N.F.L - Washington Redskins name, trademark registration canceled .

originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: AbstractDreamz

Redskins may offend you,

Actually I never gave it much thought. But understand those who are crying foul.

It may seem strange to you that not everyone is offended by everything, but there is more to your world than the bubble of insecurity and hurt-feelings.

Not strange at all. I was programmed by TV (programming) to despise everything Native American, I grew up in White middle class hell.

We played cowboys ad Indians and the cowboys always win. They had to because John Wayne taught us that they were blood thirsty savages that murdered and raped children and white women.

Nothing offends me, ether. I make fun of everyone, too. (snark)

That's good to hear. All I knew about Indians when I was young was that the ones who lived around me drank...A LOT. I know that is a stereotype, but in my case it was true. Not until my sister married an Indian did I understand how much some things bother them and how a lot more things are used on the backs of Indians who don't support that particular viewpoint.