U.S. patent office cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If not even the majority of the minority (in this case a very small sliver) of the whole population are not offended, then their views carry a lot less legitimacy.

Tell me again what happens when we let the majority determine the rights of the minority?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Tell me again what happens when we let the majority determine the rights of the minority?

Actually you have it backwards. Here we have a sliver of a segment of a minority determining the rights of the Redskins franchise by having better connections in a certain D.C. office.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Here we have a sliver of a segment of a minority . . . .

I'll ask a fourth time, Kevin: What's your basis for saying it's "a sliver of a segment"?