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Sunday, September 14, 2014

A Viewer Asks...


Tell me why this isn't racist and the Redskins logo is.

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where's Michael Pretl and his pal Ron Pagano when we need them to right this outrageous wrong?

Anonymous said...

Because this is a picture/ drawing of a Wicomico Indian. Wicomico was the name of the tribe.

And, the Redskins logo is not "racist", either. Neither is the term, Redskin.

Anonymous said...

Because there is no racist name associated with this flag/emblem and because it is not being used for profit.

Any other questions?

Anonymous said...

I'm very offended by this logo. It must go!! Such disrespect!!

Anonymous said...

It's not the logo they want removed, it's the NAME, genius. Wicomico County, MD IS MORE offensive, in its current sad state.

Anonymous said...

Because one honors native american and the other honors native americans.

And that's about as much sense as the attack on free speech is.

Anonymous said...

I was thinking of having a burgundy and gold shirt made that sayw "Why don't you change YOUR name".

Anonymous said...

It is.

Anonymous said...

Because it does not say redskins. Is that so hard to understand?

Anonymous said...

I thought Wicomico Indians were black.

Anonymous said...

Only a few believe "redskins" is a racist name. You should let sleeping dogs lie. Now that you have brought it to public attention, some halfwit, (probably without a child in that school) will scream lawsuit and the county will have to pay a boatload of money for court cases and appeals, pay halfwits lawyers and other expenses and than pay the expense of replacing old logo with new logo. That is boocoo bucks.

Anonymous said...

Racism was an idea from Leon Trotsky to should down opponents.

Anonymous said...

Good point 12:09, especially on the football and basketball teams...not so much lacrosse though

Anonymous said...

OH PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

If you have to ask yourself this question then you don't know anyone with native American Heritage

Anonymous said...

That's actually a picture of Injun Joe. After he appeared in Tom Sawyer, work was hard to find, so he became a male model. That Wicomico County thing was one of his first gigs.

Anonymous said...

Wicomico County + Indian Logo = No Jobs

Plain and simple, it equates to handouts and poverty. Wicomico's main industry is panhandling. The areas homeless are living in modern day tents - whereas in the 1860's they were called Wigwams. Somethings just never change.

Anonymous said...

1:26 PM Thanks for info - I was unaware - but after today it will appear on Wikipedia - another piece of history saved.

Anonymous said...

Would everyone just get off the racist bandwagon??!! PAAALEEEZE. Get over yourselves. Someone said if they would change the mascot to a "redskin potato", this issue would take care of itself. I like this because it pinpoints the idiocy of the whole issue.

Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His site. What more do we need???

Again; get over yourselves and leave the Indian names, logos, groups, etc. alone. Stop being so stupid. Period.

Anonymous said...

Lee Beauchamp feels the same way, that's why he changed the logo on county roads trucks.

Anonymous said...

You people have too much time on your hands.

Anonymous said...

Taxation is racist !

Anonymous said...

Just like lee spend , spend. Keep asking the taxpayers to foot the bill. And he's already spent millions and so forth that the county council has no clue of. HHHH MMMM !

Anonymous said...

More slander from the Mathias campaign!

Anonymous said...

The "Redskin" name is not offensive. It's the association with Washington DC...lol. Change it to Maryland Redskins...oh wait, Maryland is also offensive to people...

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I'm very offended by this logo. It must go!! Such disrespect!!

September 13, 2014 at 11:08 AM

I hope that is sarcasm!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Only a few believe "redskins" is a racist name. You should let sleeping dogs lie. Now that you have brought it to public attention, some halfwit, (probably without a child in that school) will scream lawsuit and the county will have to pay a boatload of money for court cases and appeals, pay halfwits lawyers and other expenses and than pay the expense of replacing old logo with new logo. That is boocoo bucks.

September 13, 2014 at 12:39 PM

What school? This has nothing to do with a school.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Lee Beauchamp feels the same way, that's why he changed the logo on county roads trucks.

September 13, 2014 at 2:43 PM

Did he get the authority from the County Council on this logo change? This requires an act from the legislative body, not the County Executive. This is something that the County Council even forgets. Did it cost extra money to change all the new stickers?

This is something Joe Holloway needs to investigate.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
More slander from the Mathias campaign!

September 13, 2014 at 7:34 PM

Which includes Josh Hastings.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Just like lee spend , spend. Keep asking the taxpayers to foot the bill. And he's already spent millions and so forth that the county council has no clue of. HHHH MMMM !

September 13, 2014 at 6:41 PM

This is true and it needs to be investigated.

Why don't you give us a clue? How about giving Joe the info so that we can make our legislatures investigate. I don't pay taxes for wasteful spending.

Anonymous said...

It's not racist, because there's no money behind the logo. We're broke!