Apologizes for Using ‘Chink in the Armor’ to Describe Yankees Japanese Pitcher

Breitbart ^ | Dylan Gwinn

[nycteacher]

Mets legend Ron Darling is under fire for using the term “chink in the armor,” in reference to Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka...

[ETL]

The idiom “chink in one’s armor” refers to an area of vulnerability. It has traditionally been used to refer to a weak spot in a figurative suit of armor. The standard meaning is similar to that of Achilles’ heel.[1]

Grammarist provides a sample usage by The Daily Telegraph that they find acceptable:[2] “Such hype was anathema for the modest professional fighter, who has 22 victories under his belt, and not a perceptible chink in his armour.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink_in_one%27s_armor

[Buckeye McFrog]

Ron Darling absolutely did not men anything racist by that comment. Only a total effing idiot would think he did.

Shame on his employer, who apparently forced this apology.

[xkaydet65]

And as any Mets fan knows Ron Darling is part Chinese. And if anyone is still uncertain about what t by e goal is, google Zero Day and The Man in the High Castle.

[Alberta's Child]

I yearn for the days when Joe DiMaggio proudly called himself by his self-deprecating nickname: "The Big Dago."

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

[Charles Henrickson]

We need to nip these things in the bud. At least that’s the slant I take.

[piasa]

Lord help the nxt celebrity that wants to leave work and go skiing and says “I’m off to hit the slopes.”

[faithhopecharity]

he’s Japanese! complaint doesn’t apply

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That’s stupid. The guy is Japanese, not Chinese.

Yep.

Maybe if he had called him a bit of a nipper that would at fit.

[3boysdad]

LOL! Good one!

[dfwgator]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns0uRr6aPQE

“These people are Wogs!”

[GonzoII]

Someone needs to jap slap that dude!

[ifinnegan]

Let’s follow the logic.

Putting aside the fact that he used the word chink, not the term in the racist slur context, we accept that it is unacceptable to use it.

Darling himself is Chinese.

Therefore the common belief that blacks are allowed to use the N word is no longer valid.

[heterosupremacist]

Ridiculous! A FReeper replied, “I hope Ron darling is not niggardly in his response.”

The Leftists Ministry of Speech has already become too powerful! “Resist, we much!”

[Yarmulke Tip to Al Sharpton]

[elcid1970]

When they hanged Tojo for war crimes, the witnesses observed,

“Hmm...there’s a little nip in the air this morning.”

[dfwgator]

At least he didn’t go “John McCain” and call him a “Gook”.

[butlerweave]

I stopped watching Baseball in the 80’s during one of those Strikes

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Just imagine what would have ensued if he said “he needs to nip this rally in the bud!”

[PAR35]

Well, that turned into a real Chinese Fire Drill, didn’t it.

And I guess references to the HMS Hood sinking will have to be torn from the history books.

[Roccus]

Pretty slippery slope there, Chuck.

[bubbacluck]

A nip in the armor? Hmm... It will take a little getting used to...

I think that would hurt.