Is wearing Redskins Memorabilia derogatory or socially acceptable?

[Anonymous]

You guys should act like adults & maybe take a week off from the moral outrage routine.

[Anonymous]

not super offensive but it "implies" a lot about you - blue collar, low education level, beer drinking, fat/out of shape...etc.

nats/caps jerseys imply the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Wearing sportsball clothes when you aren't a that team's sportsball event is juvenile.

Discuss.

[Anonymous]

It’s fine. The people of Native American Indian heritage never wanted it to go away either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:They changed their name several years ago so if you are still wearing/displaying anything with the old name at this point I will assume that you are intending to offend people with it. You shouldn't have had it in the first place, names like that should have gone away decades ago (long before 2020!), but to still have the license plate frame or the flag on your antenna or in your front window on game day or whatever...you are just flaunting something you know is considered racist. Might as well put on a pointy hood while you're at it, you're trash.

That’s quite the overreaction! Especially since many people wearing Redskins stuff are African-Americans.

When I see somebody wearing Redskins gear, it just tells me they’re an OG fan. They have been fans through the good times and the bad times, and they are still proud to be fans.

Exactly!

+1 I dare the PP to walk up to an older DC native and tell them their Redskins gear is offensive. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They changed their name several years ago so if you are still wearing/displaying anything with the old name at this point I will assume that you are intending to offend people with it. You shouldn't have had it in the first place, names like that should have gone away decades ago (long before 2020!), but to still have the license plate frame or the flag on your antenna or in your front window on game day or whatever...you are just flaunting something you know is considered racist. Might as well put on a pointy hood while you're at it, you're trash.

That’s quite the overreaction! Especially since many people wearing Redskins stuff are African-Americans.

When I see somebody wearing Redskins gear, it just tells me they’re an OG fan. They have been fans through the good times and the bad times, and they are still proud to be fans.

Exactly!

+1 I dare the PP to walk up to an older DC native and tell them their Redskins gear is offensive. LOL.

OK, I dare any of you non-woke people to use the word in casual conversation with coworkers, not when referencing the football team but when referring to native Americans. Please report back on how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it is not socially acceptable. It is a racist slur.

No, it is not. It's old fans remembering the glory days of Riggins, the Hogs, Jurgensen, even Theismann. And most of all that snowy Sunday in 1972 in the old RFK stadium playing Dallas for the NFC Championship and the entire stadium shook. What a glorious day that was! Wear your Redskins paraphernalia with pride because the Commanders are losers in every way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is not socially acceptable. It is a racist slur.

No, it is not. It's old fans remembering the glory days of Riggins, the Hogs, Jurgensen, even Theismann. And most of all that snowy Sunday in 1972 in the old RFK stadium playing Dallas for the NFC Championship and the entire stadium shook. What a glorious day that was! Wear your Redskins paraphernalia with pride because the Commanders are losers in every way!

I was there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is not socially acceptable. It is a racist slur.

No, it is not. It's old fans remembering the glory days of Riggins, the Hogs, Jurgensen, even Theismann. And most of all that snowy Sunday in 1972 in the old RFK stadium playing Dallas for the NFC Championship and the entire stadium shook. What a glorious day that was! Wear your Redskins paraphernalia with pride because the Commanders are losers in every way!

I was there!

They went on to win the Superbowl but honestly, that NFC Championship game with Dallas was more important than the Superbowl! It brought this area together and everyone was so smiling and happy even a few Dallas fans. Sonny Jurgensen, Sam Huff, and Frank Herzog with his signature line. "Touchdown Washington Redskins!" and the band played "'Hail to Redskins. Hail Victory. Braves on the warpath, fight for old DC." My father had seats in the end zone and it was like a huge family there.

"Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end," but Jack Kent died and that cretin Snyder took over.

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[Anonymous]

I haven’t seen anybody openly wearing this racist clothing.

But if I did, I would be outraged! This is unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen anybody openly wearing this racist clothing.

But if I did, I would be outraged! This is unacceptable.

It was no racist.

[Anonymous]

It's totally fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t seen anybody openly wearing this racist clothing.

But if I did, I would be outraged! This is unacceptable.

Outraged!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it is not socially acceptable. It is a racist slur.

No, it is not. It's old fans remembering the glory days of Riggins, the Hogs, Jurgensen, even Theismann. And most of all that snowy Sunday in 1972 in the old RFK stadium playing Dallas for the NFC Championship and the entire stadium shook. What a glorious day that was! Wear your Redskins paraphernalia with pride because the Commanders are losers in every way!

I was there!

They went on to win the Superbowl but honestly, that NFC Championship game with Dallas was more important than the Superbowl! It brought this area together and everyone was so smiling and happy even a few Dallas fans. Sonny Jurgensen, Sam Huff, and Frank Herzog with his signature line. "Touchdown Washington Redskins!" and the band played "'Hail to Redskins. Hail Victory. Braves on the warpath, fight for old DC." My father had seats in the end zone and it was like a huge family there.

"Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end," but Jack Kent died and that cretin Snyder took over.

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Don’t forget the bouncing stands!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people won't care, to include Native Americans. Only the woke care about stuff like this.

I doubt most American Indians care, with the exception of individuals who want to stir the pot.

I know someone in a leadership position at the National Museum of the American Indian. Their family refer to themselves as “Indians,” but they never thought the football team name was okay. I wouldn’t call this person a pot-stirrer; more someone who cares about how their culture and ancestry is represented.