The gentleman in question is the outgoing president of the Navajo Nation, whose council voted 9-2 against his position. He's a bit of an unsavory character who had a recent embezzlement scandal that had something to do with his ouster.
Leaving aside the juvenile description of a majority of Native Americans (who when polled on how they feel about non Native Americans using the term to describe them responded over sixty percent to the negative) I don't know that many are suggesting the Washington team or owner meant to offend. I suspect it is to him exactly as he has purported it to be, a continuation of a tradition he sees as honoring those Native Americans. I'm fine with crediting him with the best of intentions and in lauding his outreach to help struggling Native American populations.
Of course not. No lawyer does. That's how you get into school, by an exhaustive test that demonstrates your inability to "read so good".
That's simply not true. You've had time to familiarize yourself with the topic and thread. In fact, one in ten are offended by the name in any context and that larger percentage is offended by it's use outside of Native Americans. I linked to recent studies on point in this very thread.
I wasn't speaking about you, but I was speaking about the issue and to the larger group of individuals who actually mean to praise and should then reasonably care about offending the people they meant to compliment or assumed were complimented by being represented in that fashion. Now anyone who bothered to read the judgement of the patent court and it's review of the historical evidence related to the use of the term should be clear on the reasonableness of the objection even before getting to my links about the response.
That's simply not true. You've had time to familiarize yourself with the topic and thread. In fact, one in ten are offended by the name in any context and that larger percentage is offended by it's use outside of Native Americans. I linked to recent studies on point in this very thread.
Imagine you wanted to make a buck and so you found a popular subject of the day, one routinely characterized in a way that no reasonable person would find complimentary but whose savagery appeals to the violent nature of the thing you mean to slather it with and the interest in that distortion is sure to generate money for you.
Looks like you still need a hug.
By Godly, intelligent people. Thanks. :thumb: I've always been lucky that way.
Reasoned positions and civil discourse, the sort of thing you may have read about.
Well, we know how to use a comma here, you peculiar, frustrated, authority seeking missile you.
To note that for all your claims of further education, when it comes right down to it I think you're just another little green man, sans the moon. I think your life must be an unhappy and frustrating thing, whatever you claim of it...and I think, watching how you treat others, that it simply couldn't happen to a nicer fellow.
To note that for all your claims of further education, when it comes right down to it I think you're just another little green man, sans the moon. I think your life must be an unhappy and frustrating thing, whatever you claim of it...and I think, watching how you treat others, that it simply couldn't happen to a nicer fellow.
I will, upon reflection, likely consider the multiple times I was the root of your being sent on forced vacation to have been the greatest gift I ever gave the good folks at TOL.
And with that, back you and Toto go while I think fondly of your last implosion and imagine each notice of a post I won't be seeing as you hammering at the glass again.
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