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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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 [b]2020[/b]!), 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. [/quote]

Nope.

Wearing Redskins gear is not the same as putting on a pointy hood.  I’m not saying it’s okay (as someone who is not Native American, it’s not up to me to decide what Native Americans should or shouldn’t be offended by).  However, a group of football fans cheering on their team is not the same as the Klan, which is known for burning crosses and lynchings, and to equate the two trivializes the terrible suffering from the violent persecution that has been perpetrated for so many years.

Incidentally, I’m not a sports fan and don’t have any gear under either team name.  
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