Current Events > Asian-American named Robert Lee loses job due to confederate sounding name

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http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/22/espn-pulls-asian-american-announcer-from-virginia-football-game-because-has-confederate-generals-name.html

Loses job as a sports announcer to be specific.

More proof that progressives are real life trolls.
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Asked to be reassigned for a single game. Your trolling is week.
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It wasn't even his choice either, ESPN practically made him so they wouldn't trigger snowflakes.
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NurseRedHeart posted...

It wasn't even his choice either, ESPN practically made him so they wouldn't trigger snowflakes.

That doesn't make the topic title true. If you have to lie to attract attention to a situation, it's not worth attention.

And neither are you
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He wasn't fired but reassigned, but either way this story is incredibly stupid. ESPN... lol. I saw it going viral on twitter earlier.
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Indeed, idiotic how a generic name can potentially trigger the stupid masses
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He should sue them for being racist. would be hilarious.
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This lie again.
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Lee, an Asian-American sportscaster who started with the network in 2016, was moved to a different game "simply because of the coincidence of his name," ESPN said, referencing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee

i don't want to live in this SJW shithole fucking world anymore
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This is a problem with SJW slippery slope vs. Application of principle. When your only principle is perpetual faux outrage and virtue signalling, everything becomes a slippery slope.

If all the social problems in the world vanished overnight, does anyone REALLY think SJWs and antifa would be appeased for more than a moment?

When the only thing that gives meaning to your life is forcing the perception of oppression and feigning offense, you will try to square peg round holes in any way you can until you are able to fabricate another "cause".

creativerealms posted...

This lie again.

it happened, you are desperate for it to be a lie so your SJW ideology doesn't look so silly
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I wish there were like, four topics about this.
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NurseRedHeart posted...

More proof that progressives are real life trolls.

I guess you haven't heard of the Trump train, the alt right, any famous anti-SJWs, people like Milo Yiannopoulos . . . yeah the right wing has their hands clean on this "real life troll" problem. -_-
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Told ya. White Liberals are trolls.
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Was this him?


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there's already 3 topics about this, why you have to put a lie on the title?
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It's not even the same name technically. It's just a coencidence that 2 cultures made the same sound for a name
But the 2 Lee's have different histories behind them

This is only an issue because ESPN made it an issue.
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Title: Man's house destroyed because his name sounds like Robert E. Lee

Replies: His house wasn't destroyed. The only put a brick through his window.



Okay, so TC is being hyperbolic for the sake of attention. That doesn't change the fact that this man is being denied the opportunity to call a game because his name sounds like a Confederate general's.

He needs to sue for employment discrimination
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According to reddit, Robert Lee might have been the guy to suggest reassigning himself for that game.

So either this or that story is fake news. Something is fake news...
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Bobby Lee
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loafy013 posted...

Asked to be reassigned for a single game. Your trolling is week.

Clickbait with lies? God you people are pathetic.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

Okay, so TC is being hyperbolic for the sake of attention. That doesn't change the fact that

It does, actually. And when someone is caught lying let the man own up to it, and don't defend him. Because your asses constantly get angry about liberal clickbait.
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Why the fuck is it always the bronies with shotty MLP names who do this shitstain Trump trolling

“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.”

A network spokesperson told SI's Richard Deitsch that ESPN did not force Lee to change assignments and that Lee personally felt more comfortable moving to another game.

Source: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/08/22/robert-lee-espn-announcer-university-virginia-charlottesville

Now let's have this topic locked for trolling, plz.
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That_Happened posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

Okay, so TC is being hyperbolic for the sake of attention. That doesn't change the fact that

It does, actually. And when someone is caught lying let the man own up to it, and don't defend him. Because your asses constantly get angry about liberal clickbait.

So if the topic title says someone murdered 20 people, but they really murdered 2, does that mean that it's not a big deal?

That_Happened posted...

“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.”

A network spokesperson told SI's Richard Deitsch that ESPN did not force Lee to change assignments and that Lee personally felt more comfortable moving to another game.

