Brickbat: Judge Not

U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte has banned lawyers from using the word Redskins in a lawsuit brought by former New York Giants linebacker Barrett Green against the Washington football team. Messitte has refused to talk to reporters about the order.

Comments

[Monty Crisco]

Worthless fucking tool of the current UBER-corrupt administration. Not only NOT for the first amendment, but actively banning it in his courtroom. What a fag... do you really have NOTHING BETTER TO DO?!?!?
Everytime I see a story about a liberal fag (usually an old white male) talking about how insensitive the name is it makes me want to run right out and buy ANOTHER RG3 jersey!!!

[Wasteland Wanderer]

The judge drives a really loud Harley? Not sure what that has to do with this...

[Almanian!]

Harley Butt Secks?

[Ted S.]

I think they're taxi-corrupt, not Uber-corrupt or even Lyft-corrupt.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

The Honorable Peter Messitte's peer evaluations

http://www.therobingroom.com/R.....spx?ID=790

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

The Robing Room is an interesting site. 6 of the bottom 10 judges nationally are from California, the Central District being the most notorious.

[Bo Cara Esq.]

Not sure what's worse, your swear and homophobic epithet riddled post or that in it you admit to owning a RGIII jersey.

[Ted S.]

Why would you want the jersey of a "cornball brother", anyway?

[Notorious G.K.C.]

The Peace-Loving Hibernian-Americans of Notre Dame

The Pittsburgh Captains of Merchant Vessels

The Milwaukee Nonalcoholic Apple Cider Makers

The Ecumenical and Non-Demonic Clergy of Wake Forest

The University of Kansas UN Peacekeepers*

*As opposed to Jayhawks, who were guerrillas before and during the Civil War

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

What about the Bellicose Indigenous People,from Illinois?

[sloopyinva (previously -inca)]

Or the Syracuse English Loyalists That Enslaved And Massacred Irishmen

[UnCivilServant]

As a protestant Irish, I'm offended by this gross generalization of the Orange. Plus I grew up in Syracuse, no one there could remember when the mascot wasn't a giant citrus.

[Ted S.]

Can't we just be offended by both sides in the Ireland dispute? 😉

Seriously, Mom is part Irish on her mother's side, and ever since she got on an Ireland kick, I discovered that the Southern Irish Americans are some of the whiniest, woe is me victim mentality types out there.

[Notorious G.K.C.]

There are always the Peter King types (not that your mom is one of those), but don't forget the peace deal of 1998 which (so far) is still holding up - they've managed to muddle through for 16 years and counting, with a minimum of bombings. While still holding their conflicting historical narratives.

[UnCivilServant]

Given time and enough not-killing (which people like Peter 'Terrorist Supporter' King interrupt) the rift will dimish to mere insults. Then from insults to good-natured insults. At which point there's not much more healing to be done.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

At that point micro-aggressions will increase and triggers will be set off, it will be an epidemic of sensitive proportions.

[db]

The Purdue Climate Change Enablers.

[Live Free Or Diet]

He cannot say the name. How does he make reference to the organization then? Their FEIN? The "Washington R-Words"?

[Live Free Or Diet]

"We aren't named in the suit, Judge."

[db]

One wonders if he didn't issue the order for this exact reason and to show the absurdity of the earlier Federal order regarding the name.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

That requires some level of self-awareness

[Ted S.]

If it weren't for the fact that it would get me cited for contempt, I'd refer to Judge ***** if I were one of the parties to the case.

[Brian D]

"The Washington football team that this court has censored us into not naming in violation of the First Amendment."

[invisible furry hand]

The Washington Voldemorts, of course

[waffles]

R-slurs, not R-words. This is bullshit, we all know this. Somebody posted a screed on able-ism on my facebook. I was going to respond that the article calls for nothing short of thought censorship and such censorship is a far more dire consequence than maybe potentially hurting someone's feelings. Then I thought better and hit "unfollow".

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Then I thought better and hit "unfollow".

Get in there and kick ass. It's far more satisfying.

[Bill]

He had to make that ruling. The word was "triggering" for him.

By the way, how much does "triggering" suck as a verb? (or is it an adverb?)

[Notorious G.K.C.]

What's this lawsuit about? Ticket-scalping?

[db]

Stop it right now with this papoosive language!

[Toki Wartooth]

Bunch of racists and your hate language. I bet your just like your parents, a couple of chippewas right off the old block.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Enough with this squawbbling.

[Almanian!]

This is tonto-mount to hyper racism.

A smallpox on all their blankets houses.

[Almanian!]

Someone should teepee his parents house.

[db]

Why, I yurta'...

[Almanian!]

WAR ON WIGWAM!

[Evan from Evansville]

"Ready to go to dinner?"

"Yeah! I got reserva---"

Such a great Seinfeld episode to quote at these whiny fucks.

[RishJoMo]

Dude seems to know what time it is for sure.

http://www.AnonToolz.tk

[AlmightyJB]

Well if the word doesn't exist in the courtroom than I gyess Washington wins due to zero evidence.

[Seamus]

"You're only making it worse for yourself!"

"Making it worse?! How could it be worse?! Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah! Redskins! Redskins! Redskins!"