In an unusual move by the Patent and Trademark Office, they officially removed the registered trademark of the Washington Redskins due to political pressure.
I like to read through the comments section of these stories and see that the majority of people who have gone completely ape-**** about this are white people and Native Americans, for the most part, seem to not be offended by the name. It won't be long before the athletic teams will only be allowed to have names like "The Washington DC Football Team" or The Atlanta Baseball Team." That's the only way they're going to be able to title their teams without offending anyone. We as a nation have become offended by absolutely everything.
It never ceases to amaze me how this administration can politicize anything. Everything they touch, even the patent office, is used as a tool to their political means.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name "Washington Redskins" on Wednesday on the grounds that the football team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus in violation of federal trademark laws banning offensive or disparaging language.
As usual, reading the article reveals how wildly exaggerated and quite inaccurate the thread title is
At least it got you to read the article if for no other reason than to find something to complain about. Most people don't get past the headline before starting their reply.
I have no doubt Obama had a hand in this. What an awesome way to get us to stop looking at the Lerner "lost" emails....makes me think he's worried about them being "found"....
I like to read through the comments section of these stories and see that the majority of people who have gone completely ape-**** about this are white people and Native Americans, for the most part, seem to not be offended by the name. It won't be long before the athletic teams will only be allowed to have names like "The Washington DC Football Team" or The Atlanta Baseball Team." That's the only way they're going to be able to title their teams without offending anyone. We as a nation have become offended by absolutely everything.
Yep If you are not offended I will be offended for you, maybe even start a group and petition.
I have no doubt Obama had a hand in this. What an awesome way to get us to stop looking at the Lerner "lost" emails....makes me think he's worried about them being "found"....
DID YOU HEAR OBAMA CAPTURED THE BENGHAZI SUSPECT!!
Originally posted by jaskispyder: Here is the opinion from that office...
Are they also low level employees in the Cincinnati office, who after complaints from Congressmen, enacted political correctness ? What proof do they have that it is disparaging to Native Americans ? How come now they are all of a sudden disparaged ? How long has that team had that name ? Native Americans came up with the name and blessed it.
Are they also low level employees in the Cincinnati office, who after complaints from Congressmen, enacted political correctness ? What proof do they have that it is disparaging to Native Americans ? How come now they are all of a sudden disparaged ? How long has that team had that name ? Native Americans came up with the name and blessed it.
Wait... let me find my tinfoil hat, so I can follow your logic...
The Washington Redskins have been around for a long time. MOST Native American nations, when asked about the team name both in the past and in the present, have said they either didn't care about it or were even honored to have so many sports teams named after them. Very few had a problem with the team name.
This wasn't an issue until the liberal political correctness lobby found a small number of Native Americans and told them they could either gain fame or sue for $$$ over the Washington football team's name. Then, seemingly overnight, this became a big issue. Probably mostly because the Redskins team owner isn't a democrat party contributor.
But let's take a step back and look at this for what it really is. It is just another distraction put forth by this administration to redirect attention away from the important news of the day, like the so-called "lost" emails from top IRS officials. Which, undoubtedly, I'm sure will prove to be incriminating to this administration.
I just love how when the shoe gets put on the other foot, so many libs want the public to not believe anything negative being reported about their guy. And when such reports are proven true, they try to claim their Führer didn't know anything about it until he read about it in the news. Keep drinking the koolaid.
Can we petition you not to be offended? If we wanted a wall, would we need a partition petition? If we didn't want anyone to see us naked behind that wall, would that be an inhibition partition petition? If we have always had that kind of desire, would we now have an inhibition predilection partition petition? If we want to get you to take bids to build the wall, would we now have an inhibition predilection partition competition petition? If we name a committee to evaluate bids, would that be the inhibition predilection partition competition petition commission? If we televise how this whole process works, would we have an inhibition predilection partition competition petition commission exhibition? If, after agreeing to a contract, the board cancels the whole thing, on television, that would be the inhibition predilection partition competition petition commission exhibition rescission, or rather, the inhibition predilection partition competition petition commission rescission exhibition.
But let's take a step back and look at this for what it really is. It is just another distraction put forth by this administration to redirect attention away from the important news of the day
EXACTLY... that is EXACTLY what this is. And anyone here who thinks the Patent Office didn't receive a phone call from one of the White House aides just prior to this, is completely ignorant of what's going on.
Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: EXACTLY... that is EXACTLY what this is. And anyone here who thinks the Patent Office didn't receive a phone call from one of the White House aides just prior to this, is completely ignorant of what's going on.
I agree its part of it, but its a bit more than that, its incremental control of us..
Well shouldn't the Gov't lead the way? All US Army helicopters need to be renamed. (Apache, Chinook, Kiowa etc) And why just Football, go get those Chicago Blackhawks, and Atlanta Braves!
Lets make sure we erase any mention of indigenous peoples from public view lest someone be offended.