for doing so as they think people here live terribly, they say the crime rate is horrible and people are horribly unhealthy. I told them not to generalize and I was moving nonetheless.

My wife is from the US and I thought it was the honorable thing to do.  I came here and was treated like dirt for being an immigrant. I find it offensive. Do you think that is bullshit? Most people think it's bullshit and think people should be allowed mock me and tell my kids to carry a passport. Is that ok because the majority think it's funny? It's funny how the majority are the ones who think it's ok, because they have never been the underdog, so how would they get it? I was that majority at home and here I am now, with a better understanding of how it feels.