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Rob Parker thinks his critics are “uneducated” and “silly”
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Posted on 12/14/2012 5:12:44 PM PST by chessplayer

ESPN has admitted that commentator Rob Parker crossed the line when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is not really black because he has a white fiancee. But Parker doesn’t seem to think he did anything wrong.

After making those comments on Thursday morning, Parker was inundated with criticism on Twitter, and in his responses on Thursday afternoon, he generally acted as though he was the one who was owed an apology for anyone daring to question what he’d said. Parker called his critics, among other things, “uneducated” and “silly.”

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KEYWORDS: bobparker; espn; racist
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To: chessplayer

uneducated, silly? One thing for sure, they are mostly employed, which he isn’t at this time


41 posted on 12/14/2012 6:30:11 PM PST by Figment
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To: FlingWingFlyer

He’s upset that RGIII understood “Judge a man, not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.” Little bobby needs to get his next job (he’s lost this one) by some other means than affirmative action


42 posted on 12/14/2012 6:37:36 PM PST by Figment
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To: justiceseeker93

I want to say that Tiger Woods is also a republican, having grown up in Orange County, CA. Which is why he refused to accept Obama’s invite to the White House.


43 posted on 12/14/2012 6:45:21 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: chessplayer
Well I may be silly but at least I am smart enough not to watch the talking heads on E S PEE N for their lopsided political views.

Shut up and play the damn game !

44 posted on 12/14/2012 7:08:17 PM PST by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Newbomb Turk
I saw the whole show

When Tiger Woods went on Oprah and sai he didn't consider himself a total Black Man

Rob collected everything he had that reminded him of Tiger Woods and took it to the Goodwill.

What a Racist

45 posted on 12/14/2012 7:30:46 PM PST by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: chessplayer

What does Griffin owe to Parker?


46 posted on 12/14/2012 8:14:43 PM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 12 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: scooby321; Hotlanta Mike; All
When Tiger Woods went on Oprah and said he didn't consider himself a total Black Man.

Of course he's not a "total black man" simply because his father is black and his mother is Asian. So what he was saying is simply the genetic truth that everyone already knew.

Did you notice that as long he was winning consistently as a golfer, the sports MSM kind of treated him the great black superstar, despite his half Asian ancestry and his white wife. Only when his marriage started falling apart - due to his affairs with other white women - and his golf game suffered at about the same time did he fall out of favor with the Rob Parkers of the world.

47 posted on 12/14/2012 8:22:52 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: chessplayer

What’s the big deal? I thought everyone knew that the definition of “blackness” was defined by the leftist media, based on how they act.

For instance, Justice Clarence Thomas? Not Black, and a bad role model for Black youth. Because he doesn’t think “right.”

Jaime Fox? Plenty Black, and a great role model for Black “youts,” because he declared Obama his Lord and Savior.

Mark


48 posted on 12/14/2012 9:32:07 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: GeronL

So, saying he wasn’t black enough because he might not lean left enough didn’t bother ESPN at all?


He’s still working for them and hasn’t been fired. I guess they don’t want Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson releasing their wrath on them.


49 posted on 12/14/2012 9:33:34 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: FlingWingFlyer

but he still has a problem with Griffin not living up to the black stereotype.


A stereotype created by white liberals.


50 posted on 12/14/2012 9:37:41 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer
What he said wasn't nearly as bad as what they ALL were saying about Tebo last year. Figure it out.
51 posted on 12/14/2012 10:04:22 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Thanks for the reminder. Those who we’re lynched we’re Republicans.


52 posted on 12/15/2012 12:44:02 AM PST by widdle_wabbit
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To: Doogle
basically...he’s not black enough, not down for the cause, PLUS he’s marrying a WHITE WOMAN.....dammmmmmmm, it’s the magic negro all over again

Yeah, yew ain't supposed to marry da white wimmins, just knock em up and move on foo.
53 posted on 12/15/2012 5:58:25 AM PST by crosshairs (Too many things to say. Not enough room.)
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To: justiceseeker93; Perdogg; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ...

Thanks justiceseeker93.
ESPN has admitted that commentator Rob Parker crossed the line when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is not really black because he has a white fiancee. But Parker doesn’t seem to think he did anything wrong.
I wouldn't mind having his fiancee'. Oh, sorry, I meant to just think that.


54 posted on 12/15/2012 9:05:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ConradofMontferrat
What is far less known is that about 1,100 WHITES got lynched too. (Thank you KKK, militia arm of the RATZ party.) It seems like all the whites were Republicans.
Well put.


55 posted on 12/15/2012 9:28:08 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: chessplayer

Parker is an uneducated idiot. Aka ‘journalism major’


56 posted on 12/15/2012 2:35:30 PM PST by Darren McCarty (If most people were more than keyboard warriors, we might have won the election)
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