Breitbart:
Not even a trigger warning?
After ESPN exiled broadcaster Robert Lee from Virginia-William & Mary to Pitt-Youngstown State, Showtime really needed to wake up their wokeness by appointing someone named Harvey Milk, Betty Friedan, or Marcus Garvey to commentate on the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. Getting an Andrea Dworkin doppelganger as a ring girl would have sufficiently signaled a commitment to social justice. Perhaps replacing Demi Lovato with Colin Kaepernick as the “Star Spangled Banner” singer, too, would have signaled the virtuous of the event’s inherent virtue.
Instead, the network left viewers (at least the ones not blinded by privilege, heteronormativity, and racism) more disappointed, deflated, and dejected than they have been since the Duke lacrosse accuser recanted. They broadcast a boxing match refereed by Robert Byrd.
If you remember, Robert Byrd won election to the rank of Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan before winning election to the United States Senate from West Virginia. Okay, okay, so I’m informed that the Klansman-turned-Senator Robert Byrd passed away seven years ago. Also, apparently, he was a white man and the gentleman refereeing Saturday’s match was black. But they shared a name, and, as the precedent recently established by the Worldwide Leader in Sports dictates, people holding the same name as a villain must be held responsible for the sins of their namesakes.
You say that’s not justice? Well, it’s social justice. more
I Remember The Advent of ESPN , 24 Hours of Sports a Day !
A Real Guys Sports Channel, Had I Died And Gone To Heaven !!!
Well Now as an Adult I’ts Been Fairy Dusted By The Disnazi !
Does’nt Byrd Have an Airport to Re-Name ? How About Trump Airport !!!
I Should Have Known The ” Velvet Mafia ” Would Buy The Land of Childrens Dreams …Disney !
Yes, Boy, they are that fooking stoopid.
FTA – Why can’t boxing bigwigs agree to hire only referees bearing meaningless names like “Richard Steele”… or Dick Shank?
@Plantsman: “Does’nt Byrd Have an Airport to Re-Name ?”
Considering the leftist backlash against purportedly racist memorials, I don'[t see any in Green Bank WV vandalizing the Robert C. Byrd Radio Telescope. I haven’t read about anyone trashing the Robert C. Byrd Library in Wheeling WV. There are no reports of human blockades on the Robert C. Byrd Bridge in Huntington WV. Matter of fact, there are NO actions against ANY of the following locations named after this infamous racist:
Academia, science, and technology
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia.
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia
RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia
RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia
RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virgina
Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia (affiliated with Fairmont State University)
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
Commerce
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia
Community
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia
Government
Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia
Healthcare
Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran’s Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia
Recreation and tourism
Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism), Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Transportation
Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Bridge, crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia (also known as Corridor G)
Robert C. Byrd Highway, United States Route 48 between Weston, West Virginia and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, West Virginia (also known as Corridor H)
Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77
Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/showthread.php?83539-List-of-places-named-after-Robert-Byrd
This is good for a chuckle. Circa 2002
Senator Robert Byrd Receives KKK Lifetime Achievement Award
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/650968/posts
Contrast/compare that article with this true quote from Dead Bob Byrd:
“I vow never to fight with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”
But he’s black, so it’s “tooolerance!”, right?
Flip : We Have The Only Name We Need Go After Then ” Robert KKK Byrd ”
They Will Back Away , And We’ll Have Our Answer … It’s Only Our Statues They Want to Destroy !!!