More Proof The Left Is Just Fringe

The other day, I wrote about how the public really doesn’t embrace leftist whining even though the internet and media would make you think they do. No sooner had I written that article than another interesting piece of news appeared.

A couple years ago, leftist sports journalists decided to start a crusade against the name “the Washington Redskins.” They claimed that this name was offensive and needed to be dropped because it made them cry. Many even said they would refuse to use it and they banned it from their webpages.

Unfortunately for them, there was a poll out there which shot them down harshly. It showed that 92% of the public did not consider it offensive. So they ran with the 8%. They called this “a sizeable number of people” and they said that when sooooo many people find something offensive, you just can’t do it. They ignored the fact that finding 8% of the public who are offended by something is easy regardless of what you claim is offensive.

Nothing changed.

So they tried something new. They tried peer pressure. Each one started writing articles about a handful of famous people and former players who thought the name was racist. They ignored or downplayed the much vaster number of players and famous people who embraced the name. Then they wrote articles about all the high school and college teams who changed their Indian mascot names. This time, they ignored the fact that education is dominated (almost 100%) by leftists, so this was not at all surprising... it’s a bit like being surprised to find communists at a communist party meeting.

Still, nothing changed and Washington was resolute.

So they tried pointing out all the other sites who were doing the same thing. They even claimed sportscasters were refusing to use the name, something each one would deny.

In any event, another poll came out showing that "only" 88% supported the name. They took this to mean that support for banning the name was growing! They ignored the fact this was well within the statistical margin of error. Now they tried something new. They found some Indians who claimed the name was offensive and they told us that we were all racists for opposing what these people wanted. The Redskins countered by pointing to Indian support as well. Our arm-chair justice warriors were undeterred, however. They dismissed that Indian support as people with an economic interest or people who were confused. And besides, just because you can find an Indian who favors the name doesn’t mean anything when I can find an Indian who opposes it! So there, I logiced it!

Well, the Washington Post just polled a group of 504 Indians: “The professional football team in Washington calls itself the Washington Redskins. As a Native American, do you find that name offensive, or doesn’t it bother you?” No doubt they hoped that a massive anti-Redskin finding would pressure the team to change the name. But guess what? 90% said the name doesn’t bother them. Only 9% said it did.

Splat.

Once again, if you paid attention to the media, you would have been under the impression that Native Americans were on the warpath and the public was quickly surrendering to their wishes and the name of your favorite sports team was just about to be wiped out by political correctness. Yet, 88% of the public and 90% of Native Americans are rejecting this crap.

See what I’ve been saying? This group of whiny leftists trying to reshape the world into a gray new world of bland is indeed tiny and their supporters are a tiny fringe of the American left. And all that screaming online is just them being loud, it's not evidence of any sort of public acceptance. The world remains sane.

Thoughts?