Jeremy Lin Comment Gets ESPN 'MMA Live' Host Suspended

This is both funny and sad… Our country is goin down the drain

calling this appallingly bad judgement is appallingly bad judgement. The PC police are totally out of control and it doesn’t help when every journalist around jumps on their pathetic bandwagon. Time for people to regrow their testicles and stop acting like a bunch of selfrighteous hall monitors. Sad stuff.

and I find UncleWaxy’s characterization to be unacceptable, please BAN immediately, plz.

..can someone enlighten me what “chink” has to do with Asians? I only know the expression “chink in the armor” as having some weakness, derived from the guy in the Nibelungen saga who was invulnerable except for one tiny part of his body which was not covered with something I can’t remember.

Is a derogatory term used to denote Chinese ethnics, or asians in general

And then Chris Arreola gets a mic pulled away from his face when he called King. In fact, that move by Jim Gray offended me more than this.

Similar situation to when that guy I cant remember from that place i cant remember used the word niggardly. Everyone freaked out. This dude’s wife is asian and the term " chink in the armor" is used in sports all the time. Saying you cant use the term in refference to an asian athlete is more insuting than not using the same terms you would with athletes of any other race. Its only when PC police give these words undue power that it becomes an issue at all. Just drama queens creating more drama.

it was “kink in the armor”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=—RTvEjTkD0&feature=g-all-u&context=G250baacFAAAAAHgAAAA

he sucks on MMA Live anyway

when I realize how much I appreciate Dana White. Political correctness has run amuck in our society and this is a shining example of that fact. This whole thing is insane, plain and simple.

Heres something simple for all the PC people out there when they see something they don’t like.

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT BE OFFENDED. You only have the right to not listen and walk away.
If you see something that miffs you then stop paying it attention.

Why do ‘Asians’ support Lin? Could it be exclusively because of…RACE? After all, contrary to Lin, Tim Tebow WAS actually born in Asia, yet the Asians dont seem to swoon over him ,so dont give me any BS about ‘heritage’ etc.

However, I dont consider racial solidarity ‘bad’ or ‘evil’ in any way, it’s completely natural. What really bothers me however, is the hipocrisy and the double standard of condemning someone for ‘racially sensitive’ remarks in a matter which is 100% racial in the first place.

I was born in communistic Poland and now observe that ‘pollitical correctness’ is practically identical to the censorship and oppression during (official- communism (as is the current egalitarianism).

Ps. MDS (author) should be ashamed for not speaking out against censorship in the media.

If the first thing you think of when you see “Chink in the Armour” is chink is derogatory then you need to take a look in the mirror. I would wager the vast majority of people wouldn’t come to that conclusion right off the bat because it is both asenine and out of context. What words you associate to what meanings says way more about you than the speaker.
Suspending someone for using a proper contextual saying on Live TV is far worse than any perceived racism. I hope he sues ESPN for all their worth.

I am so sick of the political correctness (aka Socialist) nonsense!! Grow a backbone already people! Now if intent was there in either one of these two cases, then so be it. But, at least with Bretos, HIS WIFE IS ASIAN! Are you kidding me? You think that was intentional?? Then you are a moron. It is an expression I use on occasion… a common expression. And because Lin is Asian it automatically means that it’s racist in context? And all this Asian American etc. stuff is ridiculous. Why can’t he just be an American? Seems like the p.c. people that are so determined to label everyone are the ones focused on race. ALL OF YOU P.C. NAZIS ARE A DISGRACE TO AMERICA!!!

This current politically correct trend of pretending that all races are the same is so insane it would be hilarious if it werent so tragic. Reality is that the various races are (very) diffrent from eachother. How could it be otherwise when for tens of thousands of years they evolved in a completely diffrent environment in all senses of the word (a thing called evolution). Obviously these diffrences are based on generalizations of the various groups, but they are there nonetheless.

For instance, Asians are generally much smaller than both Whites/Eurpeans and Blacks/Africans (obviously generalizations aswell), and that’s the main reason why they usually don’t succeed at basketball. That of course doesnt mean that ALL asians are smalll (Lin, Ming), or that ALL blacks are tall, but generally there is a significant diffrence.

Strangely, nowadays it has become politically incorrect to notice such diffrences, because in this very case generalizing is supposedly ‘evil’/‘racist’/‘prejudiced’ etc. Nonetheless, ALL KNOWLEDGE is based precisely on GENERALIZATIONS. Meaning: there are exceptions to every rule. For example: in the earliest biology classes we learn that a human has 10 fingers, and this is obviously true, eventhough in seldom cases people are born with for example 9 or 11 fingers.

Or consider the rule that one shouldn’t bring his face towards a strangers dogs face. Isn’t that terribly PREJUDICED? After all, not all dogs will bite you so shouldn’t you approach them as ‘individuals’. You get the point.

