ESPN pulls Robert Lee

[GUBU]

Does this make any sense to any reasonable person? Someone please tell me this is a hoax or parody site. From the linked article:


Washington Times

I can definitely see why ESPN would think the SJW fags would be triggered by the man's name. The SJWs have been making videos recently about how it's horrible to call a woman a girl and about how racist it is for a white guy to use a Michael Jackson laughing popcorn gif, calling it digital blackface. This all sounds too ridiculous to be true, but it's only going to get ten times worse from here.

Saw it on the news. Ridiculous.

As The Bearded Dude said upthread it was protect the announcer and ESPN ran it by him to see if he was ok before going through with it. But, then again, shits for brains like ye two are all over anything that can be remotely spun as a "far-left conspiracy".

[Divinity]

"In literal fucking 2017"..  What does current year have to do with this? The faggot I used has nothing to do with insulting gay people if that's what you're thinking. It's meant something different than a slur against homosexuals for a long, long time now. Just letting you know incase you're out of the loop and didn't know that. Some older folks struggle with the evolution of words and just don't understand us young folks. Gay people are awesome as fuck and I'm not going to treat them like little babies who can't handle words. I have too much respect for them to do that.

Sure it has to do with insulting gay people, otherwise you wouldn't have fucking used it.   I know some children have trouble understanding words have implications beyond their intended fucking meaning, but most people understand it by the time they're twelve.

[FFaith]

"In literal fucking 2017"..  What does current year have to do with this? The faggot I used has nothing to do with insulting gay people if that's what you're thinking. It's meant something different than a slur against homosexuals for a long, long time now. Just letting you know incase you're out of the loop and didn't know that. Some older folks struggle with the evolution of words and just don't understand us young folks. Gay people are awesome as fuck and I'm not going to treat them like little babies who can't handle words. I have too much respect for them to do that.

Sure it has to do with insulting gay people, otherwise you wouldn't have fucking used it.   I know some children have trouble understanding words have implications beyond their intended fucking meaning, but most people understand it by the time they're twelve.

Yes, that's why I have a pansexual trans person as my avatar. I just hate the gays. You got it.

[Amarok]

Despite wooter reaching for things to distract away from the ass kicking he has received in his other thread he has Robert Lee was not fired he's just switching games .

'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,' ESPN said in a statement.

While don't agree . You have made a mountain out of a mole hill .

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That proves nothing you could be doing it sarcastically.

[Neo-Scholastic]

Think of all the countless women that have been beaten, raped, or killed while being called cunt. I don't see anyone complaining when Minimalist calls people cunt in every other thread he makes.

Actually, that's a pretty good point. Pretty much all theists on AF have Minimalist on ignore so it really doesn't matter. He can spew as much hate as he wants; no one reads him.

[Minimalist]

My job is to shit on you and your fucking god for the benefit of others.

You are a fucking irrelevancy.

[Court Jester]

Think of all the countless women that have been beaten, raped, or killed while being called cunt. I don't see anyone complaining when Minimalist calls people cunt in every other thread he makes.

Actually, that's a pretty good point. Pretty much all theists on AF have Minimalist on ignore so it really doesn't matter. He can spew as much hate as he wants; no one reads him.

I'd never ignore Minimalist, or anyone else really. I usually read his posts if they're on the same page. They're actually pretty comical and remind me of the importance of higher education.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

If you want to limit your career and social prospects change your name to "Adolph Judas Hitler".

[Catholic_Lady]

This "anti-pc" shit is what people like the white nationalists at Charlottesville were advocating for too. Some words have a deeper meaning and a terrible history, and ignoring that in order to be "edgy" is a good sign that someone is just a dick

Think of all the countless women that have been beaten, raped, or killed while being called cunt. I don't see anyone complaining when Minimalist calls people cunt in every other thread he makes. I'm sorry but I'm not giving in to the self-censorship/ anti-free speech agenda. I'm usually extremely polite and respectful with most people, partly because I don't believe in free will and therefore I don't hate anyone and understand that other people are just going to do what they do, and they couldn't change that if they wanted to.

I'll have to partially agree with this actually. I don't see why the word cunt is acceptable but faggot and nigger are not. Personally I don't think any of those 3 words are acceptable. Women have been victims of oppression throughout history, and in many places around the world still today. So I don't get why nasty names for women are still politically correct.

[brewer]

Knee jerk reaction with little thought involved. But ESPN and Mr. Lee were OK with it, why the big deal?

If they would have pronounced his name in asian there would be no problem. Of course they'd also have to say "It's a sweep to the reft".