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Originally Posted by shutout
Far too many people forcing their opinions on others, and expecting things to change because they want them to. Vocal minorities (opinions) are trying to decide what should be and should not be acceptable. Let the majority decide and then changes will be made.
If the majority of the people were against the Redskins then they should boycott all Redskins merchandise. Stop going to the games. Stop reporting their team in the papers and on TV. If fans stopped going and supporting the team because of the name, the owner would change the name.
Why should anybody have to change their beliefs to conform to special interest groups. If the Native American's want to have the name changed then they should be proactive and purchase the team and then they are free to make all the changes that they want. Until then, why should the owner have to change his opinions or anything about the franchise he owns.
Money talks. Its the only thing that people listen to. Until that money makes a statement on racism in sports culture things are not going to change. Nor should they have to.
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Thankfully it is an extreme minority that think that minority rights and issues should be dealt with in such an egalitarian way.
Although point taken, the Natives should just start a chain of stores named "Dan Snyder kills Jews, beats women and hates babies". Buy the domain name
www.dansnyder.com and fill it with whatever the heck they want to fill it up with. If Dan Snyder has a problem with this he should just buy the store and website. If the Natives do not want to sell the store, Dan Snyder should shut up. Money talks and if his money is not good enough to buy the stores, he should just live with the name. There is nothing else that people should listen to other than money in that situation.