I had much to do today. Picking up the F7F diagram and a roll of new large transparencies to make a few short cyanotype runs was the least of it. And while out and about I caught random snippets of this and that on the radio,  some of it I simply didn’t understand. Something or other about ESPN and the Confederates, which didn’t make a whole lot of sense at the time since it was my understanding that the Confederates had their asses handed to them by Sherman and Grant somewhere north of a century before ESPN came on the scene. I assumed that I was simply hearing things out of context, and when I had a chance to look into later I’d find that the story would make sense.

Nope.

UNREAL: ESPN Pulls Asian-American Announcer From Virginia Football Game Because His Name Is Robert Lee

ESPN pulled Asian-American sports announcer Robert Lee from this weekend’s University of Virginia vs. William & Mary football game because they were afraid he might offend people. Why? His name is too similar to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. For the record, Robert E. Lee is white and has been dead for over 100 years.

We are *DEEP* into the Stupid Ages.