Although some news outlets have indicated that former coach and ESPN analyst Mike Ditka might face suspension or even be fired following his politically incorrect statements on the Washington Redskins name, Ditka should take comfort in the fact that he’s earned at least one new fan in Sarah Palin.
Palin took to her Facebook page Friday to support Ditka’s statements.
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“Nothing should surprise us lately; but when the Politically Correct Police bust Ditka, they hope the silent majority will cower under leftist control. My goodness, Ditka merely spoke his mind. This accomplished and esteemed coach knows there are big issues to be addressed in America today; there’s no intent to offend by referring to a team by the name they’ve proudly worn since day one and chose with pride in our native ancestry and obviously had absolutely no intent to insult; and the liberal media’s made-up controversies divide our country,” Palin wrote. “The government’s intent to force any owner of anything, in this case an NFL entity, to change a name is the antithesis of the American way of working through differences.”
Ditka used an interview with RedskinsHistorian.com last week to speak his mind on the issue and to call out the “politically correct idiots.”
“What’s all the stink over the Redskin name?” Ditka said. “It’s so much bull—t, it’s incredible. We’re going to let the liberals of the world run this world. It was said out of reverence, out of pride to the American Indian. Even though it was called a Redskin, what are you going to call them, a Proudskin? This is so stupid it’s appalling, and I hope that owner keeps fighting for it and never changes it, because the Redskins are part of an American football history, and it should never be anything but the Washington Redskins. That’s the way it is.”
Palin said that while she agreed with his intent, she did take issue with one thing in his statement.
“He thinks the name should always be Washington Redskins, as a source of pride?” she wrote. “Take the word ‘Washington’ out and I’ll agree the team name is a great source of pride.”
