Posted on 08/23/2017 5:46:05 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A commentator named Robert Lee was scheduled to call a football game in Charlottesville, Virginia, but the coincidence that he shares a name with Confederate general Robert E. Lee caused ESPN to reverse course.
Lee was set to announce the University of Virginia's game against William and Mary but was moved to Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, sources inside ESPN told sportswriter Clay Travis of the "Outkick the Coverage" sports news blog. Considering the lack of connection between the general and the announcer, Travis found the episode indicative of the ESPN's increasing tendency toward political correctness.
"Is there anything more pathetic than ESPN believing people would be offended by an Asian guy named Robert Lee sharing a name with Robert E. Lee and calling a football game?" Travis wrote.
ESPN confirmed the report in a statement Tuesday night, saying that "in that moment it felt right."
"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," ESPN's statement reads. "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."
"This makes it a bigger story than it ever would have been," Travis said on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Tuesday, arguing that Lee announcing the game would have led to little more than Twitter jokes.
"Instead we are talking about how absurd this decision is for ESPN for days to come," he said.
"Does ESPN really believe people are this dumb or that having an Asian announcer named Robert Lee is too offensive for the average TV viewer to handle?" Travis wrote. "Yes, yes they do."
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I hope Lee lawyers up and files a massive discrimination lawsuit.
Keep in mind ESPN is owned by Disney.
The scale and scope of their lunacy is institutional.
They are a$$holes. I would sue their a$$es off and never have to work again my entire life. There is no justification for this!
Expect the Asians to be rioting in the streets.
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Breathtakingly stupid.
Dan Bongino had an amazing rant about this a few minutes ago on Fox And Friends. Complete inanity! How long will it take for liberals to recognize their side is completely off the rails?
Did this Robert Lee refuse to take a knee during the national anthem or attack the country in some other way? I could see that upsetting them. If this guys name reminds viewers of Robert E Lee, and makes them think “the US sucks” that’s a good thing for ESPN, right?
There’s probably some rational reason for this:
1) It’s possible that the viewers ESPN has left are so stupid and ignorant of history that they think the civil war Lee is still alive and ESPN is giving him a platform to spout his anti-American ideas (like they do with Kaepernick, but those viewers like Kaepernick’s ideas).
2) Or maybe the name triggers ESPN employees and the company is concerned about law suits for microaggressions or workplace environment.
3) Or they realize the show won’t go well if the producer dives to a safe space under his desk every time the announcer’s name is mentioned.
4) Or maybe they just hate Asians and see an opportunity to remove him from a broadcast.
When reality overtakes parody you know the country’s in trouble.
Does this mean that the statue of Bruce Lee has to be torn down?
And shouldn’t Spike Lee change his last name?
I demand that the US immediately break off relations with all Asian countries unless or until they ban the surname Lee.
A new low for ESPN
ESPN should have its FCC license pulled for its monumental stupidity...
Rawsuit!
> Does this mean that the statue of Bruce Lee has to be torn down?
Absolutely. Also any tributes to Lenny Bruce (Lenny Bruce -> Bruce Lee -> Robert E Lee -> TRIGGERED snowflake)
Chris Plante is getting lots of amusing mileage out of this story this morning.
Trumps election has revealed how jus how deep and pervasive the radicle left has gotten. We knew it was bad but the infestation worse then we thought.
The Left is isolating themselves with their kooky behavior and contortionist ideology and reasoning. They are digging their hole as fast as they can dig.
Lord, give them the strength to dig faster. Amen.
If this article is not satire, then the people at ESPN have lost their minds.
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