The Washington Redskins -- What's In A Name?

It's rather amazing; a poll was done of Native Americans, and it found that more than 90% are not offended at all by the name of the Washington Redskins.  We have all watched as one liberal after another has hyperventilated over the terrible offense that the name of the Washington football team was to Native Americans.  There was pressure on the NFL to force the team to change the name.  There were moves by the federal government to encourage the team to change its name.  But the name remained unchanged, and we were told that Native Americans were all offended and upset by this.  Now we know that it just wasn't true.

Let's put this in context.  The results of the poll show that Native Americans don't care at all about the name of the Washington Redskins.  You probably could have gotten a similar number of people to claim they were offended by the name of the Philadelphia Phillies.  The whole controversy was just created by the liberals and the media (I know, same thing).

It's worth taking a look at the response of the media to this poll.  My favorite is the column in the Washington Post that warns both sides that they better pay attention to the poll results.  Both sides?  Really?  The phony assault on the team name is over and the fraud upon which it was based has been exposed.  It's time everyone recognized that.