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Idiots at ESPN don't know the difference between "gorilla" & "guerrilla"
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:40 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:40 am
And now they're getting their asses sued for it....
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A veteran ESPN announcer sued the sports network Monday for firing him during the Australian Open over accusations that he had used an ethnic slur against tennis superstar Venus Williams.
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Doug Adler, who began working for ESPN in 2008 covering the world’s biggest tennis matches, came under fire for a comment on Jan. 18 when he said Williams used “the guerrilla effect.” The comment went viral because it was pushed along by the New York Times on twitter labeling it as the “appalling” term “gorilla,” which “ignited the flames of anger and hatred” against Adler, the lawsuit said. Adler was fired two days later.
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Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:42 am to Darth_Vader
Need to know if Adler was white so I know if I should be offended or not
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:42 am to Darth_Vader
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Williams used “the guerrilla effect.”
Firing may be stupid, but I'm not sure what this even means.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:42 am to Darth_Vader
I hope he takes them to the cleaners.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:43 am to Darth_Vader
You won't even be able to say the word black in the future.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:43 am to Y.A. Tittle
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Firing may be stupid, but I'm not sure what this even means
I didn't know either but it appears to be a "common term" used in tennis circles. I dunno. I don't play tennis.
This post was edited on 2/15/17 at 9:44 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:43 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:43 am to Darth_Vader
Just another day in the SJW world. Funny the parallels between this and the Judge situation in Baton Riuge. The mob demands a head and whether the person is guilty or not has nothing to do with it.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:44 am to Darth_Vader
It's clear to anyone with even a modest vocabulary that he meant "guerilla". Also kind of messed up that Venus declined to comment about it.
Welcome to our new world, where everything said or printed must be literal and without color. No metaphors, no similes, no hyperbole. We are practically witnessing the death of the English language.
Welcome to our new world, where everything said or printed must be literal and without color. No metaphors, no similes, no hyperbole. We are practically witnessing the death of the English language.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:44 am to Darth_Vader
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appears to be a "common term" used in tennis circles.
Well if that's the case, it's REALLY stupid. I'm gonna Google and see.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:44 am to Darth_Vader
I have played tennis my whole life
Played college
Never heard the "guerilla effect" ever
Played college
Never heard the "guerilla effect" ever
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:45 am to Winston Cup
Adler is white
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:47 am to Darth_Vader
I don't follow tennis but I'm going to guess it means an unpredictable but effective method of charging the net and subsequently retreating to throw the opponent out of their rhythm
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:48 am to jefforize
It isn't a tennis term
Look, I don't think the guy is racist. But the guerrilla effect is not a tennis term
Look, I don't think the guy is racist. But the guerrilla effect is not a tennis term
This post was edited on 2/15/17 at 9:49 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:48 am to lsupride87
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I have played tennis my whole life
Played college
Never heard the "guerilla effect" ever
I don't know. I'm just going by what the story said.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:49 am to jefforize
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I don't follow tennis but I'm going to guess it means an unpredictable but effective method of charging the net and subsequently retreating to throw the opponent out of their rhythm
Is that something Venus does? I wouldn't know but i thought the Williams sisters mostly used a power game.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:49 am to Darth_Vader
I read somewhere (over the past weekend) that the term "guerrilla" was coined during the Spanish Civil War.
I'm too lazy to look it up.
Hope you're mending well Darth, keep on keepin' on.
I'm too lazy to look it up.
Hope you're mending well Darth, keep on keepin' on.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:50 am to Darth_Vader
quote:And I am telling you. It isn't a common term. I am being honest when I say I have never heard it used besides this one time
I don't know. I'm just going by what the story said.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:50 am to Darth_Vader
I don't play tennis, but I've seen a gorilla piss in its hand then drink it.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 9:50 am to Darth_Vader
This post was edited on 9/26/20 at 11:19 pm
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