(August 23, 2017 at 1:00 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:(August 23, 2017 at 12:47 pm)FFaith Wrote: Sadly it's not all that surprising that EPSN thought the SJW fags would be triggered by the name. SJWs have been offended by less, making videos recently about how it's horrible to call women girls, and how it's racist for white folks to use Michael Jackson popcorn laughing gifs because that's 'digital blackface'. This all may sound hard to believe, but it's only going to be getting ten times worse.
Really? It reeks to me of ESPN trying to jump on a publicity bandwagon in a desperate attempt to maintain their quickly-waning relevance. Really seems like corporate grasping, not ESPN caving to 'triggered' 'SJW fags'. I haven't seen any of the news stories on this topic even say that anyone wanted Robert Lee removed - it's just more clickbait desperation. In the CNN article it even says that the decision was made by ESPN execs and Robert Lee, not driven by some public outcry.
And why does it seem that the ones complaining the most about "SJW fags" are always the most asshole-ish that get upset that other people don't want to listen to their shit?
Um no, you don't have to agree with ESPN's decision to understand the intent.
It still remains that pro sports and sports networks need to STILL stand up to bigotry, much in the same way empathetic people did in sports in helping blacks break the pro sports segregation.
I'd prefer ESPN to do this, than to say, "The KKK and Neo Nazis have the right to insight violence".
The KKK back during pro sports segregation didn't want to end segregation. Today's KKK wants to go back to that. That is what White Nationalism is. Promotion of the end of pluralism.
