ESPN and Capital One Are Dishonoring Real Heroes

London Telegraph ^ | June 20th, 2015 | reasonmclucus

[kathsua]

The decision by ESPN and Capital One to allow the actor previously known as Bruce Jenner to desecrate the Arthur Ashe courage award dishonors real heroes. Jenner has done nothing to deserve the Arthur Ashe award........

If Jenner accepts the award he will mark himself as a coward rather than a hero.

[kathsua]

I'm glad to see someone recognizing Jenner as the coward he is. I like the comparison to the dog in one of the most unusual cartoons of the 40's. I have it on a DVD somewhere, but I think it's available online. If you haven't seen it or have forgotten it you should watch it. Don't be surprised when the bad guy, or dog, wins.

[humblegunner]

I'm glad to see someone recognizing Jenner as the coward he is.

Surely.

The opinions of a blogger name NasalMcMucus carry global weight, to be sure.

[Dilbert San Diego]

You have to be liberal and have a liberal mindset to admire alleged courage in doing this sex change thing.

[QT3.14]

Logic of the Left: Jenner is a hero.

American Sniper is trashed.

[humblegunner]

Exactly.
Nobody I know thinks he is anything more that a perverse joke.

So why praise some blogger for saying the same thing?

[Vermont Lt]

ESPN is a TV channel, dedicated to delivering sports information to people who watch sports all day, every day.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching games now and then. But I don’t usually listen to the commentators.

Since when does it matter who they consider a hero or not?

The best thing to do is to simply not watch.

Ratings revenge is the best revenge.

[CARDINALRULES]

I use to watch it most of the day. Now I usually only watch it if they take the Sunday Cards games. If I remember I watch Baseball Tonight but that has really gone downhill the last few years.

Might be getting the next tier on the cable package and it has MLB network. Then I will only watch the Cards games on ESPN.