Posted on 08/23/2017 9:35:02 AM PDT by ColdOne
Twitter had a field day after news broke Tuesday that ESPN removed an announcer named Robert Lee from broadcasting an upcoming Virginia Cavalier football game because of the similarity of his name to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
The story was broken by Outkick The Coverage's Clay Travis, who has coined the term "MSESPN" to suggest ESPN has a liberal slant, combining the news network and MSNBC. ESPN ultimately confirmed the seemingly unbelievable story, saying it collectively made the decision along with Lee as the tragedy in Charlottesville, Va. unfolded,
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I saw a post on Facebook that said the announcer requested being removed from the game because of all the memes that would be made using his picture.
Why is ESPN discriminating against Asians? They must be racist.
ESPN is tacitly admitting how stupid their viewers are - can’t / won’t tell the difference between a dead, 19th century white guy, and a living 21st century Chinese/Korean one.
Egg on ESPN’s face is always a good thing.
They’re making memes about this anyway, just not the ones they expected.
I”m being serious here: how long til they stop reporting NAMES of players . . .
Jackson, Washington, Lee, Jefferson, Davis, . . .
ESPN makes Mos Eisley look like Mensa candidates.
Bigots gotta be bigots.
I wonder if Asians will demand the Vietnam War Memorial be torn down.
“I saw a post on Facebook that said the announcer requested being removed from the game because of all the memes that would be made using his picture.”
Who alleged this?
The snowflakes and their SJW management brethren have ran ESPN into the ground.
It’s sports reporting, NOT EFFIN POLITICS!!!
Everything the leftist socialist-democrats touch just turns to pure shit.
And the idiots can’t leave well enough alone, and are too stupid to realize when they went too far.
We were talking about this at work the other day. There is a very nice Vietnam memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza in downtown Phoenix. How long before it is ripped down???
Madness.
Can these guys go to the bathroom without someone helping them, this is beyond insane
Asians don’t do stuff like that——most of them are too busy studying and working.
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LOL. Can I use, with attribution, on Twitter?
Which of course resulted in a category 5 meme storm.
Fox And Friends was ripping them also this morning.
I know, I was just being sarcastic.
That was not there original statement and I have seen something similar but not him asking so it sounds like b/s
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