Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
But your previous post seems to suggest that the two critical elements of a derogatory symbol have to be 1) that it represents a (presumably oppressed) minority, and 2) that the symbol actually has to be viewed as offensive by the purportedly offended party. Which helps explain the reality that the Seminoles like being represented by a college team.
I do not recall the basis the judge used to dismiss or find in favor of the defendant. My criteria are just my criteria, not from that case.

But I find the idea of random sample polling (correctly done) as not representative of the larger whole to be an attack on reason in general.