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Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz and conservative media outlets have taken up Schilling’s firing as a cause celebre.
To them the dismissal of canada goose outlet new york city the 49 year old Schilling, an outspoken political conservative, is proof ESPN has a liberal bias. And that brass in Bristol have a blatant double standard when it comes to liberal and conservative voices at the network.
buy canada goose jacket To recap, Schilling got the boot from ESPN for sharing a meme of a fat guy dressed as a woman on Facebook with the caption: “LET HIM IN! To the restroom with your daughter or else you’re a narrow minded, judgmental, unloving, racist bigot who needs to die!!!” buy canada goose jacket
Underneath, Schilling shared his own comment. “A man is a man no matter what they call themselves. I don’t care what they are, who they sleep with, men’s room was designed for the penis, women’s not so much. Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic.”
Canada Goose sale Since his firing, Schilling has been unapologetic, defending himself in interviews and on social media and writing a long blog post telling his side of the story. presidential campaign after Cruz rolled out a TV commercial indirectly criticizing a “politically correct” ESPN for dumping Schilling and especially opponent Donald Trump for saying transgender people should use the bathroom they feel comfortable in. Canada Goose sale
“Curt Schilling was fired by the PC Police for suggesting that grown men shouldn’t use the bathroom with little girls,” says the ad. “Guess who’s joined the ranks of the PC police? Donald Trump can’t be trusted with common sense. Why would we trust him in the White House?”
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Cruz kept up the attack on ESPN and Trump in a radio interview with Glenn Beck: “ESPN fired Curt Schilling for making the rather obvious point that we shouldn’t allow grown adult men strangers canada goose jacket outlet store alone in a bathroom with little girls. That’s a point anyone who is rational should understand.”
Conservative media outlets have had a field day with the Schilling news.
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The Daily Caller noted ESPN previously suspended Schilling for a tweet comparing Muslim extremists to Nazis while canada goose sale uk while looking the other way on progressive talkers such as Tony Kornheiser.
Wrote the Daily Caller: “ESPN might canada goose outlet price have canada goose factory outlet no problem getting rid of conservative pundits, but the network has tolerated extreme liberal positions in the past without firing anybody. As I’ve written before, nobody has tried so hard to get themselves fired by ESPN since Bill Simmons. I wouldn’t be https://www.canadagoosejacketoutlett.com surprised if Schilling’s agent is reaching out to FS1’s Jamie Horowitz to see if his client fits the bill as the kind of “Opinionist” that FS1 wants in the future.
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Canada Goose online Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz told me last year that Democratic President Barack Obama has appeared so often on ESPN he’s “practically a contributor.” ESPN also attracted the suspicion of conservatives by giving Caitlyn Jenner the canada goose outlet florida Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Canada Goose online
On the other hand, ESPN must be heartened by all of the praise they’ve received for finally dumping Schilling.
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Schilling is not like most of you. The day he walked off the mound and decided to collect a paycheck as a baseball analyst, he gave up his right to publicly rant about just canada goose outlet any subject that popped into his head. Because while the public may care very much about his expert baseball insights and opinions, his uninformed, biased opinions on everything from Muslims to Nazis to Hillary Clinton and her emails, and now transgender communities, have added nothing intelligent to any conversation, sports or otherwise.
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