TobiasFunke
Footballguy
It's a commonly used phrase that means that one side of a debate is gonna look silly in retrospect. There's nothing "extreme" about it. You're totally misinterpreting this.Can I ask why everything has to be so extreme? "You'll be on the wrong side of history". Of what exactly? A debate about the name of a football team? Are people going to throw a parade for all the Native Americans when the Redskins change their name? Nah, all those people will forget about in a couple of months and move on to something else.Do you believe that the phrase "on the wrong side of history" means "you'll be incorrect about predicting an outcome"?Sure. "History" includes everything that has ever happened, I guess. Based on that interpretation, I'm just going to go around saying "you'll be on the wrong side of history on this one" to everyone I think is wrong about anything.There's more to "history" than what's in a fourth grade History textbook.I like this schtick. Side of history = . Those comments go along with the "It's just like the N word" comments and the MSNBC reporter warning viewers that they are about to see a clip where someone will mention the word "Redskins". I know, maybe the NFL should be required to put "Viewer discretion is advised" warnings on all Redskins games.You are fighting a losing cause and will be on the wrong side of history on this one.
Unless all of this leads to big riots or something else major, this isn't going to be in History textbooks. It's not going to be a topic of conversation like the Civil Rights movement or even Gay Marriage.
"Today kids, we're going to discuss the Revolutionary War. Tomorrow is the Civil War and then Wednesday through the end of the school year, we'll discuss the amazing moment history when the Redskins changed their name."
Some guy: "I predict the Jaguars will win a Super Bowl in the next couple years."
Me: "Whoa there, buddy. You'll be on the wrong side of history on that one."
30 years from now people are gonna look back in disbelief that "Redskins" was once the name of a football team. The same way they look back in disbelief at, say, Mickey Rooney's ridiculous Asian stereotype character in Breakfast at Tiffany's. It doesn't mean it's gonna be in history textbooks or that someone's gonna have a parade or anything like that. It just means it's gonna look asinine to future generations. That's all.