The reason we have a constitution is to protect the unpopular from oppression. No one needs to protect the popular. With this ruling the Patent Office has stolen (no doubt with administration support ) a valuable asset without due process of law - hopefully our courts will reassert the rule of law. This sort of thing is happening more and more as the immense, unaccountable Federal Stupor state with the active collaboration of the oh so progressive Obami slips its constitutional restraints. And they do so here because they failed to intimidate a private business so they needed to get the ultimate heavy in to do some strong arming.
Let's be clear: there is no principle here that the thugs are upholding other than the 'right' of certain fashionable groups to anathematize anything that gets their panties into a bunch. And I say if your dainties keep bunching up then don't bitch at me or Dan Snyder, be a man and go commando. Comments below from the Federalist:
Given the equivocal history of the term “redskins” and the differing opinions—among Native Americans as well as everyone else—over whether it is offensive, this was a subjective judgment. (One observer suggests a list of other sports names that could just as plausibly be considered offensive.) When an issue is subjective, it would be wise for the government not to take a stand and let private persuasion and market pressure sort it out.
Ah, but there’s the rub, isn’t it? This ruling happened precisely because the campaign against the Redskins has failed in the court of public opinion. The issue has become the hobby horse of a small group of lefty commentators and politicians in DC, while regular Washingtonians, the people who make up the team’s base of fans and customers, are largely indifferent. So the left resorted to one of its favorite fallbacks. If the people can’t be persuaded, use the bureaucracy—in this case, two political appointees on the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
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