The political correctness nannies are feeling a bit cocky these days. They managed to strike a blow against the Washington Redskins, because "Redskins" is a deeply offensive, and racist, term that must be banned. And now they are turning their ire against the U.S. military:
"In the United States today, the names Apache, Comanche, Chinook, Lakota, Cheyenne and Kiowa apply not only to Indian tribes but also to military helicopters. Add in the Black Hawk, named for a leader of the Sauk tribe. Then there is the Tomahawk, a low-altitude missile, and a drone named for an Indian chief, Gray Eagle. Operation Geronimo was the end of Osama bin Laden.
"Why do we name our battles and weapons after people we have vanquished? For the same reason the Washington team is the Redskins and my hometown Red Sox go to Cleveland to play the Indians and to Atlanta to play the Braves: because the myth of the worthy native adversary is more palatable than the reality - the conquered tribes of this land were not rivals but victims, cheated and impossibly outgunned."
By this logic, every sports team, weapons system, and school mascot will be called "It." But only if that doesn't offend the other pronouns.
SEE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/us-patent-office-cancels-redskins-trademark-registration-says-name-is-disparaging/2014/06/18/e7737bb8-f6ee-11e3-8aa9-dad2ec039789_story.html
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