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ESPN pulled Asian announcer Robert Lee off the UVa home opener to avoid offending idiots

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UPDATE: ESPN ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT:

“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. 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.”

In a story that seems made for The Onion, but is actually true, according to multiple Outkick fans inside ESPN MSESPN decided to pull an Asian college football announcer named Robert Lee off the William and Mary at University of Virginia college football game because they were concerned that having an ASIAN FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER NAMED ROBERT LEE would be offensive to some viewers.

Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?

Is this even real life anymore? This might even be worse than MSESPN apologizing for the fantasy football slave draft a couple of weeks ago.

To avoid offending left wing idiots Robert Lee, the Asian college football announcer, not the Confederate General who died in 1870 and shares a name with him, was switched to the Youngstown State at Pittsburgh game and Dave Weekley will now call the William and Mary at University of Virginia game.

Unless someone tries to take down Dave Weekley statues between now and kickoff.

In which case ESPN will be royally fucked.

But, seriously, 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? Aside from some hysterical photoshops and Internet memes which would make everyone with a functional brain laugh — Robert E. Lee pulling out all the stops to stay in Charlottesville now! — what was the big fear here? 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?

Yes, yes they do.

I’m sorry you work for such an idiotic company, Robert Lee.

But just to make it clear for everyone out there, the Asian man on the right is not long deceased Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He’s a different person entirely, one that is still alive and did not fight in the Civil War.

Here is Robert Lee:


And this is Confederate General Robert E. Lee.


They are not the same person.

Every time I think MSESPN can’t possibly get dumber, they get dumber.

God save us all.

WOW, a new low.

Nice going MSESPN!

Cover your ass fear pushed to a higher plane.

Ho Lee Fuc!

The new lows are hard to believe!


Where the bottom is, is hard to fathom!

Yeah. Good move. Maybe Maxine Waters could fill in for Robert Lee. She knows EVERYTHING!

Offensive statues have to, now your own personal name, regardless of origin, must be on the approved list. Perhaps new parents will be required to consult an apparatchik for approval on the name of their new baby.

Maybe, just to make it easy, they can have a column of first names, like Malcolm, Martin, Nelson, Che, Ma'lik, Da'neeque, etc,; and last names like Guevara, Mandela, King, Kim, Trotsky. Heck, just for a few honorable mentions, they can choose from Kim Philby, Pol Pot, and Benedict Arnold.

Next will be street names. First Builder's Street, etc.

If these people really knew history, it would be one thing. I bet most of these folks do not know Forrest county is named after a Confederate General. The local hospital is Forrest General.

Forrest County, Mississippi, is named after Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was also the first leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

It sounds to me like the idiots are all at ESPN.

Really??? What a bunch of morons.

"....we now have to pause for commercial break , ESPN will be right back with more from Bob Lee" See , now that offends nobody.

Seriously, it's sad how out of control this shit has gotten.

Einstein called it. No limits

This BS is a perfect example of why I won't watch a second of ESPN!

Will they next make him change his name? I'm being sarcastic, but at this rate I don't think it's out of the question!

How about all the other Lees that are in broadcasting?
Or in any public profession?

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Originally posted by indigoss:
"....we now have to pause for commercial break , ESPN will be right back with more from Bob Lee" See , now that offends nobody.

Except that he is a fictional sniper who kills commies.

Out of control.
There are those demanding a name change to USCs Trojan Horse named Traveler (notice 1 L). Why you may ask because Robert E Lee had a horse named Traveller (notice 2 Ls).

Yup. No correlation to the Civil War and not even the same name just similar yet it is still a symbol of white supremacy.

https://www.google.com/amp/www...correctness.amp.html

This is a runaway train now. There is no limit, certainly not absurdity. For any of these leftist Facebook activist to say they have reached the limit is to acknowledge that it was horse shit from the beginning. So, next stop The United States of Absurdium ( because no doubt Amerigo Vespucci was a white genocidal murderer the likes of Columbus and his name should be stricken from this earth).

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
Ho Lee Fuc!

Excellent!

I was looking at the popularity of that last name wth the Chinese & Koreans. Wow, Lee is widely used. More common than our use of Jones or Smith. ESPN has managed to insult the Chinese & Koreans. Stupes!