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Originally Posted by MarchHare
That's cool you have a self-depreciating sense of humour, but would you be ok with a professional sports team, comprised almost entirely of gentiles, using it for their name and logo? What do you think that Anti-Defamation League would have to say about that?
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Not to mention that regardless of his response the individuals who aren't offended do not somehow wash out the plurality of people who are.
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Originally Posted by pylon
I 100% believe that the Redskins should be renamed. All I am asking, is where do we draw the line when it comes to peoples sensibilities? Is religion going to be the line in the sand? Physical descriptions? Political affiliations?
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We will look at each situtation in context and evaluate the merits of the situation and come to a rational conclusion?
Tinordi's point was that your argument is a classic example of fallacious slippery slope reasoning, taken so far in fact that it could stand as an example of why NOT to use that argumentative method. This appears to have sailed over your head, because you have continued to take the same approach despite saying:
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That was kinda the point I was making.
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Apparently, it really, really wasn't.