Is the name "Washington Redskins" in any way insulting, derogatory or offensive?

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62. This isn't something

I can "do my own work" on.


I'm asking YOU, since YOU posted the poll.


Obviously, you have some sort of agenda in mind here, so I'm asking you the question.

In your opinion, how much NA ancestry/DNA is allowed in order for a person not to be considered an insufferable asshole because he or she doesn't find the term "redskin" to be offensive?

Or maybe 100% Native American DNA isn't enough, is that it?

Would a 100% Native American be too...naive? Too...stupid? to know what should offend him?

Really...has anyone here actually asked a Native American person if he finds "redskins" offensive, and, after being told that no, the person didn't find it offensive, has anyone looked at that Native American person and said he was WRONG for not finding it offensive?

That, in itself, is pretty offensive too.

And I find that just as asinine as someone coming to me, a person of French/Canadian ancestry and telling me that I should be offended by a host of ethnic slurs for the French.

Especially if the person allegedly "sticking up for" me isn't even of French ethnicity.


So, in classic arrogant asshole fashion, the hallmark of being a "true Frenchman", I will shrug and say "Meh". Refer to my heritage any way (the collective) you want to.

And while I don't personally find the term "redskin" offensive, that doesn't mean I wouldn't understand if Native Americans DO find it offensive. It's their right.

But white people don't have the right to run around telling others what they should, or should not, find derogatory or offensive about that term.