The Patriot Post® · Penalty Flag for Redskins

The name of a football team is still leaving leftists red-faced. The Washington Redskins have been the target of a renewed effort to purge the politically incorrect term from our midst. The latest development in this ridiculous kerfuffle is that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rejected a pork rind company’s bid to trademark the name “Redskins Hog Rinds” because the name is “derogatory slang.” Though the NFL team isn’t affiliated with the pork rinds maker, the determination could spell trouble for the Redskins as the PTO is presently considering its trademark. If the trademark is revoked, the team may have no choice but to succumb to political pressure from the professionally aggrieved.