THIS FIRST-YEAR HATES THE ‘REDSKINS’
05.21.09
Fun story coming in the wake of the Washington Redskins’ notable legal victory concerning the savages of North America earlier this week: Robert Raskopf, the attorney at the law firm representing the Redskins, sent out a celebratory email after winning the case. From the legal blog Above The Law (via FLUBBY):
Raskopf was so happy on Friday that he sent out a firm-wide victory e-mail. But not everybody was thrilled. After bouncing around the firm and racking up some responses, the victory chain made its way to our inbox via a tipster:
This is too good not to share. This was sent to all Quinn attorneys.
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The First Year Associate Who Shat All Over Raskopf’s Victory Email OR The First Year Associate Who Repurposed the Redskins
Basically some first-year sent out an email to his entire firm chastising Raskopf and the firm for not being more sensitive to the feelings of Native Americans. A partner of the firm sent the associate a cautionary reply (sorry, nobody’s using their real names), the first-year replies to the partner, again using Reply-All. And the dick sent it in all lowercase letters. You work at a law firm, douchebag. You too good for the occasional visit to the shift key?
It’s a good read for anyone interested in an account of spectacular failure in office politics. Want me to ruin the ending for you? They made the first-year a junior partner. Just kidding; he got fired (assuming it’s a “he”).
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this email is meant neither to rouse some rabble or down some debbies or outcrunch some crunchies.
What. A. Douchebag.
If it were up to me, every team name would be borderline insensitive, like the “Arizona Scalped Apache”. Alright, not really.
The “Reply All” button is a serial killer.
Dan Snyder will not rest until he kills every Native American and owns all of their casinos, firewater, and tomahawks.
Having studied American Indian culture (yes that’s the correct term these days) I say fuck ‘em. The Injuns make the Irish look like teetotalers.
@Vagoo: Fact, there are few moments more horrifying than the time it takes to find the ever-elusive “Recall Email” button.
“down some debbies”
I love downing debbies, little debbie snack cakes that is. I have a slight weight problem.
Did that dumbass actually type “eek!” in a firm-wide email? Are they letting ten-year-old girls into law school now?
The only thing I want to see following the word REDSKINS is a few pics of CC with no clothes on, yes please!
@ K. Pres – we don’t have the “recall email” button. I’ve had to learn by many a fuck up…and live with that fuck up.
@Vagoo: That’s just way too much pressure. I’d resign.
I would, absolutely, fire anyone who typed anything without proper punctuation.
I don’t even need the Re All…there are 4 of us here..I just yell across the hall.
I would think that if they fired anyone they’d have to fire the person that leaked the email. The only actionable issue is public embarrassment to the firm, and it’s pretty obvious that it wasn’t First Year Associate that leaked it. But yeah, this guy should have known it was a really bad idea to send that.
1 They probably billed the emailing time to the Redskins.
2 The need a new HR Department
3 I’d like to get some of whatever this person is taking
4 In summary – kill all the lawyers
I would’ve loved to been the one who drafted the email to the associate, letting him know he’d been shitcanned.
you’re fired. (eek!)
And of course, I’d cc the firm.
American Indians should be offended not by the team’s name itself but by the name combined with the team’s suckage. Similarly, Filipinos should sue the Cleveland Browns.
Clarence Darrow there got fired not for the email, but because he failed the bar exam…again.
@ Mrs. Parker – Sabathia???