We are sliding down that "slippery slope." Several sources have reported that ESPN (I'd boycott the network, but how can I boycott something I never watch?) is pulling a reporter from football coverage at a University of Virginia game. UVa is in Charlottesville. The reporter's name is "Robert Lee." Well, maybe......
The official word was the executives were worried about several things, including that the reporter's name might offend the sensibilities of some people in Charlottesville. Well, maybe......
But Robert Lee's previous job before joining ESPN was not leading the Confederate Army. He doesn't look at all like Robert E. Lee. In fact, Robert Lee, the reporter, is of Asian heritage! "Lee!" "Lee," as in "House of Lee," my favorite Chinese restaurant in Farmington.
So, have we started the slide? Now ESPN is afraid that might possibly offend the sensibilities of idiots!?!?!? How do people get executive jobs like these?
If this wasn't so serious, if it couldn't be a portent of further lunacy, it would be extremely laughable.
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What a scream! That's why ESPN continues to lose viewership. That and it's a spokesman for the NBA is why. I know myself personally, if I was watching that game and Robert Lee interviewed a black player I would think it was a token response to racism. But then again, it probably would not even occur to me. I'm just not that connected. Please get the politics out of sports!!!!!
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