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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. Its 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 ...
He was on Tucker Carlson tonight. Didn’t “look” Asian.
Death to ESPN.
For you country, for your culture.
Wait until somebody complains about the ‘Asian’ label.
ESPN is hereby admitting its viewers are absolute morons and retards.
Couldn't have said it any better.
Insanity!
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
Wait until the PC lefties learn that Arlington Cemetary property belonged to: ROBERT E. LEE!
They may want to move Americas heroes.I wouldnt put it past them.
Parody and reality are merging. lol
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?
K. See his blog's contact page.
ESPN is a racist company, and it’s obviously the fault of its parent companies, Disney (80%) and Hearst (20%).
Mr. Lee's resume lists English and Mandarin as languages he speaks. No mention of Korean.
It’s a joke?!
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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 ??
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.
That’s Waisis!!!
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.
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!!
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