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

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69. Fair enough, but would you not give more credibility to the intended target nonetheless? Why not?

It's fine to be offended by any bias, but I, and I doubt I'm alone, pay more attention to the opinion of gay folks about what is homophobic, minority races about what is racist, women about what is sexist and Jews about what is anti-semitic. I may, indeed certainly do, have my own opinions on each front, but I'm not going to pretend my opinion is as informed and as meaningful as the targets of that bias.

Interestingly enough, this poll, which is of course terribly invalid for many reasons, has a relevant facet if taken at face value . It seems that Indians here currently find it offensive by a 2 to 1 margin (as opposed to the 1 to 8 ratio in a more professionally constructed survey amongst the wider Indian population, which makes sense as a self-selected progressive group is more likely to bristle at racial insensitivity than the populace as a whole) yet non-Indians here go for offensive by a 10 to 1 margin. Relatively speaking then a DU non-NA is five times more likely to find the term offensive than a DU NA is. I genuinely wonder why. I'm certainly curious if this is typical or not. Do DU gentiles get offended five times more readily at anti-semitic terms than DU Jews? Straights here more than gays find homophobia offensive?