Source: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/08/22/robert-lee-espn-announcer-university-virginia-charlottesville

Now let's have this topic locked for trolling, plz.

"brick through window, but house is fine"
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"15 people died today when a building collapsed."
"Yes, Diane, but that's WAY better than if it had been 150."

Skye Reynolds posted...

That_Happened posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

Okay, so TC is being hyperbolic for the sake of attention. That doesn't change the fact that

It does, actually. And when someone is caught lying let the man own up to it, and don't defend him. Because your asses constantly get angry about liberal clickbait.

So if the topic title says someone murdered 20 people, but they really murdered 2, does that mean that it's not a big deal?

A better analogy would be if the topic title says someone "murdered 20 people" but left out "in Call of Duty." In that case, yes it would not be a big deal and the TC would be a troll who was spreading misinformation.

TC said "progressives cost a football announcer his job," and the reality is "the football announcer himself asked to be reassigned to a different game, and will continue working as normal." Fuck off if you think those two sentences are in any way alike.
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The TC lied but beyond that, can ya'll stop defending stupid moves like this?

This is why Democrats lose smh.
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Masked-One posted...

The TC lied but beyond that, can ya'll stop defending stupid moves like this?

What's stupid? The announcer himself didn't want his name to distract from the broadcast. Just like an announcer named "Sandusky" would avoid calling a Penn State football game. There's obviously no bad intentions but you also don't want to bother with the onslaught of bloggers and sportswriters trying to be clever the following morning.
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OP should be slapped about the face with a large fish for posting a lie in his title
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MattSFfrd posted...

Lee, an Asian-American sportscaster who started with the network in 2016, was moved to a different game "simply because of the coincidence of his name," ESPN said, referencing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee

i don't want to live in this SJW shithole fucking world anymore

A reason why Trump won
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1. Robert Lee came to ESPN with minor concern, not the other way around

2. ESPN was in a no win situation. Keep the guy on assignment and suffer the barrage of accusations of oversight and incompetence (how did ESPN let this happen lol dummies!) and subject this guy to the social media trolls and memes that the deadspins of the world would've no doubt came up with or reassign him and be labeled liberal snowflakes or whatever

This isn't the evil SJWs at espn forcing this guy off of an assignment like so many knuckle draggers want to believe. Clay Travis pandering to the paranoia for dat cash lmao
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Darkman124 posted...

OP should be slapped about the face with a large fish for posting a lie in his title

Lol fuck off TC. Funny how it's always far righters posting fake news

This was already proven to be a lie.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

1. Robert Lee came to ESPN with minor concern, not the other way around

According to ESPN, they brought it up. Not Robert.

And they proceeded to Streisand Effect the hell out of a complete non-issue.
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A conservative blogger literally made up this whole scenario and you clowns just ate it up.
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Kineth posted...

A conservative blogger literally made up this whole scenario

A blogger made it up? Really? Is that why ESPN is admitting to doing it?
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Mal_Fet posted...

According to ESPN, they brought it up. Not Robert.

Where was that said? I thought they just said 'both parties'
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Roxborough4Ever posted...

That_Happened posted...

“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.”

A network spokesperson told SI's Richard Deitsch that ESPN did not force Lee to change assignments and that Lee personally felt more comfortable moving to another game.

Source: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/08/22/robert-lee-espn-announcer-university-virginia-charlottesville

Now let's have this topic locked for trolling, plz.

"brick through window, but house is fine"

I think "Man chooses to throw brick through his own window, which was open so no damage was done" is more accurate.

It was his own choice and he didn't lose anything.
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Darmik posted...

Mal_Fet posted...

According to ESPN, they brought it up. Not Robert.

Where was that said? I thought they just said 'both parties'

They said both parties reached an agreement. But ESPN also didn't force Robert to change assignments--Robert personally felt more comfortable doing a different game.

I'm not sure where Mal is getting his info from, but I'm guessing it's brown, smelly, and looks kinda like a starfish.
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