At least that's how NYT media columnist David Carr describes a tweet. Like so many others, I was offended by Roland Martin's homophobic tweets during the Super Bowl. At one point he wrote: "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." Referring to a guy dressed in pink, he wrote, "Who the hell was that New England Patriot that just showed in a head to toe pink suit? Oh, he needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass."
Sigh. I actually didn't follow his tweets live, but read about them afterwards and here I am, perpetuating their after-life. Lots of on-going handwring on whether or not it was right for CNN to suspend Martin for what he wrote. But however you feel about journalistic freedom, Twitter, the unedited thoughts, and the like, it's just so discouraging to hear these nasty homophobic comments spewed out. No wonder so many people - both young and old - feel unsafe.
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