Quote:If my wife said "You are such a man" in a way that was obviously meant as an insult, I wouldn't really be offended in the least.  And I don't exactly have thick skin.  Nor would I be offended if she said "You are such a woman!"  for whatever reason.

 

People keep going on about how the Redskins name needs to change.  Truth is, if you asked most Native Americans, they'd probably say that it doesn't matter one way or another.  And really, it doesn't.  How does it help them to change the name? 


Obviously there are some Native Americans who think the name should change.  But there are also a lot who don't really care one way or another.  Who know that by changing the name of the Redskins, you accomplish nothing.  How many Redskins fans are fans of the team because they hate Native Americans?  How many Redskins fans are fans of the team because they live in D.C. or grew up as Redskins fans?


People want to do this because they want to feel better about the treatment of Native Americans, without actually doing anything.  Changing the Name of the Redskins won't lower Native American suicides.  It won't create better conditions for them.  All it will do is make politicians feel good about doing something about nothing.

 

I likely wouldn't take insult under those circumstances, either.  However, there is a world of difference between friendly jibes from a spouse or significant other and a stranger denigrating an entire group, which is what is being alleged here.

 

Sammy dismissed the possibility of a descriptive term of someone's skin color as possibly being less than/other than factually descriptive.

 

My example was designed to illustrate that a facially neutral descriptive term of a person's immutable characteristic can be used in a less than neutral-even insulting manner.

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