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MSESPN Pulls Asian Announcer Named Robert Lee Off UVa Game To Avoid Offending Idiots (What???)
Outkick the Coverage ^ | August 22, 2017 | Clay Travis

Posted on 08/22/2017 6:02:57 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa

UPDATE: ESPN ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT:

“We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties. It’s a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play by play for a football game has become an issue.”

In a story that seems made for The Onion, but is actually true, according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN MSESPN decided to pull an Asian college football announcer named Robert Lee off the William and Mary at University of Virginia college football game because they were concerned that having an ASIAN FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER NAMED ROBERT LEE would be offensive to some viewers.

(Excerpt) Read more at outkickthecoverage.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: doableepingsearch; espn; football; idiots; rayciss; robertelee; selfimmolation; stupid; virginia
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To: Nicojones

He was on Tucker Carlson tonight. Didn’t “look” Asian.


41 posted on 08/22/2017 7:28:00 PM PDT by t4texas (Remember the Alamo!)
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To: stinkerpot65

Death to ESPN.

For you country, for your culture.


42 posted on 08/22/2017 7:40:12 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

Wait until somebody complains about the ‘Asian’ label.


43 posted on 08/22/2017 7:42:20 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

ESPN is hereby admitting its viewers are absolute morons and retards.


44 posted on 08/22/2017 8:04:16 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa
Are you freaking kidding me?!?!

Couldn't have said it any better.

45 posted on 08/22/2017 8:17:17 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

Insanity!


46 posted on 08/22/2017 8:23:27 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa
I'm not sure what's sadder - the fact that a major sports network like ESPN thinks that there are people stupid enough to take offense over the coincidence of a man's name, or the fact that there actually are people that stupid.

We're entering the era of the millenials - a generation that seems determined to never grow up, and the results so far are both hilarious and frightening.
47 posted on 08/22/2017 8:25:01 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

Wait until the PC lefties learn that Arlington Cemetary property belonged to: ROBERT E. LEE!

They may want to move America’s heroes.I wouldn’t put it past them.

Parody and reality are merging. lol


48 posted on 08/22/2017 8:57:54 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: Finalapproach29er; All

Wait until the PC lefties learn that Arlington Cemetary property belonged to: ROBERT E. LEE!

They may want to move America’s heroes.I wouldn’t put it past them.

Parody and reality are merging. lol


49 posted on 08/22/2017 8:58:36 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if he graduated from Washington and Lee High School? That would have made him half Revolutionary War American and half Confederacy supporter.

Talk about being Bipolar!

I once had a professional friend named Robert Jew. He wasn’t. I am. Chanukah at his Filippino house was something to see. And as for Christmas, my tree was bigger than his tree.

Ain’t diversity nice?


50 posted on 08/22/2017 11:00:57 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: heterosupremacist
Radio Free Tuscaloosa ~ Middle initial?

K. See his blog's contact page.

51 posted on 08/22/2017 11:19:53 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

ESPN is a racist company, and it’s obviously the fault of its parent companies, Disney (80%) and Hearst (20%).


52 posted on 08/22/2017 11:23:56 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: BenLurkin
"Yee-haw! The South (Korea) will rise again!"

Mr. Lee's resume lists English and Mandarin as languages he speaks. No mention of Korean.

53 posted on 08/22/2017 11:33:22 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

It’s a joke?!


54 posted on 08/22/2017 11:34:23 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Freeper formerly known as bushwon ;))
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To: Finalapproach29er

Received this Email - which reflects your post.

LESSON FOR TODAY.

Robert E Lee was married to George Washington’s granddaughter. He worked with Grant during the Mexican-American war and became ...a decorated war hero defending this country He believed slavery was a great evil and his wife broke the law by teaching slaves to read and write. After the civil war he worked with Andrew Johnson’s program of reconstruction. He became very popular with the northern states and the Barracks at West Point were named in his honor in 1962. He was a great man who served this country his entire life in some form or other. His memorial is now being called a blight. No American military veteran should be treated as such. People keep yelling, “You can’t change history.” Sadly you can. This is no better than book burnings. ISIS tried rewriting history by destroying historical artifacts. Is that really who we want to emulate?

As they tear down this “blight” keep these few historical facts in your mind. No military veteran and highly decorated war hero should ever be treated as such. This is not Iraq and that is not a statue of Sadam.

IN ADDITION:: Lee was also very torn about the prospect of the South leaving the Union. His wifes grandfather George Washington was a huge influence on him. He believed that ultimately, states rights trumped the federal government and chose to lead the Southern army. His estate, Arlington, near Washington DC was his home and while away fighting the war, the federal government demanded that Lee himself pay his taxes in person. He sent his wife but the money was not accepted from a woman. When he could not pay the taxes, the government began burying dead Union soldiers on his land. The government is still burying people there today. It is now called Arlington National Cemetery. DO THEY WANT TO TEAR THAT UP ALSO ??


55 posted on 08/23/2017 2:25:12 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Finalapproach29er

Placing a military cemetery on the Lee estate was considered a punishment for his part in the Civil War, as was relieving him of his citizenship. The latter wasn’t restored until about 1975, and I don’t see the relocation of Arlington any time soon.


56 posted on 08/23/2017 3:13:19 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s Waisis!!!


57 posted on 08/23/2017 3:14:58 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Waiting for all those blacks with last name of Washington, Jefferson and Jackson to change their name. Any athlete with those names should be banned from playing in case they offend any fans.


58 posted on 08/23/2017 4:39:38 AM PDT by Russ
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To: Radio Free Tuscaloosa

ESPN has officially jumped the shark. The network is a laughing stock. It’s become a parody of itself. I swear, I thought this story was from the Onion. Hilarious!!


59 posted on 08/23/2017 7:33:02 AM PDT by slimjim12
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