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CNN anchor suspended for ‘homophobic’ tweets

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A CNN anchor was benched after sending homophobic tweets during the Super Bowl.

Roland Martin shocked viewers when he tweeted that any male fans of David Beckham’s underwear commercial for H&M were not “real bruhs.”

“If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him! #superbowl” he added.

He also made fun of a New England Patriots player earlier in the day who arrived wearing a pink jump suit.

“He needs a visit from #teamwhipdata-” he quipped.

At first, he tried to justify his tweets saying that he was just making fun of soccer. But many people weren’t buying it.

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I'm confused.....I thought liberal commentators could get away with saying anything they flippin' well pleased. I guess it's good to know there are some 'limits' somewhere they can't cross.

Click the name, learn to survive!

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Michael · 3 hours ago

So, he doesn't care for queers. What is the harm in that?
1 reply · active 3 hours ago

THIS has gone far enough..... this is silly.... hyper ccritical pseudo intellectual ...PC types trying to show how
intelligent.... clever .. wsensitive etc...yak...yak,... agk..kak... gag me witha spoon...
too much hypercritical... pseudointellectual kak... is being passed of as sensitive drivel....
its getting dangerous to free speech... its already happening... beware the loss of free speech...
... get a sense of humor..... get some skin on your hide... stop trying tobe so to cool to fool...
stop seeking reason for offense... its only a pretense to be ultra cool... stopiit...stop it ..stop it.
0 replies · active 3 hours ago

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seabee combat vet · 3 hours ago

So, I see that this site is also a "P.C." site. So in that frame of mind, I will now say my piece this way, GAYS AND LESBIANS, PLEASE K.M.A. !!!!!!!!!!! You have NO right FORCING your agenda on people OR CHILDREN!!!!
1 reply · active 1 hour ago

What most liberals don't understand is that most men cannot stand the idea of 2 men getting together. They just feel they have to say it's ok to be politically correct, and this proves that you can even get fired for saying anything about gay people. This is not an isolated case, it's just that the POLITICALLY CORRECT POLICE haven't caught all the other 100s of thousands of males in our society. This actually reassured me that everyone hadn't gone crazy. People stop believing what the liberal media tells you. The majority of Americans are not in favor of gay marriage or anything remotely close to that. That's just been proven in California. The people had decided against gay marriage, and then some liberal judge comes up and says the people don't matter and overturns the people's decision. The far left liberals are trying to destroy our country!!!! We need to stand up to them and say enough is enough.
2 replies · active 33 minutes ago

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RIpete · 3 hours ago

Just like wild animals the liberals do eat their own. All you libs beware it may happen to you.
0 replies · active 3 hours ago

What happened to freedom of speech? If I don't agree with your lifestyle then maybe you can listen and debate me. Why be homophobic about my beliefs. What? Oh I understand. You want the right to kill babies in the womb and keep everything silent to hide your evil ways. Sorry. The light has shown and the darkness cannot overcome it.
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

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howard · 2 hours ago

What the hell has happened to freedom of speech . Im gay and I dont wear my feelings on my sleeve nor do I give a crap about gay marriage, if fact its all so ridiculous it makes me laugh. The country is being over run by a minority of jerks and everyone is wanting to be first in line to kiss some gay ass. Washingtons Governor Gregoire your a fool and folks in
Calif you are getting the shaft from the 9th district court.
4 replies · active 1 hour ago

I am stunned by the fact CNN would suspend one of their trusted anchors. CNN along with MSNBC have the most liberal commentators of all the net works , and to suspend some one is beyond comprehension. This guy must have really violated journalistic standards, to be rewarded this way.
1 reply · active 2 hours ago

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Libertarian58 · 2 hours ago

What ever happened to "Sticks and stones. . ." It sure isn't the "free" country I grew up in any more.
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

THIS IS WEIRD; i THOUGHT everyone at CNN was gay?? go figure.
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Stephen · 2 hours ago

I believe in freedom, liberty, and the values of our founders. They believed that every American should be free to live his or her own life in the way that they saw fit, free from intrusion from government or others. It deeply disturbs me to see the government meddling in our personal lives. Why should I care what you do in your bedroom? It's none of my business! The problem isn't that Mr. Martin is anti-gay. The problem is that he's a news anchor and is supposed to report the news, not spread his personal agenda. I would say the same thing if he were trashing Baptists. The news is supposed to be the news, not anything else.
4 replies · active 51 minutes ago

