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

 

 

I apologize, Bullseye, often times while at work I will skim post, which can also lead to a lack of content in my replies. I certainly am not attempting to be dismissive to the discussion itself.
 
If the discussion is going to venture into the consideration of dismissive behavior .... Wouldn't we start by discussing the fact that I consider the word/name Redskins to be worthy of nothing but honorable, and positive accolades (as do many others) is being dismissed in favor of a negative perception that I can at the very maximum vaguely understand?
 
I do think I have an idea of what I am being told, but that does not mean I can accept it to the point of dismissing my own understanding of how I feel about the name Redskins. Should I consider that a negative perception is more worthy of consideration than a positive one? I would prefer that others perceive the name in a positive manner as I do, rather than expect me to agree to a negative view that isn't in me.
 
I don't know if a majority of people find the name Redskins offensive, or if the number would be more in the vast minority. I just feel that the opponents to the name of Redskins (imo) don't seem to care either way. I get that even 1 person that is feeling that something is offensive to them is too many, we have been going down that path for a very long time. As long as we continue to consider "any" negative perception to be more important than a positive one, it is always going to be the way it is. It is possible I should just chalk it up to the changes in society.
 
Ha, maybe in the end we will all be 100% alike. Do you like Broccoli? I really don't want to give that up.

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