The Washington Football Team Unabashedly Wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving, Twitter Responds

Wishing you and your family a Happy #Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/qI3U7hbGhK
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving is basically the only nice story about white settlers and Native Americans that you'll ever hear—and, as we're told by the annual media dust-off of the same tired "The Real Thanksgiving" story, even that is full of grim omissions. Not to mention that whole genocide thing that happened at the hands of other white settlers before and after that 1621 feast. Needless to say, white people haven't been kind to Native Americans. And the slur-touting Washington football team are certainly no exception.

This morning, in a move that's just about as tone-deaf as it gets, the Washington football team that goes by "Redskins"—a name that, at best, crudely differentiates and commercializes a marginalized peoples—decided to go out of their way to celebrate a holiday designed to make white people feel good about their relationship with Native Americans. Oh, and they top off their Thanksgiving wishes with their racist mascot, to boot. Sweet, sweet irony.

Here's how the rest of the world responded:

.@Redskins pic.twitter.com/wFS7Jn3KIE
— Ryan Barrell (@RyanBarrell) November 26, 2015

@Redskins I heard there was a PR position open
— Hurell The Human (@Sir_Hurizzel) November 26, 2015

@Sir_Hurizzel @TENSAINEXTDOOR at least they didn't put a pilgrim hat above their logo pic.twitter.com/W7V6BNza9I
— Rodrigo Sanchez (@Simba17C) November 26, 2015

.@Redskins pic.twitter.com/tUQLThwvjT
— Skip Jayless (@Jay_Sanin) November 26, 2015

.@Redskins pic.twitter.com/qZN2C5zD1I
— Robot Butt (@thisisrobotbutt) November 26, 2015

@Redskins https://t.co/Qaup9wQLMJ
— NormCoreImmaculate (@Thought_InBflat) November 26, 2015

And all you can say to that is: agreed. Good lord, Washington, so this is what a losing PR battle looks like, huh?