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GrandDaddy · 2 hours ago

Gee, where does he think he lives, America or something? Base humor not covered under free speech? Then again, you;d think, having scored this gig, that he would understand the environment in which he operates. He should have known better - if he's married, his wife has probably hit him over the head with a frying pan already. Moral of story:
beer and Twitter don't mix. I don't get the whole Twiter thing anyway. Why broadcast your most mundane thoughts to the internet and the NSA? Why would you want everybody to "follow" you? Are you starving for attention that badly?
Well, you'll get attention all right. For the record, God says it's a sin. But for the record, Christ said the ones without sin can cast the first stone. Anybody here qualify?
1 reply · active 2 hours ago

i totally agree... if they choose to live outside of the norms of society thats their choice!!!! Gay and lesbians should not have specials laws because of a lifestyle choice!!!! it audacious!!!!!
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

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PISSED OFF PATRIOT · 2 hours ago

who in the hell cares what this liberal idiot said about these other liberals, I mean this aint news !
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

THis administrator should be deleted by the website.
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

Roland is a libtard hypocrite!
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Airangel · 2 hours ago

Our leaders and representatives can tell us to go to the back of the bus, call the Tea Pary terrorist, blame Sarah Palin for the shooting of Gabby Giffords, saying we can go straight to h3ll, call Christians whack jobs, etc. but if ANYTHING said against them it becomes a hate crime or punishable by job loss. They are so intolerant. It's their way or No way, well I'm FED-UP with the double standards!
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

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Billy F. · 2 hours ago

Mr. Martin should sue the pants off of his former superiors for terminating him over his tweets. They violated his 1st amendment rights to speak his mind through his twitter account. What Mr. Martin tweeted was none of his superiors' business; and he should not have been terminated over his tweets. This is 1 of the reasons that leftist liberal pukes are considered so very evil and sometimes Satanists. They refuse to honor our first amendment rights and possibly our 14th amendment rights, too. At the same time, they demand that everyone else honor their rights; even after failing to honor our rights. They are the extreme essence of Two Faced Intolerant Tyranny.
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

Ted Turner would be pleased. He is the one who said, "Why don't they call them the ten suggestions instead of the Ten Commandments?"
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

Ya isnt' it nice all the libs are dictating how we run our lives but when it is the constitution and laws, they dont' pay attention and do what they d well want. But if they were offending lets say the Christians, especailly the Catholics then that's ok. but don't do that to them I'm tired of this. Lets vote all the Dems out of office and clean up this mess.
And get back to the Ole United States of America!!!!!
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

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Bob Basher · 2 hours ago

What a bunch of panty wastes... anybody who "TWEATS" is already in the fruit trail mix. Phobia is fear...I doubt very much he fears as much as is disgusted by having all this gay crap shoved and forced upon us whether we accept or not. I mean look at all the feminization of men these last few years....its really rather creepy. Years ago youd have gotten your ass kicked for even thinking about whats shoved on TV and accepted so readily like a badge of honor and if not as a lib usually does..attack by calling YOU the Homophobe...rediculous...men man up this is gettin way out of hand...and I for one will NEVER conform to the idea of gay marriage....let them have their own word because it to me is not an issue of inclusion as much as it is to totally change the definition of a sacred pledge.....it cheapens something that has a hard enough time in this world.
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

Just ONE MORE reason to not watch the "pin-heads" on CNN. Nice to see though, that some of their news people are not totally brainwashed.
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

Guess who's going into the "Thought Prison" for thinking and saying what's on his mind.... his mind, the thing God gave us. Don't say anything but good about gays, atheists or leftists, if you stray you'll pay. Lord, what has happened to this country?
0 replies · active 2 hours ago

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Larrya pa · 1 hour ago

union did not help the reporter why pay union dues, where is the union when they should help a member out.
0 replies · active 1 hour ago

In this day and age, who the hell is STILL making fun of gays. Like the commercial or not, but all of this making a big deal is totally ridiculous.
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