ESPN pulls Asian-American sportscaster Robert Lee from Virginia football game
On Tuesday evening, ESPN (AKA MSNBC with footballs) went full-on parody when they pulled an announcer named Robert Lee, an Asian man, from a game at the University of Virginia because the network thought his name, apparently too close to dead Confederate general Robert E. Lee, might offend their viewers.
ESPN formally released a statement on the ridiculous move:
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.
Is the wacko American Left now going to require everyone with the name Robert or Lee to change their name because the Left is offended by a name ?????
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