apparently just the name Robert Lee is offensive now......even if you are Asian.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...rsity-virgini/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...rsity-virgini/
....is this real life?
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Pandering to the wind is a given at espn as are most all so called sporting events. Even NASCAR has went that way and yet they wonder, where they went wrong.
ESPN has entered into an alternate reality. To think, even for a moment, that an announcer with the name of Robert Lee could be offensive to anyone is completely absurd. The fact that Robert Lee is an Asian American makes in even more ridiculous. Moreover, it's about the game... not who's announcing!
So why is it that I find this offensive and it doesn't matter? I can't stop saying it, and don't take it the wrong way, but "This is not my America". Fucking lunacy. This is EXACTLY why I stay amongst the trees. They're usually not fucked up.
Never heard of him. I've heard of a Robert E Lee, but never just plain Robert Lee. I've also heard of Bruce Lee. I think he might have been an Asian too.
I've been done w/ ESPN for years. When I first learned they took an anti 2A stance I cut all of my ESPN channels, MLB package, etc. It may not matter to anyone else but it's the point of the matter that counts. I simply refuse to give in to those bastards.
So why is it that I find this offensive and it doesn't matter? I can't stop saying it, and don't take it the wrong way, but "This is not my America". Fucking lunacy. This is EXACTLY why I stay amongst the trees. They're usually not fucked up.
Some trees are...
https://youtu.be/UWHEcIbhDiw
We are entering a time where a Partisan Economy is a real possibility. Soon we will have Liberal only stores and Conservative only stores. The Media is just about there already. I know I will avoid companies like Intel, 3M, Under Armour, etc. If you don't support our President then you don't support our Country. And I can not and will not support you. Business and Politics don't mix.
Yes Obama was the President. If Hillary was Pres I would not like it but she would Be My President. Thanks to God she is not. There is a big difference between Liking a President and Supporting one. When the People speak and choose a Pres. You don't have to like it, but you should respect it. I will support them with my Patriotism and I will oppose them with my Vote. They are not just critical of Trump. They are Hateful and Seditious. I also support their right to protest...Right up until they start destroying property and smashing heads.
I have donated to one Candidate in my life...Trump. I take that back I donated to a sheriffs race once too. Trump is the Pres. I thought was the first to represent us the People.
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This kind of stuff always makes me look at the common denominator(s) to all these events and it always comes back to the indoctrination in the school systems and universities. Then once the ball gets rolling it becomes a fear to speak out against the now main stream. Look how many people start to lose their jobs and lively hood by talking out against the new norm. This is how a totalitarian state is developed - FEAR rules the people actions/thoughts and speech.
That an Asian man with the name Robert Lee could possible trigger people is a view of how far we have fallen as a society. Common Sense is no longer common in this environment. We as a society are heading in a very dangerous route. No good can come of this trajectory. The thought that scares me the most is when I am in my retirement years these snowflake's will be in charge.
That an Asian man with the name Robert Lee could possible trigger people is a view of how far we have fallen as a society. Common Sense is no longer common in this environment. We as a society are heading in a very dangerous route. No good can come of this trajectory. The thought that scares me the most is when I am in my retirement years these snowflake's will be in charge.
Fair enough, FS1, thats how I felt. I couldnt really 'support' the man but he was our President and I had to respect the office. That may not have translated so well to Hillary.
"This kind of stuff always makes me look at the common denominator(s) to all these events and it always comes back to the indoctrination in the school systems and universities. Then once the ball gets rolling it becomes a fear to speak out against the now main stream. Look how many people start to lose their jobs and lively hood by talking out against the new norm. This is how a totalitarian state is developed - FEAR rules the people actions/thoughts and speech.
That an Asian man with the name Robert Lee could possible trigger people is a view of how far we have fallen as a society. Common Sense is no longer common in this environment. We as a society are heading in a very dangerous route. No good can come of this trajectory. The thought that scares me the most is when I am in my retirement years these snowflake's will be in charge.
" Georges take on it.... [h=1]George Foreman on anthem, White House protests: 'Sore losers'[/h] [IMG2=JSON]{"alt":"Cagewriter","data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/api\/res\/1.2\/.mfuv1VG6dA3bAZIsemsvg--\/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9MTUwO3NtPTE7aWw9cGxhbmU-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/creatr-images\/GLB\/2016-10-18\/c1a0f040-9549-11e6-bb6b-1b77c0bfb794_sports-sociallogo.png.cf.jpg"}[/IMG2] Jay Busbee,Cagewriter 17 hours ago
George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight champion who shared a ring with Muhammad Ali, has weighed in on the national anthem controversy – and he’s on the opposite side of Ali-esque political protests.
Speaking to the “Offended America” podcast, Foreman—who admitted he doesn’t “pay much attention to what kids do”—indicated that he believed the anthem protests were merely a cry for attention: “’I got all this money, but nobody knows me,’” he said, speaking as if he were a protesting athlete, “‘so let me say something like Muhammad Ali and maybe I’ll be different.’ That’s all that is.”
Foreman, seven years younger than Ali, lost to Ali in one of the greatest fights in boxing history, the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle. Foreman then shocked the world two decades later by winning the heavyweight championship once again at age 45.
The concept of patriotism among athletes came up, and Foreman, who represented the United States in the 1968 Olympics, proudly noted, “I still love this country. The greatest day of my life was when I put on the colors red, white and blue.” He suggested that athletes who protest may not have been brought up in patriotic homes, and deemed athletes who declined to visit the White House “sore losers.”
Foreman suggested that simply speaking out like Ali wasn’t enough to make one equivalent to Ali. “The shame part of it, all of us, including Joe Frazier and myself, we became the heavyweight champion of the world,” Foreman said. “We didn’t realize that just because you’re champ, you don’t become Muhammad Ali.”
One wonders what Ali—who died beloved but endured far worse criticism for his political stands than Kaepernick has ever received—would say about the protests, which began just weeks after his death."
