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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on November 29, 2013, 03:40:41 PM
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WW2 Navajo Code Talkers Appear in Redskins Jackets: Liberal Heads Explode
The Redskins, as everyone who isn’t the media by now knows, got their name from their Native American players back in the day. Some of the surviving WW2 Navajo code talkers may know that, because unlike liberals, they weren’t born yesterday.
As a joint celebration of the NFL’s Salute to Service month and Native American Heritage month, the Washington Redskins recognized four members of the Navajo Code Talkers Association.
The code talkers were a group of Native American service members who transmitted secret communications beginning in World War II.
Four representatives — Navajo Code Talkers Association President Peter MacDonald Sr., Vice President Roy Hawthorne and members George James Sr. and George Boyd Willie Sr. — were recognized during a commercial break during the first quarter of the Redskins’ game vs. the San Francisco 49ers. They stood in the end zone nearest the tunnel that leads to the Redskins’ locker room and received a round of applause while a video tribute to the code talkers played.
The event got lots of snide remarks from white liberals, particularly the Deadspin crew, which is everything you expect from a Gawker franchise. Meanwhile the Navajo code talkers had no problem wearing Redskins gear.
Roy Hawthorne, 87, of Lupton, Ariz., was one of four Code Talkers honored for their service in World War II during the Monday night game against the San Francisco 49ers.
Hawthorne, vice president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, said the group’s trip was paid for by the Redskins. The four men met briefly with team owner Dan Snyder but did not discuss the name, Hawthorne said.
Still, he said he would endorse the name if asked, and the televised appearance in which three of the Indians wore Redskins jackets spoke for itself.
“We didn’t have that in mind but that is undoubtedly what we did do,” Hawthorne said when asked if he was intending to send a statement with the appearance. “My opinion is that’s a name that not only the team should keep, but that’s a name that’s American.”
More at link:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/ww2-navajo-code-talkers-appear-in-redskins-jackets-liberal-heads-explode/
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http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=214709
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i am a native american and am very much offended by the idoits that go after teams like the red skins, braves... Etc etc. there are a whole lot of things out there that actually are probs and could use the efforts you put into this crap to get them changed.
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i am a native american and am very much offended by the idoits that go after teams like the red skins, braves... Etc etc. there are a whole lot of things out there that actually are probs and could use the efforts you put into this crap to get them changed.
Yep.