Courts Cancel Washington's Name Patent VOL: "Disparaging"

Cedric Ceballos said:

 
i can see the argument about why the team name should be changed, I get it and all but can you really force someone who owns a team he paid hundreds of millions of dollars for to change the name?

I totally get how Native Americans would take offense and have every right to be offended by the name but if the team name changes, then what happens next.

This may seem like a reach to some, but if people who lost family members, lost their houses, and/or were displaced from Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Andrew, or any other tragic Hurricane were to take offense to their being a NHL team named the Carolina Hurricanes or a College Team named the Miami Hurricanes, would they be taken seriously.    I can't relate to anyone who may or would be upset by that because I never lost my house or a relative or friend to a hurricane, but while it may sound silly, I can see where and how a person who lost their home in Katrina or a similar hurricane could take offense to that team name.

Point i'm trying to make is if people are offended by Washington's football team name,  there may be other team names that people might take offense to.   The reasons may seem silly to most or some but to those offended by them it might be a real reason.  

Again this can sound silly, but maybe decendants of those who lost family in the Revolutionary War might take offense to their being sports teams called the Kings because their decendants from years ago lost their lives fighting a war because we didn't want a Monarchy in America.     Again this is an extreme example but if one team name gets forced to be changed for whatever reason, what's going to happen next?

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Cedric Ceballos said:

Have any of you totally disregarding what I said lost any relatives or your home in a hurricane?

So your saying that it would be silly for someone who lost their home and family in Katrina only to be relocated to Houston and did dirty by the government to take offense to a NHL team called the hurricanes or a college team called the hurricanes, especially when that state, Florida has been hit hard with hurricanes over the years?

Also how can you force someone who spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a team to change the name? You got a right to not like the name and he got a right to tell you to kick rocks.

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Cedric Ceballos said:

Calling someone's opinion stupid rather then elaborating on why they disagree and offering insight is the sign of someone who has trouble expressing themselves and is closed minded.

Just because the name hurricanes doesn't offend you doesn't mean it isn't others offended by it.

The same way people should be tolerant and accepting about Washington's football team name, people should be tolerant about people being offended by the name of a storm many people have lost lives and homes to being the name of a professional sports team.

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Cedric Ceballos said:

Also would a group of Irish people offended by the Notre Dame fighting Irish logo be in the wrong if they protested outside Notre Dame games because they take offense to how the fighting Irish logo portrays them?

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Cedric Ceballos said:

The Washington football team debate is a legit issue. I could see why people want it changed.

My hurricane example, while some may see it as a reach, some may have a legit argument for it, those who were impacted directly by the damage and devastation a hurricane can cause.

I just don't wanna see the Washington situation set a precedent and open the floodgates for people to complain about the smallest things and make a mockery out of what the Washington situation was about to begin with.

Next you might see evangelical Christian groups protest the New Jersey devils name.

Atheists protesting the Anaheim Angels name and so on.

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Cedric Ceballos said:

One can argue that the team name hurricanes is offensive to those who've been affected by hurricanes. I personally could care less about the name since I've never been impacted by a hurricane but I wouldn't be dismissive of anyone who has been affected by a hurricane who takes offense to that name. That's just my personal opinion on that matter.

The Washington situation doesn't affect me directly, I can totally understand how a Native American would take offense to that name and want it changed though.

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