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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 06:15 PM

Jun 2014

It's not much, but it's a start

Seattle Times to ban 'Redskins'

The Seattle Times sports editor announced Thursday that he will ban use of the word "Redskins" in the paper and online, making the Times the latest publication to stop using the controversial name of Washington's NFL team.

"The most controversial name in sports won’t appear again in The Seattle Times’ print edition or on the seattletimes.com home pages as long as I am sports editor," the Times' Don Shelton wrote. "It’s time to ban the use of 'Redskins,' the absurd, offensive and outdated name of the NFL team in Washington, D.C. ... Past time, actually."

Shelton's decision comes on the heels of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to cancel six federal trademarks of the team name because it was found to be “disparaging” to Native Americans.

“We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered,” the Patent Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board wrote in a 2-1 decision on Wednesday.

The Times is not the first publication to ban use of the word. Slate, the online magazine, announced in August of last year that it would stop using the term. The San Francisco Chronicle announced in October that it would do the same.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/06/seattle-times-to-ban-redskins-190719.html

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Pussies can push out babies, balls are possibly the most fragile thing on a male body [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 OP

As the wearer of a set of balls I can attest to their tenderness. flamin lib Jun 2014 #1

lol. i mean we can just say guts/courage/a million other things La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #3

"As the wearer of a set of balls I can attest to their tenderness" Ah, yeah, me too. nt AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #61

Thanks! daleanime Jun 2014 #2

Color me stupid.... jberryhill Jun 2014 #4

sure it can be, but when used directly in contrast with balls, you gotta wonder. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #6

Cannon balls, perhaps? jberryhill Jun 2014 #7

then account for 'grow a pair', can you grow a pair of cannon balls? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #9

Ah, well... jberryhill Jun 2014 #15

Excellent. Orrex Jun 2014 #17

There is a joke about Gen. Scrotworthy's name in there somewhere. Lochloosa Jun 2014 #22

yes, along with his seamen... libdem4life Jun 2014 #57

... Lochloosa Jun 2014 #62

According to the account of Major E. Jaculait. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #84

Any son of a gun can do it. Orrex Jun 2014 #16

i have been accused of having brass ovaries! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #19

I have been accused of having brass balls. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #28

I have been too but then I point that out. we should buy a couple of balls made of brass! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #29

I personally object to all the ball-shaming going on here. Balls are apparently inadequate when kysrsoze Jun 2014 #26

LOL. . La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #52

Could be. The etymology of slang expressions can go in unexpected directions. arcane1 Jun 2014 #8

The English word, "push" derives from the French, "Pousser." MineralMan Jun 2014 #18

Yes. It refers to cats. applegrove Jun 2014 #70

Exactly right. That's why I cringe when someone complains about someone else using it. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #72

actually, this is not at all exactly right. look up the etymology of pussy. it is at best ambiguous La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #82

It's a paradox that has puzzled me for years. arcane1 Jun 2014 #5

No, it's a gender based thing. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #40

And invariably used to bash MEN. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2014 #56

Pussies are cute too. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #10

True. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #55

I was once told it is slang for the word "pusillanimous" IVoteDFL Jun 2014 #11

I heard the same. How it got conflated with female anatomy, I don't know. n/t Cleita Jun 2014 #13

I'll go with "deliberately sexist *and* simple ignorance," as the two seem to be conjoined twins. LanternWaste Jun 2014 #12

It's like this: Orrex Jun 2014 #14

Pussy, in the way you are using it, meaning weak or cowardly berni_mccoy Jun 2014 #20

No, not from 'pus'; a Dutch meaning of 'large soft mass' is not thought to be the origin muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 #24

kick & recommended. William769 Jun 2014 #21

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Yes, hundreds of years of evolved language should bow to logic and facts and current sensibilities. CBGLuthier Jun 2014 #30

Hundreds of years of *bigoted* language should change because of learning. redqueen Jun 2014 #37

Thank you for this. Chan790 Jun 2014 #42

I'm glad you liked it. redqueen Jun 2014 #43

For you ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #45

Not the point here ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #47

and others will fight to the death to keep words like redskins around La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #49

What's wrong with breaking down and analyzing the language we use, at least? nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #53

While yet others will not be happy until the entire planet applauds the person rationalizing his own LanternWaste Jun 2014 #86

I work at a bowling alley and I am so tired Vattel Jun 2014 #31

lol La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #50

....... Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #69

It's never made any sense to me to call someone a pussy. dawg Jun 2014 #32

Yeah that always bothered me too ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #33

When did vaginas start being called pussies? IronLionZion Jun 2014 #34

this shit is getting old... ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2014 #35

Is stating a reality a slam on your sexuality? Is so, that speaks more of you than others. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #73

its not the fact of the sensitivity of the male anatomy ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2014 #79

A quote by Sheng Wang: Humanist_Activist Jun 2014 #36

What's even stranger... davidn3600 Jun 2014 #38

That isn't strange at all. redqueen Jun 2014 #44

My name is Pussy Galore. edbermac Jun 2014 #39

Pussies take a licking and keep on ticking NightWatcher Jun 2014 #41

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Colonel Angus Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #48

Okay, I got a chuckle out of that, I admit it... nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #54

Funny! NOLALady Jun 2014 #59

A better source for this video IronLionZion Jun 2014 #64

"darting in, and out of the cotton.." Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #75

LOl thanks@! Much better Katashi_itto Jun 2014 #76

Juror #whatever is so edgy... nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #51

Betty White agrees with you: Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #58

... Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #60

I think the use of "pussy" as meaning "coward" or "sissy" Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #63

how about the balls thing? is that not genital specific? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #65

Yeah, that's probably genital-specific Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #66

There Was A Great Line From A Robin Willams Stand-Up Back In The '80's... WillyT Jun 2014 #67

Here I thought the accepted term on DU was hoo-ha panader0 Jun 2014 #68

DU finally catches on to the Nouveaux Juvenile term. LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #78

That is the beauty of the vagina dentata myth. It produces violent agency in a passive symbol. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #71

After reading a few of Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #74

Despite my better judgement, I'll play devils advocate. joshcryer Jun 2014 #77

yeah. i think you're really stretching an argument. i think this boils down to misogynistic language La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #80

Betty White said it better. "Vaginas,...man they can take a pounding" NM_Birder Jun 2014 #81

The obvious misogyny in using "pussy" as a pejorative speaks for itself. closeupready Jun 2014 #83

Eddie Murphy did a bit about the fragility of the testes... truebrit71 Jun 2014 #85