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ESPN Apologizes For This Civil War Graphic & Song During Colts Vs. Texans Game

by Larry Leo

January 7, 201934 Comments

ESPN Apologizes For This Civil War Graphic & Song During Colts Vs. Texans Game

ESPN rubbed fans the wrong way during the Colts vs. Texans game when they showed this graphic of QB Andrew Luck as a Civil War officer dodging cannon balls while the song "Dixie" played...

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ESPN realized maybe it wasn't the best idea, so they later issued this apology...

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“Dixie” was not part of the graphic when the piece was initially produced and approved, a source told SN. Instead, the song was dropped into the piece at the last moment by a staffer in the production truck. A source said ESPN addressed the issue with the staffer, but would not elaborate on the outcome.

“It was a mistake to use this song. We regret having done so and we apologize,” said ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz in a statement to SN.

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Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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Kong•64 months

Damn people get a life, he doesn't need to apologize for nothing

Tiger in Texas•64 months

Until whites in control finally say enough is enough, this pull out the race card bullshite will continue another 500 years..

FaCubeItches•64 months

Funnily enough, "Dixie" was written by a Northerner, and written before the Civil War. It was a popular tune on both sides of the divide.

udtiger•64 months

Sandy vaginas errywhere

andouille•64 months

Dixie was Abe Lincolns favorite tune. The brainless PC crowd needs to be stopped.

LsuNav•64 months

I saw this yesterday and wondered why they added to Dixie to skit that already going to annoy people. The level of sensitivity in this country now is scary. There is so much whining it really hurts the real acts of racism. People are just tired of it all.

TigerSpray•64 months

Actual Africans are hurt by the fact that Afro Americans didn't return to the motherland once freedom was given. They would have received heroes' welcome, according to my great friends in Kenya.

31TIGERS•64 months

Beautifully written!! They should take the advice of your great friends in kenya. Win win!

TOSOV•64 months

I heard once that Jefferson actually looked into how to send all of them back "if" slavery were to be abolished, and he calculated it to cost like $900m at that time. He decided it wasn't feasible financially.

LSU-MNCBABY•64 months

We could have only been so lucky

CanebreakCajun•64 months

If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band That lead guitar is hot but not for Louisiana man!

thejudge•64 months

Well frick. Then I'm an European American

PeterPeterP•64 months

You’re an Afro-American? You don’t say. Shut the frick up

Neauxla_Tiger•64 months

This was a spin-off of the popular twitter account mocking Andrew Luck for looking like a civil war general. It had ZERO to do with race. It's not as if they decided to use a Civil War graphic for no apparent reason. If the outraged "afro-american" was actually watching he might have made that connection.

WhiteMandingo•64 months

What a gash

ExpoTiger•64 months

Looks like it was just a red dead spoof

TigerNlc•64 months

What a vagina.

Jwils•64 months

WTF is an "afro American"?! You're either American or you're not. Seems pretty simple to me.....

justustm2•64 months

And you think you get to determine that for him? It seems pretty simple to me that an American can call themselves wherever they desire. Especially descendants of those who were not treated as Americans for centuries.

biglego•64 months

justustm2 tell us about all your oppression

31TIGERS•64 months

justustm2, you should head over to the “motherland” and get your heroe’s welcome like an above poster said. So yeah, tell us all about your “oppression/suppression/holding down” by Whitey.

ctiger69•64 months

Snowflakes for the win

justustm2•64 months

Hell bounds for the loss.

EasterEgg•64 months

Wait, now catchy tunes are offensive?

justustm2•64 months

If you have to ask the question, its obvious you can't or choose not to understand. One day you privileged MFers will understand what it means to not be so advantaged. For those who need a refresher, Dixie was not the great place whites like you perceive to non-whites. It represents slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings, segregation, 2nd class citizenship and vitriolic hate. It sort of like playing a 3rd Reich song to a crowd that included Jews and asking why they might have a problem with it. Ir you could be lake far too many and not give a damn because it doesn't affect you.

Eltegray•64 months

Didn't Jim Crow play linebacker for the Colts from 77-79?

machismo64•64 months

Usually it isn't even a black dude that acts all offended. It is some goofy SJW white person who gets offended on their behalf. Most black people don't get their panties in a bunch about such things.

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225Tyga•64 months

oh my god...seriously?! Im getting sick of this snowflake world. Everything hurts someones feelings. Grow some nuts ESPN, Run it again.

CAD703X•64 months

well that would be silly because the game is over

PsychTiger•64 months

The game will rise again.

LSUSkip•64 months

you know, instead of apologizing, replying with "shut the frick up" would do wonders.

biglego•64 months

ESPN is run by SJWs. Would never occur to them to not apologize and grovel to the handful of twitter pussies who pretend to be upset

pellietigersaint•64 months

blah blah