The PC police are on the march, trying to get the Washington Redskins to change their name.
David Grosso, a Washington D.C. councilman, has expressed his desire to change the “racist and derogatory” name to Redtails. The ever sensible Robert Griffin III tweeted in response: ‘In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.’
Your friendly Pharmer has heard of the Tuskegee Airmen who served with distinction in World War II, but did Not remember that their aircraft had red tails. So the name Redtails certainly did not evoke this, nor the Airmen themselves.
If a person wants to you to think about the whole bird, they don’t say Redtail, they say Redtail Hawk:
The hawk’s tail isn’t that red.
Unfortunately, just hearing the term Redtails by itself, a very bright red image came to mind that rendered David Grosso’s effort a TOTAL FAIL.
