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RUSH: Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, I happened to pass along to you<\/a> the information that Phil Simms (who used to be conservative) and Tony Dungy have decided they are not going to use the word “Redskins” during NFL telecasts this fall. Tony Dungy is gonna call \u2019em the Washington whatever, and Simms… Well, they\u2019re just not gonna do it. They\u2019re just gonna call \u2019em “Washington” during the whole game. <\/p>\n

Well, the Hall of Fame has a very outspoken member by the name of Mike Ditka who still works at ESPN but probably not for long. Ditka was interviewed (let\u2019s see here) on the RedskinsHistorian.com website by Mike Richmond. And during a discussion about this “need” to change the name of the Redskins, Mike Ditka unloaded.<\/p>\n

DITKA: What\u2019s all the stink over the Redskin name? It\u2019s so much horsesh(bleep), it\u2019s incredible. We\u2019re gonna let the liberals of the world run this world. It was said out of reverence, out of pride to the American Indian, even though it was called a Redskin. What are you gonna call \u2019em, a brownskin? This is so stupid, it\u2019s appalling, and I hope that owner keeps fighting for it and never changes it, because the Redskins are part of American football history and should never be anything but the Washington Redskins. That\u2019s the way it is.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: He was not finished.<\/p>\n

DITKA: It\u2019s all the political correct idiots in America. That\u2019s all it is. Hey, listen, I went through it. I went through it in the sixties, too. I mean, come on. It\u2019s fine to protest. You know, that\u2019s your right. You don\u2019t like the word? Protest. You have a right to do that. But to change the name? That\u2019s ridiculous. Change the Constitution? We got people trying to do that, too, and they\u2019re doing a pretty good job.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah! Don\u2019t just stop at changing the name. People try to change the Constitution. He\u2019s talking about Obama. But Ditka is speaking up for traditionalists who know that when the Redskins were named the Redskins there was no intent whatsoever to insult. This is a manufactured — a manufactured — circumstance where supposedly millions and millions and millions and millions of people are all of a sudden offended.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s very classic the way the media does this. They present the story as though everybody agrees with them and everybody agrees this has gotta go. Out of nowhere! This is just the agents of intolerance on the march demanding that everybody agree with them. It\u2019s the same thing and the same myth that\u2019s propelling the Ferguson story. There\u2019s a myth here that this nation is fed up with the name Washington Redskins. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a myth that everybody wants it changed. There is a myth that numbers, millions of people are routinely\/profoundly offended by it. None of that\u2019s true. Again, we\u2019re dealing with a politically correct minority intent on having their way, and Ditka is just speaking up for people who say, “What the hell is this? There\u2019s no real issue here! Nobody\u2019s really upset. There\u2019s more important stuff going on. Leave it alone! Hope the owner hangs in there.” <\/p>\n

Anyway, he works at ESPN, but I don\u2019t know… I mean once this gets out, he\u2019s at least gotta be suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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