Roland Martin is an on-air news analyst at CNN. Since I don't watch CNN, I don't know the guy.
Well, ole Rollie got himself in some hot water. He is "off the air" because of two tweets that he made during the Super Bowl.
I have the quote: "If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H & M underwear ad, smack the 'ish' out of him."
He also tweeted that a New England Patriot wearing pink "needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass".
On his website Martin apologized for his tweets saying that he was "truly sorry" to anyone who felt his tweets were homophobic or advocated violence.
CNN said that Mr Martin would not appear on air "for the time being". CNN added, "Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated."
So, if you think that this is a free country and that you have freedom of speech, you must remember that, yes you do, depending on who you are and who you piss off.
Jesse and Al, your thoughts?
