Roland Martin's Homophobic Tweets

Well, this is interesting.

At Washington Post, "CNN's Roland Martin suspended for homophobic tweets." And New York Times, "CNN Suspends Roland Martin for Remarks on Twitter":

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5:26 p.m. | Updated CNN said Wednesday that it had suspended Roland Martin, one of its commentators, three days after he posted Twitter messages that were interpreted by some to be anti-gay.

“Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive,” the cable news channel said in a statement. “Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated. We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland will not be appearing on our air for the time being.”

In one of his many Twitter messages, Mr. Martin suggested on Sunday that if a “dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad,” he should be smacked. In another message that day, he made a similar suggestion about a football fan shown on TV wearing a “head to toe pink suit.”

When Mr. Martin received angry comments from online readers about the Beckham remark, he defended himself by saying that he was mocking soccer players, not gay people.

Right.

The hashtag was #teamwhipdatass.

See a slideshow of Martin's tweets at Huffington Post, "CNN's Roland Martin Under Fire From GLAAD For David Beckham Super Bowl Tweets."

This is especially interesting since Roland Martin is a progressive lefty, and these folks are supposed to be all about tolerance.