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Ron Darling uses slur in reference to Masahiro Tanaka on TBS broadcast of Yankees/Red Sox Game 2
NY Daily News via MSN ^ | Oct. 6, 2018 | Daily News Sports staff

Posted on 10/07/2018 4:55:01 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Ron Darling may be in hot water after a boneheaded comment during the TBS broadcast of Game 2 of the American League Division Series Saturday night.

With Masahiro Tanaka on the mound in the fourth inning, Darling referenced the right-hander losing his command and used a racial slur.

“Chink in the armor for Tanaka here,” Darling said. “It’s the first inning he has lost a little of his control.”

Darling did not appear to realize that he had used the slur in reference to Tanaka, who is Asian.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: asians; language; mlb; slur
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To: Mr. Mojo

I am sure Mr Tanaka was grievously wounded and probably will suffer PTSD for the rest of his life.


41 posted on 10/07/2018 5:36:32 AM PDT by arthurus (v)
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To: mewzilla

Two wongs don’t make a wight.


42 posted on 10/07/2018 5:39:07 AM PDT by MikePipper
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To: Mr. Mojo
Never mind that "chink in the armor" is common phrase that has nothing to do with ethnicity.

Yeah, I know. I had to read it over and over before I realized what offence is supposed to be.

43 posted on 10/07/2018 5:39:56 AM PDT by libertylover (Despite government propaganda, I know the difference between a boy and a girl.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

DailyNews reminding everyone why it had to fire 70% of its staff on the way to bankruptcy


44 posted on 10/07/2018 5:44:26 AM PDT by montag813
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To: JacksonCalhoun

“When there’s a chink in the armor, the best thing to do is nip it in the bud.”

LOL.


45 posted on 10/07/2018 5:48:11 AM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: Mr. Mojo

It is becoming more difficult to deal with weapons-grade stupidity about being offended by this.


46 posted on 10/07/2018 5:48:59 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: mewzilla

Just another new slant on an old theme.


47 posted on 10/07/2018 5:54:10 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Mr. Mojo

He should clean out his mouth with Spic & Span.


48 posted on 10/07/2018 5:55:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: thesharkboy

Ask SIRI what the meaning of “niggardly” is (an actual normal word) and you will get “it’s not nice to talk like that.” I had to double over laughing.


49 posted on 10/07/2018 5:56:17 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: Mr. Mojo
“Chink in the armor for Tanaka here,”

That's not a racial slur--it has nothing to do with race.

50 posted on 10/07/2018 5:56:45 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Mr. Mojo

What?...now if he had said this pan faced rice eatin’ slope head has lost his control .....that may/might raise an eyebrow (I would laugh) or two . The beauty of this group of speech police is that they cry wolf at every turn and it is to the point that most people turn a deaf ear and blind eye to their tantrums at this point . If you looked at the posts I have made on-line since the early 90’s I would be strung up and castrated ...and ya know what I don’t care , I feel the same way now as when I posted the slanderous belligerent rant as it applied to the conversation . To be quite blunt F k em’ they can piss off and leave it at that .


51 posted on 10/07/2018 5:56:49 AM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
Tanaka is a Jap not a Chink.

These days, "Jap" means Jewish-American Princess.

52 posted on 10/07/2018 5:59:56 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Mr. Mojo

Well, good thing that it wasn’t cold, he might have mentioned that”there’s a nip in the air.”

Oh, and that would have been a twofer if Tanaka was a girl sans a bra.

Puhleeze, someone needs to dump a bunch of Valium in the water supply.


53 posted on 10/07/2018 6:03:09 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Mr. Mojo
The critics are being niggardly.
54 posted on 10/07/2018 6:05:12 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Mr. Mojo

Never mind that when after the game the very first interview was given to Gary Sanchez because he is their star.

He used an interpreter

He has such little regard for his country where he can work for multimillion per year, months off to spend with his family and learn English

He proudly stands there and refuses to attempt English on national TV after a major broadcast

The question on my mind is who do I write to?

not what did Some veteran American pitcher say


55 posted on 10/07/2018 6:05:35 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Mr. Mojo

The word “chink,” as in “chink in the armor” is of Frankish origin. It’s highly doubtful that any Frank ever met a Chinese or even knew that China existed.


56 posted on 10/07/2018 6:05:54 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Darling did not appear to realize that he had used the slur in reference to Tanaka, “

Because it isn’t a slur and we are not going to allow liberals to invent them on the fly for their nefarious purposes.


57 posted on 10/07/2018 6:12:35 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Pretty sure that means a crack in the armor ie..a a flaw in his game. Are these people morons?


58 posted on 10/07/2018 6:13:00 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Mr. Mojo

Nah....no issue unless he called or compared him to a monkey


59 posted on 10/07/2018 6:14:50 AM PDT by Dont tread and Live (waso)
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To: JohnEBoy

and I eat Cracker jacks


60 posted on 10/07/2018 6:15:59 AM PDT by Dont tread and Live (waso)
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