Are there Commies in Washington DC?
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February 2nd, 2022
The Washington Football team has announced they will now be known as the Commanders.
This will replace their longtime moniker, the Redskins.
Methinks this is monstrously stupid, since they will probably be nicknamed The Commies.
Is there a more obvious nickname that I am missing?
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The fans will have to wear hats like this
You’re over thinking it. For an example, when the Idaho Steelheads were named, I thought they would earn the nick-name “Leadheads.” They didn’t.
What name do you think they should have?
I was hoping for the Washington Werewolves.
Stadium rally cries would include howls, a full moon on the scoreboard, that sort of thing.
Will they play football with no underwear on?
As someone from the DMV, I think the new name is dreadful. Hubby and I are already planning to call the team “The Commies.”
go commas go ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
If they are The Commies, the uniforms can stay red.
I had a thought they might be called the Groundhogs. Shrug!
I can’t wait to see the team’s logo. Five stars in a circle??
What was wrong with the Redskins? Or if they had to change it, Comanches might be better.
Yes, they’re called Democrats. mic drop
But seriously, it’s kind of a weird choice, I find it hard to believe that there were no better choices.
How about the Swindlers or the Graftmasters?
Commies were the bad guys during the Cold War. Russians were among them. Russia sympathizers in Congress should thus be considered Commies.
@flutherother Either The Redskins or the Commanches is considered a denigration of Indigenous People. Many Indian names and sports mascots are being changed.
Since the baseball team is the Senators, shouldn’t football team be called the Representatives? Or maybe just, BunchaShmucks?
It depends on if China buys the team, Bernie Sanders becomes the coach and AOC is the head cheerleader.
Red Meance! CommandoMoonies!! Commies!!! Commies everywhere…
GO COMMIES!!
Imma fan already.
They’re under the beds! They’re in the State Department! They’re everywhere!
It’s a horrible choice. Is that for sure the final decision?
@janbb The Representatives would have been better than Commanders. Or, Generals, is that taken already?
Since everything in DC is symbolism and right out in front of our face, they’re probably just trying to tell us something.
Last night, the hubster invented another name: The Comas. After all, the team’s been comatose on the field for the past few decades.
Thanks @janbb I didn’t realise that.
Are you old enough to be on this site?
@SnipSnip Which question are you answering? That’s what I was trying to find out on the sex and marriage Q.
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@filmfann is old enough to be here, unless they recently raised the minimum age to 60 something. ;)
@JLeslie The Washington Generals is the copyrighted name of the perennial opponents of the Harlem Globetrotters.
Won’t Superman come after them for trademark infringement?
There is nothing in Dan Snyder’s life that he has not screwed up massively. He got rich by the blind luck of signing a mega lucrative deal with AOL back when they were just throwing money around, cashed in at the top of the market, and has failed at EVERYTHING he has attempted since. That he could screw up the rename this badly is a uniquely Snyder ability. I mean, there were half a dozen options listed that could have been better – Red Wolves, Wolves, Red Tails…
But you know how easy this was? Just shorten the name to ‘Skins’. Keep the nickname, just lose the ‘Red’ prefix and the native american imagery. Change the circle/profile helmet logo to be a profile of George Washington instead of the native american logo (that was designed by a native american BTW).
Instead he picks a name so generic that it sounds like something a Division III school in the NCAA might use, or a CFL team. And one with multiple easy mockings like ‘Commies’, ‘Commodes’, ‘Ders’, and such.
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