About That Stoopid Name

There's an NFL team in Washington DC, and there's a controversy that kinda comes and goes concerning the name of that team - a name that I try not to use, so I'll go with "Taters".

Anyway, the controversy is always about what the name is intended to mean by the people who use the name in normal conversation. Which is pretty sly. It's a tactic that deflects the criticism by trying to flip the script in order to put the one who's objecting to the word on defense, having to explain why its use is insulting.  (remember: when you're explaining, you're losing)

This is, of course, a cop out that's no different from the bullshit excuses that get thrown around whenever we have to argue about Confederate memorial statuary and the battle flag of the Army Of Northern Virginia and various other really stoopid shit that should never even pop up on the social radar.

Anyway, the 2018 midterms gave us a good way to illustrate the point on how to convince someone that the NFL needs to pressure Dan Snyder to change that name.

There's a very simple test available to anyone in the DC area.

All you have to do is walk up to this woman - US Rep Sharice Davids...

...and say, "Hey, Redskin, congratulations on being elected to Congress!"

Now, I think you'll survive this encounter - survive physically anyway - but assuming she resists the perfectly reasonable urge to stomp your ass til there's nothing left of you but a greasy spot on the rug, I'm betting you'll come away with a slightly different perspective on the subject.

Sharice Davids D-KS03