# Onion posts satiric article calling Redskins owner a "kike" & a "shifty-eyed hebe". OK or too much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086 "2013-10-24T04:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/1 "2013-10-24T04:24:02Z")
Re article below- [Redskins’ Kike Owner Refuses To Change Team’s Offensive Name](http://www.theonion.com/articles/redskins-kike-owner-refuses-to-change-teams-offens,34292/) Too much or a fair point of satire given his insistence on not changing team’s name? > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON—Denying widespread claims that the franchise is being offensive or disrespectful, the Washington Redskins’ kike owner announced Monday that he remains steadfast in his refusal to change the team’s derogatory name. “The Redskins represent 81 years of great history and tradition, and it’s a source of pride for our fans,” said the hook-nosed kike, stressing that the team’s insulting moniker is “absolutely not a racial slur by any means.” “‘Washington Redskins’ is much more than just a name. It stands for strength, courage, and respect—the very values that are so intrinsic to Native American culture.” The shifty-eyed hebe went on to assure fans that he will do “everything in his power” to preserve the team’s proud heritage ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/2 "2013-10-24T04:33:33Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Too much or a fair point of satire given his insistence on not changing team’s name? Fair point. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/3 "2013-10-24T04:36:35Z")
OK as far as I’m concerned. Even if you don’t agree that Redskin is a slur, it’s a fair point for argument. They’re not the first people to make this point, and they’re also not _really_ calling Snyder a kike. They’re making a comparison between that term and the name of his team. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/4 "2013-10-24T04:51:17Z")
So, when’s he suing _The Onion_? Snyder sued the _Washington City Paper_ over [this article](http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40063/the-cranky-redskins-fans-guide-to-dan-snyder/) where they drew “Jewish devil horns and goatee” on his picture. He did later drop the suit, probably because one thing in DC that both parties can agree to is that he’s an ass and he didn’t come off looking too good. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/5 "2013-10-24T05:08:34Z")
I’m going to go with offensive. But so was _A Modest Proposal_ and we all know that it caused the British to immediately laugh and stop starving the Irish. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/6 "2013-10-24T05:19:58Z")
I read [this article](http://www.theonion.com/articles/police-investigate-reports-of-local-gay-man-being,34314/) on the Onion today on Twitter, and I thought to myself, “Jesus, the Onion is really pushing it. Like, South Park/Drawn together pushing it.” I don’t remember it always being this way. Seeing this thread seems to make thing it’s part of a larger effort to make it “edgier” and more culturally relevant. Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/7 "2013-10-24T05:23:50Z")
**Chandler voice** Could the Onion BE any edgier? I really don’t think they have to pull stunts to appear edgy at this point. They are already considered edgier than a jagged cliff. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/8 "2013-10-24T05:26:14Z")
Yeah, nothing about this seems particularly edgier than they have been in the past. It’s just too…lazy and obvious, in my opinion. I expect more from them. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/9 "2013-10-24T05:28:10Z")
I don’t know what a hebe is. Yeah seems kind of lazy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/10 "2013-10-24T06:01:13Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I don’t know what a hebe is. Derogatory term for a Jew, from “Hebrew,” I would suppose. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/11 "2013-10-24T06:13:15Z")
Am I a bad Jew because I really enjoy the word “hebe?” It just sounds funny. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/12 "2013-10-24T06:27:08Z")
It’s too much, which is what the Onion is supposed to do. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/13 "2013-10-24T06:50:27Z")
I’m going with it being fair satire. It’s relevant to the issue and Snyder is a legitimate target. One interesting thing I noticed is they never mentioned Snyder by name. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/14 "2013-10-24T08:28:22Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Am I a bad Jew because I really enjoy the word “hebe?” It just sounds funny. There was a magazine aimed at Generation X Jews called “Hebe” (or was it Heeb?). A friend has a few issues. Back To The OP Considering the topic, I don’t find it offensive. It’s a fair point. Except now, I want an NFL expansion team called the Hebes. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/15 "2013-10-24T09:10:43Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Am I a bad Jew because I really enjoy the word “hebe?” It just sounds funny. No, but you may be [hebephrenic.](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hebephrenic) ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/16 "2013-10-24T10:42:36Z")
Isn’t this the very definition of satire? I think it illustrates the issue perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/17 "2013-10-24T10:59:04Z")
_The Onion_ did what _The Onion_ does. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/18 "2013-10-24T13:21:49Z")
I’m not offended. It’s what the Onion does. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/19 "2013-10-24T13:41:03Z")
[I Can’t Stand It When Jews Talk During Movies](http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-cant-stand-it-when-jews-talk-during-movies,11138/) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086/20 "2013-10-24T13:58:24Z")
I more enjoyed this recent headline on the same topic: [ > [@](#): > > Washington Redskins Change Their Name to the D.C. Redskins ]([http://www.theonion.com/articles/washington-redskins-change-their-name-to-the-dc-re,34161/](http://www.theonion.com/articles/washington-redskins-change-their-name-to-the-dc-re,34161/)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onion-posts-satiric-article-calling-redskins-owner-a-kike-a-shifty-eyed-hebe-ok-or-too-much/672086.md?page=2)