Ha! As Twitchy reported, the sanctimony ran high at Slate when it recently proclaimed it was forbidding itself from referring to the team by name. So totally offensive and such! Twitter users, always helpful, swiftly offered up “inoffensive” alternatives.
On Sunday, retired talk radio host and author Neal Boortz offered up his hilarious idea. This Twitter user has a follow-up suggestion:
@Talkmaster from Washington "Redskins" to Washington "Red Tape".
— Trenton Quarantine-O (@NationofJake) August 25, 2013
Perfect.
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