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Do you really feel it necessary to have passive aggressive overtones and hyperbole in many of your posts? Honestly you're by far the most grating poster on this forum to me. And if that was true would these same tribal leaders call their own schools sports teams "Redskins"?
"There are Native American schools that call their teams Redskins. The term is used affectionately by some natives, similar to the way the N-word is used by some African-Americans. In the only recent poll to ask native people about the subject, 90 percent of respondents did not consider the term offensive, although many question the cultural credentials of the respondents".
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/...ins-is-a-slur/
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Actually, I'm not. What I stated is true, and since you clearly didn't catch the evidence, I'll repost it:
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The country’s tribal leaders, in Washington this week to meet with President Barack Obama, say the word has always been offensive, given the brutal history that surrounds it.
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"It's unacceptable in the 21st century, and I wish the owner of the Washington football team and the NFL would realize that," said Brad Cladoosby, the chairman of Washington state's Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Cladoosby is also the president of the National Congress of American Indians.
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While the controversy has smouldered for decades, getting rid of the team name has emerged as a top legislative priority for the leaders of the nation's 566 federally recognized tribes
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Sorry, I wasn't using hyperbole. Do you have to call me arrogant and passive aggressive simply because you were wrong and got called out on it? Even the polls you're quoting say that the cultural credentials of the responders are suspect, so you REALLY think that a poll a bunch of white people can answer is a great indicator of whether Native Americans find "Redskin" offensive?
I don't find you all that interesting, but I do find your reaction to being proven wrong most entertaining.