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Message: [QUOTE="AluminNV, post: 609743, member: 2866"] Totally. If its going to be criminal to say *g there shouldn't be a team called the "redskins." And I am not saying homophobia should be socially acceptable or anything but there will always be some casual references to sexuality in the diction of most males, especially when they are in a situation where the behavior and language is natually going to have a "macho" or "locker room - esque" tone to it. Homophobia has no place in the work place or a class room. But on an athletic field in a contact sport the setting is different and its a run of the mill and very normal and mundane insult/trash talk/put down/joke etc etc etc. If we can't be the Orangemen (and we have absolutely no affiliation to Republicans in Northern Ireland the name was inspired by a freakin fruit) a pro team shouldn't be allowed to call themselves the redskins...and have a logo that is defamatory towards Indians/Native Americans (some do prefer the term Indian.) I see no argument for why Orangemen is not OK but Redskins is. And feel free to tell me why I am wrong and Orangemen is bad but Redskins isn't. If the redskins is an appropriate name tell your kids to go into school and start referring to Native Americans as redskin indians and see if the teachers approve... That said most Indian/Native American people aren't that sensitive. I know in North Dakota most Native Americans/Indians got livid when UND caught heat for being the Fighting Sioux since most saw it as a positive and a tribute. However the UND logo didn't mock Indian people like the Cleveland Indians or Washington Redskins logo does. (LOL I had an ex-GF who was a teacher and from DC and a very grown up and mature person unlike myself and I used to LOVE trolling her about how racist she was against native americans for being a fan and wearing the garb etc etc etc mostly just to amuse myself.) [/QUOTE]

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