# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2020-06-27T06:30:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/105 "2020-07-14T16:28:50Z")

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More concern trolling:

> [@Renaming something if the minority doesn't mind but the majority does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-something-if-the-minority-doesnt-mind-but-the-majority-does/915317):
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> The recent Washington Redskins renaming controversy had me thinking about something: I don’t know what the Native American community at large thinks of the Redskins moniker, but clearly many non-Native people were offended by it. Suppose, hypothetically, that a sports team had an offensive-sounding name, but the minority in question (not necessarily Native Americans - could be any other ethnic/racial group, or category of people) - actually did not mind the name, and in fact liked it - but mos…

Velocity mentions the Washington Redskins, then casually brushes past attempting to achieve any understanding of it to move on to the “real” (hypothetical) issue: what if it turned out the world was totally backwards, and it was the majority that felt oppressed in America? Isn’t that the real issue we need to worry about with all these name changes?

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