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Sportswriter Tweets That Japanese Indy 500 Winner Makes Him ‘Uncomfortable’
NBC News ^
| 5/29/17
| SAFIA SAMEE ALI
Posted on 05/29/2017 1:48:55 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
A Denver sportswriter is out of his job after triggering an onslaught of criticism for tweeting that a Japanese driver winning Sunday's Indianapolis 500 made him "uncomfortable."
Terry Frei, a sports reporter for the Denver Post, sent the questionable tweet shortly after Japanese race car driver Takuma Sato hailed victory in the illustrious Indy 500.
"Nothing specifically personal, but I am very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend," he wrote.
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: 2017indy500; indy500; sportswriterfired; takumasato; terryfrei; uncomfortable
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To: Timpanagos1
The Japs never apologized, why should we?
I know what the guy was thinking but he can’t do that in these times.
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:50:58 PM PDT
by
caver
(Gomer)
To: Timpanagos1
What an idiot! We don’t need idiots like this on our side.
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:51:47 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Gloria in excelsis Deo)
To: Timpanagos1
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:52:11 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Timpanagos1
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:52:21 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Timpanagos1
If someone had said that a White winner made him uncomfortable, he would be invited to speak at the democrat convention.
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:54:18 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Islam, not a religion, primarily a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination.)
To: Timpanagos1
Two-time Formula 1 champ Fernando Alonso got a very warm reception form the crowd, leading for many laps before dropping out with engine failure. That is far more representative of the crowd’s attitude than that of this one journalist, who - will of course - get all the attention, which will be used to reinforce the notion that we are a nation of bigots.
To: Az Joe
"What an idiot! We don’t need idiots like this on our side."Who says he's on "our" side?
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:54:42 PM PDT
by
Godebert
(CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
To: caver
"The Japs never apologized, why should we?"
This "Jap" had nothing to do with WWII. By all accounts, he is a nice guy.
To: Timpanagos1
Why was he not uncomfortable with 13 of the last 15 Indy 500’s being won by cars with Honda or Toyota engines?
To: Timpanagos1
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:56:30 PM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
(I don't give a damn about your feelings. Try to impress me with your convictions.)
To: Timpanagos1
Good grief he should have known better....hope he has money saved up to look for a new job.
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:56:54 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: Timpanagos1
I never owned a slave. I think reparations are bull####. So why should this 40-year-old be held accountable for the actions of WWII-era Japan?
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:56:56 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: Timpanagos1
It’s not an American-only race, so....
Side note - he had a HONDA engine!
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:57:26 PM PDT
by
meyer
(The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
To: caver
The debt they owed us for Pearl Harbor was paid in full by Hiroshima, Nagasaki and their unconditional surrender.
FYI, the Japanese did apologize and have repeatedly apologized since their surrender. The Emperor even attempted to apologize to MacArthur in person but MacArthur refused to accept the apology or even meet with the Emperor.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:59:33 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Timpanagos1
So he won the race through a combination of skill and a little luck too.I say congratulations to him.
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posted on
05/29/2017 1:59:49 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(anything worth doing is worth overdoing,moderation is for cowards)
To: Steve_Seattle
Oh, I have no problem with the guy. I’m glad he won. The sports writer seemed to have mix up his patriotism with sports, which is a big no-no.
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posted on
05/29/2017 2:00:26 PM PDT
by
caver
(Gomer)
To: Timpanagos1
But he'd have been okay with the Brazilian Castroneves winning his fourth Indy?
-PJ
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posted on
05/29/2017 2:01:59 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: Spktyr
You can accept their apology.
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posted on
05/29/2017 2:02:07 PM PDT
by
caver
(Gomer)
To: Timpanagos1
Because this is a huge racial contretemps I understand the hullabaloo but in fact there are scandals like this every year in Japan in reverse.
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posted on
05/29/2017 2:02:32 PM PDT
by
gaijin
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