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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
If I were any whiter I would be clear.
I really don't think a name change should be this big of a deal. There are much greater problems that need to be fixed than a team name with a word no one uses anymore except in regards to the football team
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"There are bigger issues" is an irrelevant diversion tactic. Putting focus on this issue doesn't mean that other issues suffer, nor can you prove in any way that if this issue fell out of focus a "bigger" issue would take it's place. Same junk got pulled in the rainbow flag discussion.
"Oh, but there are bigger issues". Yes, there are. Most of the population is able to focus on multiple issues at one time, so trying to discredit one issue on the back of other issues is simply a ploy used by people who are attempting to marginalize an issue without seeming "against it".
I think homelessness in Calgary is a bigger issue than the name "Redskins" personally, but amazingly, I can both give clothes to the homeless AND support the mission some tribes have in getting the name changed to something that isn't racist. I know, I'm clearly an incredible human being.