Washington football team

KennyT wrote:

I just saw they are in trouble for sexual misconduct at team headquarters. How about the “ Washington Harveys” it has a “S” on end

Nellie12 wrote:

Crazy Ray just rolled over in his grave laughing his ass off.

Falcon wrote:

The whole "sports team name is offensive" argument never made much sense to me. Several years ago, I remember a similar controversy surrounding the San Diego...

The whole "sports team name is offensive" argument never made much sense to me. Several years ago, I remember a similar controversy surrounding the San Diego State Aztecs. They had a mascot who wore period-appropriate Aztec clothing and weaponry. The argument against the mascot was that it portrayed the indigenous people as "spear chuckers."
Hmmm. It seems like you have a sports team that wants to be perceived as fierce warriors. You are portraying the indigenous people (none of whom are around anymore, BTW; the Aztec empire failed in the 16th century,) as brave, fearsome warriors. (And they actually used spears: https://www.ancient.eu/Aztec_Warfare/#:~:text=Weapons%20%26%20Armour,bu….)

So in what way is it offensive? Firstly, there are no Aztecs alive today to be offended. Secondly, the portrayal is of a strong, fierce awesome dude who we could all be proud of. Is it really offensive to compliment an indigenous people? Or are we not supposed to even celebrate them, because that's racist?

Falcon wrote:

The whole "sports team name is offensive" argument never made much sense to me. Several years ago, I remember a similar controversy surrounding the San Diego...

The whole "sports team name is offensive" argument never made much sense to me. Several years ago, I remember a similar controversy surrounding the San Diego State Aztecs. They had a mascot who wore period-appropriate Aztec clothing and weaponry. The argument against the mascot was that it portrayed the indigenous people as "spear chuckers."
Hmmm. It seems like you have a sports team that wants to be perceived as fierce warriors. You are portraying the indigenous people (none of whom are around anymore, BTW; the Aztec empire failed in the 16th century,) as brave, fearsome warriors. (And they actually used spears: https://www.ancient.eu/Aztec_Warfare/#:~:text=Weapons%20%26%20Armour,bu….)

So in what way is it offensive? Firstly, there are no Aztecs alive today to be offended. Secondly, the portrayal is of a strong, fierce awesome dude who we could all be proud of. Is it really offensive to compliment an indigenous people? Or are we not supposed to even celebrate them, because that's racist?

reded wrote:

I don’t even know anymore. I do know that I wouldn’t lose a second of sleep if there were a team named the Whiteskins, Crackers, or...

I don’t even know anymore. I do know that I wouldn’t lose a second of sleep if there were a team named the Whiteskins, Crackers, or Honkeys because it really wouldn’t change anything about my life unless they were based out of KC. If that were the case I’d cheer for the KC Honkeys.