The Washington Redskins, a franchise clinging onto a mascot widely viewed as the most racist in national sports, tweeted out their Thanksgiving well wishes without a hint of irony on Thursday.
Wishing you and your family a Happy #Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/qI3U7hbGhK
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 26, 2015
The Washington football team’s annual tweet to commemorate the genocide of Native Americans after the Pilgrims colonized America was not well received on Twitter.
Here’s a sampling of the best responses:
@Redskins hey, social media person, happy thanksgiving. i’m sorry you have an out-of-touch idiot boss or bosses who insisted you do this
— Hip Wishboner (@hipsterboner) November 26, 2015
Maybe y’all should sit this one out RT @Redskins: Wishing you and your family a Happy #Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/FL6CKnPlyf
— L S V (@The__Tactician) November 26, 2015
@Redskins I heard there was a PR position open
— Hurell The Human (@Sir_Hurizzel) November 26, 2015
@Redskins remember how you continue to disrespect half of the people that were at Thanksgiving? Neat.
— DwayneShintziusFan (@Cyrus_is_risen) November 26, 2015
.@Redskins pic.twitter.com/tUQLThwvjT
— Skip Jayless (@Jay_Sanin) November 26, 2015
A slew of media organizations have refused to continue referring to the team as the Redskins, arguing the term is an ethnic slur. Team owner Daniel Snyder has repeatedly said he would not consider changing the name.
If Washington is going to keep that name, they should have the grace to change their mascot to a potato.
I have never understood why the NFL doesn’t croak this thing RIGHT NOW.
Would changing the name, to something like the Washington Powhatans while keeping the logo image, ease the issue or make it worse?
They do this every year. They simply don’t care.
Maybe it’s just as well. Judging by how self aware Daniel Snyder is, if he did change the name, he’d probably come up with something like the Washington Jihadists or the Washington Throat-Slitters. I shudder to think what the new mascot would look like.