From Jo Ann Dagis Samide: Oh the Irony!!! When I read the title of the article, it elicited a chuckle or two probably because of my baser instincts and this looked like one of those gotcha moments in which we could revel in the inanities of political correctness. When I read the article itself, well, I stopped laughing. The author has an excellent point, one that I had not thought of. Native Americans were the first people to be conquered by the U.S. government, and their names that now grace military hardware serve as a type of sick ode to this launching pad for further military adventurism, domination, and empire. A century later, nearly every single country in the world has experienced the wrath of an Apache helicopter or Tomahawk missile to the cheers and patriotic flag-waving of Americans on the home front. But don’t you dare call a sports team the Redskins! Can’t you see how offensive it is!? Yes, it is outdated and arcane. But so is the mindset behind militarism and an aggressive foreign policy. These are relics from the days of monarchs, not hallmarks of a supposed constitutional republic dedicated to liberty. And if you ask me, given the U.S. government’s record of war, debt, and authoritarian laws, the Redskins should be ashamed of Washington, not the other way around.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:28:23 +0000
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