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 ...
Never mind that the announcer (Ron Darling) himself is of half Chinese-Hawaiian ancestry.
Never mind that "chink in the armor" is common phrase that has nothing to do with ethnicity.
He must be burned at the liberal PC stake.
Chink in the armor is a very common phrase. I never even thought of it as a slur.
One must be niggardly with comments that can be misconstrued by idiots.
No apology is necessary Mr. Darling. It would be empty and nothing but a sacrifice at the altar of PC as there is no foul here.
Crazy article. Not that kind of chink.
ESPN fired someone for using the same phrase back in 2012.
I didn’t either until 2012. Apparently this poor dude didn’t get the memo.
Not even never was racial or ethnic,sorry libs not this time:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chink
Tanaka is a Jap not a Chink. Leftists are ridiculous.
“I’m using a spade in my garden.”
Oh! Nooooooooooooo!
The homeowners association is gonna throw me out!
Wow the HOA lets you dig, your lucky
I think the Red Sox would disagree that Tanaka lost control in the first.
Now just one cotton pickin minute. We need to stop monkeying around with the English language.
Don’t know what Darling was thinking...
He must have been out of his cotton pickin’ mind
Don’t know what Darling was thinking...
He must have been out of his cotton pickin’ mind
I’m not the one digging … haha.
These complainers are useful idiots.
I remember a few decades back, a black guy I knew at work was complaining about the term “blackball” (meaning innuendo meant to harm one’s chances). I figured he was just misinformed about the origin of the phrase.
Now I realize he was intentionally misinformed by those with an agenda.
If one detects racism in that comment it is racism in the listener’s mind. The outrage should be directed to the listener whose mind is so corrupt as to instantly seize on a racist interpretation of the word chink.
He’s a Yale graduate I believe - as well as one handsome ballplayer.
We are letting the Stupid rule us.
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