Opinion
By Dave Scott, 7-25-25
Fans of the Washington Redskins football team are on the warpath.
They want their NFL team’s original name back. This time they have powerful allies, President Donald Trump and Native Americans.
President Trump has called for the NFL team in Washington, D.C. to have its longtime nickname restored after it was stripped during the “woke” silliness. He’s also demanding that the Cleveland Major league Baseball franchise restore the name “Indians” and shed the idiotic new moniker “Guardians”.
On Sunday, July 20, the president took to Truth Social to call for the team’s owners to bring back the Redskins name, which the historic franchise had been called since 1933 when it was still in Boston before being relocated. Either that, he warned, or no new stadium in the District.
The absurd name change took place in 2020 amidst the criminal upheaval that erupted after the death of fentanyl-addicted thug George Floyd because loony leftists insisted that Floyd was a saint and the Redskins name was racist. Following that the team was temporarily known as the Washington Football Team until it was formally and laughingly renamed the Washington Commanders in 2022.
The point of removing the Redskins name from the team was the same as taking the pretty native girl off Land O Lakes products and doing away with Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben. Make those minorities disappear. That’s what Democrats, the party of Karens, do. It’s surprising they didn’t insist that all three images be replaced with one of Floyd, O.J., and Dylan Mulvany.
I’ve never seen a red person because there are no people who have red skin. The only red people are those who should be embarrassed because they changed the name.
Critics of the Redskins name say it is disparaging to Native Americans. Native Americans say that’s stupid and are advocating for the name to be reinstated.
The name had been in use for more than 80 years. Why don’t those left-wing loons on the woke bandwagon go after the folks at the Pentagon who have helicopters named Apache, missiles called Tomahawk, and airplanes called Lakota? The code name for the operation that snuffed Osama bin Laden was Geronimo.
What about the old Soviet Union and today’s Chinese? Weren’t the Soviets called “Reds” and aren’t the Chinese still called “Reds” today? Remember the Red Army? Were the soldiers red? Who remembers the 1960s cowardly left wing student chant during the Vietnam war: “Better red than dead?” And how did the Cincinnati Reds get off the woke hook?
Native American Indians colored their skin red because it was the color of war. One thing the many diverse North American tribes — from the East Coast to the West — had in common was their definition of colors, with red war paint symbolizing blood, strength, energy, and power. It was the reason that after doing battle with these fierce warriors terrified settlers called them “redskins.”
The term “redskin” was first recorded in the late 17th century and was applied to the Algonquian peoples generally, but specifically to the Delaware. “Redskin” referred not to the natural skin color of the Delaware, but to their use of face and body paint. And in what is now South Dakota when the Lakota tribe’s Black Elk prepared for battle at Wounded Knee he said: “I painted my face all red.” They did this because it scared the hell out of the enemy.
They didn’t have the luxury of blasting Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ to the settlers from speakers strapped beneath helicopters. The warring tribes wore red paint using the same reasoning Robert Duval’s U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore explained in the film “Apocalypse Now” – “It scares the hell out of Charlie.”
Or maybe what all this brouhaha is about is that the woke Democrat crackpots think the Redskin footballers are guilty of “transracial” fraud, like Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who headed the NAACP chapter in Spokane, who tried to pass herself off as black or Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren who scalped funds falsely claiming she was a minority native American to land a Harvard job. Or maybe it’s lefties in the blue states trying to cancel as many of their red state rivals as possible.
No matter what, I and many others, encourage the team owners to bring the Redskins name back and not cower before a small minority of politically correct nitwits who most likely believe that neither team should lose because it would be bad for the self-esteem of those players with the least amount of points at the end of a game.
The name “Redskins” pays tribute to the ferocity, strength and courage of the Native American warrior and has nothing to do with skin color or is in any way disparaging. Just the opposite.
Hail to the Redskins!
(An abridged version of the above column also appears in the national Biz Pac Review at https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/25/redskins-fans-on-the-warpath-1571019/)
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Handbook For Single Gals: If you’re a local single gal seeking male companionship you may want to pay attention to Amelia Island author Patricia Louke’s advice. Guys can benefit from her counsel as well.
Ms. Louke (66) recently published a book titled “10 Steps To Finding Mr. Not-So Perfect”, subtitled, “A Guide for Dating.” In fact, you can get an earful of her advice and ask questions Thursday, August 14th, beginning at 3 p.m., at Story and Song, 1340 Park Avenue, Fernandina Beach. Call (904) 601-2118.
Patty, as she’s known by her friends and family, has lived on Amelia Island for the past 10 years. She had been divorced 20 years before marrying husband, Charlie, a retired federal law enforcement professional.
She says she met her “Mr. Not So-Perfect” on an online site called “Plenty of Fish” and the duo dated for more than two years prior to marrying in a service conducted by the iconic Pajama Dave Voorhees, owner of PJD’s Beer & Wine Garden in downtown Fernandina. Musician and County Commissioner Hupp Huppman performed at the ceremony held on a boat captained by PJD. They’ve been married for five years.
After skimming through her book I began thinking that the advice the New Jersey native offers could just as easily be applied by men, with a few exceptions. Men probably don’t have to take the same safety precautions as gals on a first meeting as they are less likely to meet a physically abusive suitor. However, based on stories I’ve heard and experiences from my single days, “craziness” is not limited to men.
Patty writes that the top five cities for gals seeking single men in the U.S. are 1- Seattle, 2- San Francisco, 3- San Jose, 4-Denver, and 5-Austin. Guys in those cities are probably single because those communities are heavily populated with gays, illegal immigrants, stingy Democrats, and feature high crime rates. Maybe folks there are too busy attacking police, ICE agents, and plundering, pillaging, and protesting to find time to date.
Based on my past experiences as a single guy many years ago I discovered a sure-fire place to meet attractive women was in a grocery store. Why ask a clerk where the “sugar” is, when you can stop a pretty gal shopper and ask her? I scored a few dates applying that tactic suggesting that we could swap recipes over cocktails. After a while I had enough sugar to open a confectionery.
Hereabouts the folks at Harris Teeter have come up with a great shopping concept, an in-store bar. The last time there I discovered they were selling $2 domestic beers on Mondays, $3 glasses of wine on Thursdays, combined with other beer and wine specials each day. They’re open from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily. Order a $10 pizza from the deli, pull up a stool, have a couple of brews, and wait. I saw folks I knew, new folks, and met folks I didn’t know. Who knew?
Patty agreed that this could be a good place for singles to meet. I hear that the new Publix will have a similar bar.
Around town you’re likely to bump into Patty and husband Charlie at their favorite restaurants, KPs and Pogos, or preferred pubs, PJD’s and Green Turtle.
Her short 139-page book is a fun, lively and light read with practical and reasonable advice from someone who has lived the experience. Finding Mr. “Not-So Perfect” is available on Amazon and at Story & Song. Contact Patty at +1 9047804537 or email her at [email protected].
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Aaron Bean Sez: Republican U.S. Representative Aaron Bean of Florida’s Fourth District will be the featured guest at a session at Walkers Landing at the Amelia Island Plantation,11 Beach Lagoon Road, Monday, July 28 from 5-7 p.m.
Folks who want to attend should RSVP Deb Boelkes, [email protected] or call her at 904/310-9602.
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