Finally, the nature of a society is determined exactly by the AVERAGE of it’s members and NOT by one or more ‘INDIVIDUALS’. That’s why generalizing is/should be an intrinsic part of politics. Obviously multiculturalism makes such common sense mostly impossible.

i’m a copywriter (with a background in journalism) and one thing journalists love to do is show how clever and witty they are with wordplay – to the point where it clouds good judgement.

to write a headline with wordplay, there has to be a “clever” link between the words and the story (look at a majority of big sports headlines and tell me this isn’t true). the other option would be to write a “straight” headline (one that’s to the point) which would have been along the lines of: “knicks lose”.

there we clearly have a headline that ties two things together: a team’s loss, with it’s star player’s ethnicity, plain and simple. the fact that “chink in the armour” is a common analogy is an unfortunate coincidence that should have been noted, avoided and never gone to publication.

further to my point, if we had the same story but with a player from another background, the headline would simply be unimaginative and lazy (which our clever journalists would never allow, even if there was less chance it may cause offense).

like i said previously, i think it is poor judgement. likely not racist in intent (and no major publication would ever want to give that impression) but certainly insensitive and a case of a journalist trying to be a poet rather than report.

p.s. live tv is different, it’s on the fly and because “chink in the armour” is a common analogy, it’s understandable whereas typing up and uploading a story isn’t something so immediate.

As an Asian-American I am offended. Not offended by the commentator remark—but by the pressure on him to apologize for using a totally proper term in the proper context. That is in fact patronizing.

Look, ill intent deserves no tolerance. But seriously, “sambo” is a derogatory term for African-Americans—AND a term for a time-honored sport of Soviet origins that I have done and has contributed a huge amount to MMA. What, should we be afraid to say the word if talking about a black sambo champion?

Let’s not be so childish as to view things so simplicistically. The remark was NOT offensive, and to think most intelligent, articulate Asian -Americans would think it was is condescending.

Whew! You always hear and read about this insane politically correct crap from the mainstream media (and you know which minority runs THAT) and it distorts reality. When I heard that the mainstream media is now punishing people for harmless idioms where no offense was even intended, I got outraged: the only one creating any ill will or harm is THEM, not the dude who said “chink in the armor”.

But then to read all these comments I’m reminded (yet again), that the mainstream media hasn’t infected as many people with phony PC garbage as they lead you to believe they have. I’d be willing to bet that 98% of Americans don’t believe any offense was intended or received with “chink in the armor”, and yet the mainstream media wants you to believe that only a few outcasts aren’t “offended”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs

if you think it’s o.k. to refer to an Asian as a CHINK, then it’s o.k. to refer to a black as a NI**ER, or a Hispanic as a SP*CK, or a gay as a FA**OT , or an Italian as a WOP. If you think any of these terms are o.k., then it’s time to check yourself.

Nearly anyone who speaks English fluently knows the expression “chink in the armor” and knows that there is no slur in it. If that expression were used any other time this wouldn’t even be news.

This is akin to me, as a black male, startling someone…them saying I “spooked” them…and someone else, upon hearing this, claiming that I was racial slurred.

The mere notion of that is preposterous and utterly reprehensible.

….“political correctness”

…found it offensive for much the same reason you seem to. He thinks the term chink only came up because it was an Asian being spoken about despite “chink in the armor” being a very very common expression (he didn’t know it was a common expression and actually had never heard it before). Everyone else when we were talking about it thought it was just a normal use of the phrase.

If it weren’t as common as it is I’d feel the same way. But, as I said, it’s just too common to throw my racism detector off.

What [i]does[/i] throw my racism detector off, however, are the endless stories about Jeremy Lin being the “first American born of Taiwanese descent” in the NBA. Yes, I get it. Yes, it’s true. But almost no sports writer seems to write a story about the guy being really talented and a VERY HARD WORKER. All of the stories are about the race angle as if that’s the only thing good to write about him. What about the fact that his hard work is carrying his team? Again, this is something that most of my Asian friends (despite being super proud of him, because he is an Asian role model for some of them) see as an issue as well.

..exactly what i’m talking about, that term being used with an Asian- American ball-player. It would mean nothing if it was used with Kobe, or Nowitski…. Lin has proven to be a pretty good player so far,that much we are 100% in agreement on….Damn,must be a slow day in the MMA world……

Chink is a word defined as a crack, slipt or narrow opening.
Chinc is an Asian racist remark!

U cant have a Asian in the Armour?

Im sorry if u are Asian and offened by that phase…your an idiot!

Thats like a saying the black dude who played Candy Man looked “spooky” and we blacks getting offended.
PC’ness at its dumbest. Shame on ESPN and i hope dude is either suing and/or still getting paid while on suspension.

What is racist is the constant references to his race. Like Asian’s cant play sports or are not athletic. Ummm does anybody watch the olympics, baseball, soccer, mma, etc. Asians have proven their physical abilities for thousands of years and last time i checked, u need the same physical and mental talents to excellent in Basketball as to Soccer (which Asians seem to play well). Coordination, Speed, Good Vision, Strategic Planning, High Lung Capacity, etc. And contrary to the stereotype Asians arent all short (ie: Yao Ming!).
This is a stupid issue created by stupid people.

So ESPN is cool with Craig James reaching far and wide to sabotage Mike Leach’s career,but they dole out pink slips and suspensions for an insensitive remark

It is unfortunate that Max Bretos chose the poor choice of words that he did to describe Jeremy Lin’s weaknesses but I doubt he was trying to be malicious in any way. ESPN is known for trying to be witty and using catch phrases to describe players, Bretos made a mistake and he is paying for it. ESPN made the right corrections to the problems. The issue is resolved.

Check out this link about ESPN http://www.ufcfightblogger.com/news/espns-mma-live-host-max-bretos-suspended-jeremy-lin-comment/