FCC Mulls Banning Redskins Name

[cajuncocoa]

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[Spikender]

See South Park for the appropriate response to this dumbassery.

 

[CaptUSA]

We should ban the FCC.

 

[Root]

The FCC should ban these as well... It's for the children
Aw fuck it, just ban something already. It's already past 9:30 am EST.

 

[Origanalist]

We should ban the FCC.

Problem, solution.

 

[donnay]

“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.”

~ Charlton Heston

 

[69360]

You have to be kidding me. There is worse on OTA tv every night.

 

[fisharmor]

This must be why Pandora has been inundating me with commercials about how all Indians secretly love the Redskins.

 

[Keith and stuff]

"Washington football club"

The guy thinks it is a soccer team. He is very out of touch with reality.

 

[Southron]

We do have a national religion and these people are the enforcers of the national morality.

 

[jmdrake]

SMH

Ideas for new names? It should be something that actually fits the character of the city. Washington tyrants? Washington drug runners? Washington child molesters? Washington thieves? Washington regulators? Washington war criminals? Washington job killers? Washington beasts? Washington conspirators? Washington royals? Washington bootlickers?

 

[Anti Federalist]

SMH

Ideas for new names? It should be something that actually fits the character of the city. Washington tyrants? Washington drug runners? Washington child molesters? Washington thieves? Washington regulators? Washington war criminals? Washington job killers? Washington beasts? Washington conspirators? Washington royals? Washington bootlickers?

You must spread some rep around...

 

[acptulsa]

You must spread some rep around...

I tried to cover for you. But, of course, no one can match the heft of your rephammer.

This is actually a brilliant way to use the popularity of their own circuses (though they're supposed to distract us instead) against them. We need to meme this theme until it's viral, if we can.

My best suggestion is Washington Warmongers.

But I also suggest Washington Pork Barrels, Washington Monsanto-ites, Washington Bribetakers, Washington Corporatists, Washington Lobbyhoes, Washington Fascists, Washington Pinkoes, Washington Crack Whores, Washington Stalinists, and maybe even Washington Scalyskins. Another rather poetic one is Washington Foreskins. But that's false advertising--most Washingtonians are total dicks.

Oh, and one more: The Washington Forked Tongues.

 

[otherone]

SMH

Ideas for new names? It should be something that actually fits the character of the city. Washington tyrants? Washington drug runners? Washington child molesters? Washington thieves? Washington regulators? Washington war criminals? Washington job killers? Washington beasts? Washington conspirators? Washington royals? Washington bootlickers?

FORESKINS

 

[DFF]

...backdoor to UK style hate speech laws.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I tried to cover for you. But, of course, no one can match the heft of your rephammer.

This is actually a brilliant way to use the popularity of their own circuses (though they're supposed to distract us instead) against them. We need to meme this theme until it's viral, if we can.

My best suggestion is Washington Warmongers.

But I also suggest Washington Pork Barrels, Washington Monsanto-ites, Washington Bribetakers, Washington Corporatists, Washington Lobbyhoes, Washington Fascists, Washington Pinkoes, Washington Crack Whores, Washington Stalinists, and maybe even Washington Scalyskins. Another rather poetic one is Washington Foreskins. But that's false advertising--most Washingtonians are total dicks.

Oh, and one more: The Washington Forked Tongues.

Dallas Cowboys fans have been calling them this for ages. Not kidding at all.

 

[LibForestPaul]

I do not see or hear the citizenry calling for creating private property of the airwaves. Apparently, they desire this, and need the FCC to protect them from themselves.

 

[Jackie Moon]

We should ban the FCC.

Seems like something the broadcasters should also want.

The FCC chief said he personally finds the term offensive and urged the team to change the name. But he didn't say whether he thinks it is illegal.

"There are a lot of names and descriptions that were used for a time that are inappropriate today," he said.

Hmm... NBC just re-aired this episode of SNL from 1975 on Saturday and it uses more offensive language than Redskins. I was actually surprised they were allowed to do it.

 

[Suzanimal]

FCC dismisses Redskins name petition


The FCC on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by a professor claiming the Washington Redskins name is indecent, according to agency sources.
George Washington University Professor John Banzhaf asked the FCC to deny renewal of the broadcast license for a radio station co-owned by Washington team owner Daniel Snyder, because of the repeated use of the word “Redskins.” Attorneys for Snyder have said banning broadcasters’ use of the word would violate free speech and property rights.

The status of similar petitions filed by three Native Americans against TV stations are still active.
The FCC determined that the law defines profanity as sexual or excretory in nature, so it cannot find the word “Redskins” profane.
“We find that there have been no serious violations of the [Communications] Act or the rules involving the station or any other violations that, taken together, would constitute a pattern of abuse,” wrote Peter H. Doyle, chief of the Media Bureau’s audio division.
Banzhaf said he will not stop his effort to get the name banned from the airwaves.
“I’ve got quite a number of options we’re still looking at,” he said in an interview. “I’ve got to sit down with some of my colleagues and see where we go from here. It’s a disappointment, but it’s certainly not the end of the line.”
The issue of the Redskins name has generated a lot of attention lately. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has said in the past that he finds the term “offensive and derogatory.”
In May, 50 Democratic senators sent letters to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell urging him and the league to endorse changing the name. And in August, the team appealed a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision to cancel the team’s six federal trademarks.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/fcc-redskins-name-petition-113683.html#ixzz3MRgd5a2p

 

[Primbs]

Snyder has been a very high level GOP donor. That is part of the reason to harass Snyder.
Now Snyder will probably donate more just to make sure GOP senators take up his cause. But he is a 100K type of guy.