R-words

[Locutus]

because cbc can't bring itself to print Redskin. in the entire article.

anyway, have another sunny ways cbc dance story kids. :lol:


Wab Kinew, a Winnipeg indigenous leader, says the name of a Morden, Man., hockey team is "defined in the dictionary as a racial slur," and he doesn't think it has any place in the public sphere.

Heather Francis, a Morden Manitoba city councillor, agrees with him.

"Merriam-Webster calls it 'usually offensive,' Cambridge calls it 'offensive' and 'dated,' and Oxford is the same. It's definitely a derogatory term," she said. "I think we need to change it."

Earlier this month she put a motion before Morden's city council, which would have seen the government send a letter to the team, asking them to change the name.

"I don't think anybody on the R-words hockey team is intending to offend anybody … but I think times have changed … and names and words have an impact," she said. "I'm not intending to provoke a fight."

• City councillor to ask Morden 'R-words' to change 'derogatory' name

The hockey club's president, Brent Meleck — who has been with the club since 1997 — said Francis's motion "is the first I've heard [that the name] is offensive to somebody around our community."

Meleck also said "it's funny, because I'm First Nations, and I don't think it's offensive at all."


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Wab Kinew, indigenous leader, says sports team name is a racial slur - Manitoba - CBC News

 

[mentalfloss]

I'm sure there are plenty of words about you that have yet to be uttered here for obvious reasons.

 

[Locutus]

once you're past 50 kid, you've heard and seen 'em all. don't flatter yourself. :lol:

 

[Walter]

Wab Kinew, a Winnipeg indigenous leader, says the name of a Morden, Man., hockey team is "defined in the dictionary as a racial slur," and he doesn't think it has any place in the public sphere.

Need a better dictionary.

 

[Jinentonix]

I don't think anybody on the R-words hockey team is intending to offend anybody … but I think times have changed … and names and words have an impact," she said.

Only if you're some weak-minded tool who is willing to give words or names power over you.
The fact of the matter is, words have no power unless the listener/reader gives the words that power. If you're letting someone else's words have power over you, then you have the problem, not them.

 

[EagleSmack]

Do they mean Redskins?

 

[taxslave]

If the PC crowd is offended that is a perfectly good reason to keep the name.

 

[Locutus]

our fearless native leader wab, and his trusty sidekick, morden town councilor, SJW heather of francis (for the love of gawd just look at that thing)

know this isn't about any perceived power of words or pretend hurt feels. these two crybabies know that all they have to do is convince someone that they're 'offended'. that's how the progs play the game. the willing pawns like pale face heather are easy to come by these days regardless of your little artificial cause.

anyway...Go Redskins!

 

[Twila]

Was there this much anamosity when a candy from 1945 had to change it's name from n!gger babies? I had to add the exclamation cause this site censored that word. Imagine that...

I understand that change is hard, but if I cared about someone I wouldn't call them a deragatory term.

If it's such a non issue then lets change the teams name to the dumb white crackers?

If the PC crowd is offended that is a perfectly good reason to keep the name.

Is it the pc crowd though? No, it's the natives who want it changed.

 

[davesmom]

Well I dunno, down at the Six Nations Reserve there's a store with a great big sign identifying it as the 'Red Indian ...". They didn't seem to think that was offensive.
We can call someone all kinds of offensive names; Axxhole,, the 'c' word, the 'P' word, FxxxHead,, and all but it's not illegal and no one is making a big fuss about it. It's all PC bullspit!
We've heard the same complaints from the PC crowd about teams like the 'Indians', 'Chiefs', and so on; That sort of implies that there's something wrong with being an Indian or a Chief. Isn't that derogatory in itself?

 

[EagleSmack]

Red Mesa High School Arizona.... Red Mesa Redskins.

Can some more white people step up and force these native Americans to stop calling themselves Redskins. White man knows better.

 

[AnnaG]

I wonder who the colour-blind idiot that came up with the name was in the first place.
Here, looksee:

Red skinned item:

native Americans (we are brown, stupid):

lol Anyways, I could not care even if we were green-skinned or even paisley or argyle.

 

[Twila]

I think it was the person who came up with ginger and strawberry blonde for hair colours

 

[AnnaG]

haha That could be.

Paisley:

Argyle:

 

[B00Mer]

...and he still talks like a raging homo.

 

[Twila]

...and he still talks like a raging homo.

and you point is what exactly?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

and you point is what exactly?

He has no point. He's just lashing out against his many, many terrors.

Poor bastard. His life is one long nightmare.

 

[Twila]

He has no point. He's just lashing out against his many, many terrors.

Poor bastard. His life is one long nightmare.

well he doesn't have to fear Justin. Justin could get any man he wanted...he'd wouldn't settle.

 

[B00Mer]

and you point is what exactly?

well he doesn't have to fear Justin. Justin could get any man he wanted...he'd wouldn't settle.

I guess that is my point... :lol: Thanks for making it.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

JT's too old for Boomster. He likes 'em young. Preferably pre-pubescent.