Washington Redskins fans know that most Native Americans aren’t offended by the name “Redskins” (studies and polls show that) and they know they aren’t racist against Native Americans, just the opposite, they celebrate and honor them.

But that doesn’t stop a handful of radical extremist Native Americans from having their self-important itch scratched and it doesn’t stop at least some media outlets from proclaiming they won’t refer to the Washington football team as the Redskins.

I hate for this to be a political thing but it does appear that the uproar is coming from one side of the political fence – leftists. MSNBC now refers to “Redskins” as “the R-word.” Last week, the online magazine Slate announced that it will never again refer to the Redskins by their name. (I wonder if any right-leaning magazines still refer to Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay?)

Columnist Denis Prager, neither a Republican or Democrat, weighs in with a well thought out piece with the provocative title, “The Left vs. the Redskins.” Again, while I don’t think this should be a left or right issue, the article makes some good points.

“If we ceased using all arguments or descriptions because some people feel offended, we would cease using any arguments or descriptions,” Prager writes. “We should use the ‘reasonable person’ test to determine what is offensive, not the ‘some people are offended’ criterion.”

To access Prager’s article, please click here.