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This made me mad! Its about RGIII

  • I don't call for people's jobs. I believe in free speech. Thus I believe in people taking the time to freely speak on how stupid this dumbass is and letting him thoroughly know about it. But its not my style to call for his job and I hope others don't either but this is beyond dumb. RGIII is a standup guy. What does it matter what color his girl is? Who cares how he wears his hair? The guy is well spoken and he seems like a good dude. He's a true leader and has been a bright light in DC. Just no sense in this. My boy Mark Levin let him have it on the radio earlier and I agreed. Here's the clip.

    ESPN’s Rob Parker says ridiculous things about RG3, takes ‘First Take’ to new levels of depravity | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

    From the blog Shutdown Corner: Nobody will ever mistake ESPN's to put a nice little hat on … Continue reading →

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    tWhit

  • And just for the record. I'm not even sure if this is racism. I don't think it is. I just think its stupidism. I like what RGIII's father says. Parker needs to define what one of us is? As he says RGIII is not one of us.

    tWhit

  • I agree with you. Not racist.

    It's probably not stupid--it was designed to rile people up and it's working.

    djkycat54906

  • If thats the case then ESPN has less class than I thought and Steve A. must not have gotten the memo because he seems to have been caught off guard. I'm not sure why ESPN would want this kind of attention. They have no trouble with viewership on a day to day basis. I think dude just went to far. Of course Skip Bayless had to be in the middle of it asking a stupid question flaming the situation.

    tWhit

  • Actually it's the definition of racism...

    Steven a smith is very bright but he is a blowhard and loves to cause contreversy, but in this case he knows what has been said is utterly stupid.

    To say somebody isn't "black enough" is racist. To say somebody isn't "white enough" is racist.

    hoptownukfan ●

  • Absolutely dumb but what do you expect from a show like First Take and all the incendiary "journalism" ESPN produces, do we really enjoy watching Skip Bayless and this kind of shit? Have we got nothing better to do?

    QueenLizzysWildcat

  • Good point QLW. I'm tired of it. I refuse to turn shows like this on in my house from now on. Its a joke. I wish more would decide to do the same so they would go away.

    tWhit

  • I am actually friends with Skip's brother Chad. I can tell you for a fact, the Skip Bayless you see and hear on TV is an on air persona ESPN has developed. Skip is a very sincere guy who really knows a great deal about sports. Skip is as good as any in what he does, which is take a minority opinion on topics and create a great argument for it.

    As for Parker, i dont know the guy but i have had more than one issue with his journalism. This isnt nearly the first time hes pulled this "Black enough" bullshit. Donovan Mcnabb, Jason Campbell, and several others have fell victum to such judgemental and yes, racist comments. Screamin A Smith has publically ripped Parker several times as Smith has numerously talked about how he hates the phrase "Black enough."
    Smith has really gotten under my skin several times, but he is also very well spoken just as many times as well. The guy (Smith) is polarizing to say he very least.

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    tommy

  • Btw, Parker has been suspended by ESPN and i would expect his contract terminated following.

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    tommy

  • tWhit said...

    And just for the record. I'm not even sure if this is racism. I don't think it is. I just think its stupidism. I like what RGIII's father says. Parker needs to define what one of us is? As he says RGIII is not one of us.

    I agree with what you say, I ask this, If he(Parker) thinks this about RGIII what in the world does he think of Russell Wilson?

    stonewall011 ●

  • Looks like Rob Parker basically got fired. After the suspension they decided not to renew his contract. Codeword for you're fired dumbass.

    tWhit

  • ESPN went to freaking far when they apologized publicly for Musberger's comments r/t AJ McCarron's GF during the NC game. He said nothing wrong at all. I hope it was a case of Musberger not willing to apologize for himself.

    tWhit

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