ESPN...you can't make this up

[squeak]

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/22/espn-pulls-announcer-robert-lee-university-virgini/

 

[JimmyBob]

This sinks below what I thought was the bottom of jack-off "pc" idiocy. How many viewers are sofa king stupid to confuse him with Robert E. Lee?

 

[Medic007]

This sinks below what I thought was the bottom of jack-off "pc" idiocy. How many viewers are sofa king stupid to confuse him with Robert E. Lee?

Uhhh, there are some complete dumbasses in this country. A bunch of them in fact.

 

[squeak]

Uhhh, there are some complete dumbasses in this country. A bunch of them in fact.

As I think more about this, I can see BLM attacking ESPN and accusing them of doing it on purpose.

 

[Medic007]

As I think more about this, I can see BLM attacking ESPN and accusing them of doing it on purpose.

Yep. That's about their speed.

 

[Headhunter]

If he didn't look so much like a Confederate Civil War General they probably would of let him do the broadcast.

 

[HanAholeSolo2.0]

identity politics breeds this kind of dead end logic

 

[Rdcldad]

If he didn't look so much like a Confederate Civil War General they probably would of let him do the broadcast.

that was funny

yes i think the bushy goatee and southern drawl will have peeps all kinds of confused!

 

[imprimis]

This sinks below what I thought was the bottom of jack-off "pc" idiocy. How many viewers are sofa king stupid to confuse him with Robert E. Lee?

The same can be said of the executives who made the decision.

 

[mseabolt]

Surprised ESPN has not fired him yet

 

[Bitter Creek]

Surprised ESPN has not fired him yet

He should have thought about that when he was picking out his name

 

[JimmyBob]

So appropriate: