Bob Costas is your typical Sportscaster who when he wades into politics, reveals his Marxist leanings. Last Sunday he went on a rant about how the Redskins should change their name. This was his second Leftist rant this year during a Football game. Jonah Goldberg analyzes stupidity of the Redskins name controversy.
‘Think for a moment about the term ‘Redskins,’” NBC Sports commentator Bob Costas exhorted viewers in his tirade at halftime of Sunday’s Cowboys-Redskins game. “Ask yourself what the equivalent would be, if directed [at] African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, or members of any other ethnic group. When considered that way, ‘Redskins’ can’t possibly honor a heritage or a noble character trait, nor can it possibly be considered a neutral term.”
“It is an insult, a slur, no matter how benign the present-day intent,” Costas continued.
This is ludicrous. I say this not as someone who has particular love for the Redskins or their name. I say this as a lover of words.
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Redskins lawyer Lanny Davis insists the team’s 80-year-old name should be grandfathered in, even though he concedes that someone might be offended. Time’s Sean Gregory sarcastically responds: “So we have to be sensitive to the one offended person, but can’t change the name, because it’s been around for a long time. Sorry, offended person. We love the name too much, for too long.”
Well, yeah. I’m not offended by the “C” in NAACP — which isn’t racist for obvious reasons — but someone out there must be. That’s not an argument for changing the name. I am offended, however, that the Philadelphia Eagles are named after the Blue Eagle, the propaganda symbol of the New Deal’s National Recovery Administration, which restricted competition and even threw a dry cleaner in jail for undercharging (by a nickel) to clean a suit. But I don’t think the Eagles should change their name on my account.
This should be a non issue, but the Left cannot leave things alone. Native Americans, the Team Owners and fans have no problem with the Redskins name. Only their opinions matter on this and not Bob Costas’s.
