FCC Could Ban The Word "Redskins" From Radio & TV - Are The "Chiefs" Next?

[houstonwhodat]

These political correctness people are driving me nuts.

If they get their way concerning the Redskins perhaps they will go after the "Chiefs" next.

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL) — The Federal Communications Commission [FCC] could effectively ban the use of the word "Redskins" by broadcasters, based upon a filing by several former FCC commissioners and other communication law experts, if the team's name isn't changed, according to a letter sent Friday to team owner Dan Snyder which concluded that using the word "Redskin" on the air is likely to be contrary to federal broadcast law because it constitutes an "indecency" if not an "obscenity."

The letter from former FCC chairman Reed Hundt and 11 other broadcast law experts says the R-word is the most derogatory name a Native American can be called, and is an "unequivocal racial slur" akin to the N-word. They liken the use of "Redskin" to an "obscenity," which is illegal on the public airwaves in any form, rather than simply an "indecency" which is restricted to certain times of the day."


http://www.ketknbc.com/news/fcc-coul...-from-tv-radio

http://rbr.com/fcc-could-ban-redskin...-radio-and-tv/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...s-is-indecent/

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

And I'm sick of whining right wingers who refuse to aknowledge anything that offends anyone else unless it has to do with their guns, religious beliefs or Duck Dynasty.

Who's whining? My side won. My ancestors have been here for centuries. God only knows how many Indians they greased. I've got no problem with it.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by frazod

Who's whining? My side won. My ancestors have been here for centuries. God only knows how many Indians they greased. I've got no problem with it.

ha!
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[Chiefaholic]

Originally Posted by DaFace

As for the "are the Chiefs next" question...I wouldn't think it'd even be in the same ballpark. "Chief" is not an offensive word, and the football team's name actually came from Mayor H. Roe "The Chief" Bartle, who was instrumental in getting the team to move to KC.

Now, you could make an argument that the "tribal chant" and even "Arrowhead" could one day be in jeopardy, but I wouldn't think the name "Chiefs" will have any trouble sticking around.

An arrowhead is just a rock tied to the end of a stick. Who does this offend? The arrowhead has been around 64,000 years and originally derived in South Africa.

[Gravedigger]

You can try to stop the fans from doing the Tomahawk Chop if you want, I don't think you'll be happy with the results but you are indeed entitled to try.

[Ace Gunner]

they can't pick on a non profit org like that

[TimeForWasp]

Draft Geno and call us the Kansas City Fountaneers.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

And I'm sick of whining right wingers who refuse to aknowledge anything that offends anyone else unless it has to do with their guns, religious beliefs or Duck Dynasty.

you are such a thick skulled nit wit

no one is 'refusing to acknowledge' that there is a myriad of things that offend a multitude of people

what we are doing is refusing to assume that every time someone is offended, someone must change their behavior/take action/be held accountable etc...

If you are alive, you will be offended. Deal with it...you have zero right to 'not be offended.'

You do have a right to change the channel....but apparently being offended is easier for the simple minded.

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by Sweet Dick Willie

As a person who lives and has lived among various native populations, I find these two examples sooooooo fitting. Lolz...
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Hey we already had the Houston Gamblers.

That's how Jim Kelly was discovered before Buffalo got a hold of him.

[ThatRaceCardGuy]

Originally Posted by Pawnmower

you are such a thick skulled nit wit

no one is 'refusing to acknowledge' that there is a myriad of things that offend a multitude of people

what we are doing is refusing to assume that every time someone is offended, someone must change their behavior/take action/be held accountable etc...

If you are alive, you will be offended. Deal with it...you have zero right to 'not be offended.'

You do have a right to change the channel....but apparently being offended is easier for the simple minded.

Lmao..and not a single **** is given regarding your opinion.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by scho63

I won't hold the fact you live in Flor-e-duh against you but the facts speak for themselves, no matter how politically correct you and a few other bleeding hearts here want to make it.

The amount of money the US has thrown at the Native American community, including the Casinos and tax free cigarettes has been massive.

The State of Native America: Very Unemployed and Mostly Ignored
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/6801

A survey of death certificates over a four-year period showed that deaths among Indians due to alcohol are about four times as common as in the general US population and are often due to traffic collisions and liver disease with homicide, suicide, and falls also contributing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_alcoholism

This post does a fantastic job of ignoring the environmental racism, educational genocide, eugenics, and sterilization practices that the U.S committed against the Native American people. You know, the practices we were still enforcing until the 1980's.

(The environmental racism is still alive and well, though, as the majority of our nuclear waste ends up dumped on Native American lands.)

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

You can try to stop the fans from doing the Tomahawk Chop if you want, I don't think you'll be happy with the results but you are indeed entitled to try.

They did it in the 90's.
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[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Thatguy

Lmao..and not a single **** is given regarding your opinion.

Nor yours, whacktard. Please stay away from the Democratic party, take your friends with you, and go join or create your equivalent of the Tea Party, then kindly fade in to obscurity so that those of us who work for a living, back labor, and support real justice can get on with our lives. Thanks.
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[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by frazod

I have a wonderful solution for people who are offended by this, and the way Native Americans have been treated in general:
1. Find the nearest Native American.
2. Give him/her your house and everything in it, since your possession of these things is immoral and is tacit acceptance of genocide perpetrated against Native Americans by your ancestors.
3. Board a plane/ship and return to your ancestral country of origin.
4. ****ing stay there.

And send us a post card when you get there. Or don't.

This seems somewhat impractical. May I suggest an alternative? Perhaps acknowledge the oppression and injustices of the past and work hard to make sure the same shit doesn't happen in the future? And also just stop perpetuating racism?

But you know what, I'd hate to annoy anyone with all that basic human decency, so let's scrap that. Back to the ol' drawing board, I guess...

[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by Sweet Dick Willie

They did it in the 90's.
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I don't know about you but if someone tells me I can't do the Tomahawk Chop when I want to during a game I paid for... **** em! Maybe the stadium would stop playing the chant and getting Rob Riggle to break a huge drum stick over a huge drum but I'd still do it and so would the rest of the stadium.

[AussieChiefsFan]

The political correctness in this world we live in now is ridiculous.