The Patriot Post® · 3/4 of America Okay With Redskins Name

Only 23 percent of Americans can’t stomach the name “Washington Redskins,” according to a Langer Research poll. “Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it,” Mark Twain once said. According to ESPN, “The poll of 1,019 Americans, conducted on landlines and cellphones between Aug. 20 and Aug. 24, found that 71 percent favor keeping the nickname – but that’s down from 89 percent when the question was first asked 22 years ago. It also found that 68 percent of people responding think the nickname is not disrespectful of Native Americans, compared to just 9 percent who say it is "a lot” disrespectful. (Nineteen percent say it shows ‘some’ disrespect.)“ It seems the Left’s PC campaign has failed to persuade most folks. More…