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02-19-2012, 03:07 PM
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Hercules
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally Posted by rychehitman
Obviously there is a chance that the headline was slanted in a way to discredit the company. It's easy to see why ESPN is trying to nip this in the bud.
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02-19-2012, 03:27 PM
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Scarlet Witch
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Frozen Wasteland
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Originally Posted by Matches Malone
Does this new racial sensitivity on the American sports landscape mean that we will finally see the end of the "Washington Redskins" and "Cleveland Indians" as well as a removal of the the non tomahawk "Atlanta Braves" logo/mascot?
A bit of a double standard to create such fervor over this in light of what sportsfans have been in bed with for decades.....
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God I hope not.
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02-19-2012, 05:23 PM
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I am da law!
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Just change it to Washington Deadskins the way they play
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02-19-2012, 05:57 PM
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Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: The BUCKEYE State
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rychehitman
Obviously there is a chance that the headline was slanted in a way to discredit the company. It's easy to see why ESPN is trying to nip this in the bud.
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I see what you did there
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02-19-2012, 05:58 PM
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Green Arrow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: NY
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That had to be Lintentional. Who ever was responsible should have known better and deserves to be fired. Funny though.
lol@rychehitman
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02-19-2012, 06:24 PM
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My baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster, two great big humps and then I'm gone
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Originally Posted by Mean Green
The word "chink" is the equivalent of the N word or S word (for Hispanics). This is not just a question of racial sensitivity.
I've got no problem with making Washington change its team name. I think they should. There's been lots of "fervor" created over this name as it should.
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Spanish?!
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02-19-2012, 06:31 PM
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My baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster, two great big humps and then I'm gone
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Scotland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mean Green
Nobody would be saying there's an overreaction to this if the N word was used.
A racial slur is a racial slur. Why should this be any different?
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Damn straight! You'd be seeing Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton shouting from the rooftops!!
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02-19-2012, 06:35 PM
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My baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster, two great big humps and then I'm gone
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullseye
So there was more than one statement made?
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yeah, what were the other incidents?
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02-19-2012, 06:37 PM
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Mod Assassin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rychehitman
Obviously there is a chance that the headline was slanted in a way to discredit the company. It's easy to see why ESPN is trying to nip this in the bud.
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Careful now. You see how easily something could be misinterpreted.
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02-19-2012, 06:42 PM
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Kindly Asked To Leave
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullseye
Careful now. You see how easily something could be misinterpreted.
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I was hungry for some snack food earlier; found a huge block of Pepper Jack cheese, but sadly could dig up only one big, fat, uneducated Cracker.
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