If the team were a new, completely different expansion franchise in 1993, then they would not be so insulting or offensive.
But it's not, so they are.
The modern era of American professional football is defined as, 'post-merger', or 'Super Bowl'. A few teams achieved legend, championship status in the first twenty years: GB, PIT, DAL, SF have kept their logo and basic uniform. KC, LV and IND have as well.
There are two primary myths propagated to support the disaster: that the Patriots were worse than terrible, a 'laughingstock'. Over a dozen other NFL franchises drastically fit that definition better than the Patriots, including the Giants. And that the logo is silly, outdated or unattractive. It has in fact been rated the best logo in the history of all sports ever, it is undeniably patriotic, it is specifically appropriate to the sport and is also historically accurate. It was further established for 33 years, 32 on our helmets, and the expense and hardship imposed on marketing and promotions to create it did not have more to do with bankruptcy than the Victory Tour. The grumblings of a few lazy, Boston-hating end zone grounds crew in the 1986 Super Bowl do not qualify as legitimate substance. The team openly admits the entire filled Schaefer Stadium crowd unanimously chose the real logo and rejected the virtually identical flying elvis prototype, like the U.S. promoting the Tulsa massacre, the Red Summer and the execution of Fred Hampton in promotional guides to black tourists.
Most significant is that the New England Patriots did, indeed, establish themselves as champions in the 1970's. They did their job. It took historically evil characters like Ben Dreith and Jack Tatum to prevent them from carrying home the Lombardi trophy.
The truth is that the Patriots are in the majority: DEN, MIN, MIA, ATL and the NYJ among others have overhauled their logos and uniforms - all to their total detriment, in my opinion.
Addressing our uniforms specifically: the over the shoulder stripes are nostalgia from the 1960's - and should stay there.
The ridiculous, red pajama pants are silly, and make me think we're trying to sink to the level of the Chiefs.
This is the look in which we had the best team and conquered not only our opponents, but shoved all the history of belittlement and denigration from the league and media smack in all their faces, putting NE at least on the same level as GB, PIT, DAL, SF:
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Steve Grogan did what Tom Brady did. Tom just didn't have the Raiders awarded a stolen first divisional round playoff game in his second season and did not subsequently lose Troy Brown forever 20 months later in the preseason.