Roland Martin’s CNN Suspension: Has GLAAD Become A Bullying Organization?

Just another day for the Thought Police. Doubleplusungood, Roland. Time for you to be punished.

So Roland says some stupid, homophobic, ‘I am a righteous black bruh’ crap and LGBT expresses their outrage at his ‘Neanderthal belief system’ and we are supposed to believe that LGBT is the bully? Right, good one! Tell me another preposterous fairy tale.

 Martin wasn’t advocating violence to gays any more than he was to
children. But a cursory look at a random tweet plucked out of a long
conversation can easily be misconstrued….TWEETS ARE NOT PLUCKED OUT OF LONG CONSERVATIONS…..you better learn what a tweet is b4 making one..and i guess you have no problem with roland threatening to whoop your kids asses either……RIGHT?????.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelangelo-signorile/roland-martins-history-on_b_1259631.html?ref=tw

you should feel really proud Roland….this article proves that black democrat cnn pundits that slaps gays and advocates beating kids at his house REMAINS a notch higher on the food chain than gays….YOUVE MADE IT SON !!!!!!!!

so many of these groups have become bullying groups – examples: NAACP and Black Caucus war on Tea Party, the Liberal assault on SKG, the Million Mom group going after Ellen, atheists going after anything Christmas of God related, Media Matters full on assault on FOX and the Bigs, MSNBC constantly going after FOX, the Juan Williams Muslim incident, The entire Left and their constant over used, misused race card on Conservatives…. 

For a majority of these, the Left set the *bar* so to speak, they partake in the bullying of others…hoist with your own petard. Live by the sword, die by the sword, and all that.

Why is the question raised ONLY when GLADD goes after a Liberal Democrat?

HYPOCRITES of the Democratic Media strike again!~

ps) Poetic Justice, because Martin traffics in similar smear tactics, using the “Racist!” smear, all the time!

Hey Roland, maybe take in a nice bath house massage during your time off.
heh-heh

I cannot believe one of your points defending Martin is that “H&M wasn’t courting men.” Right, because it makes total sense to “smack the ish” out of people for the sole reason that they enjoy a commercial when they were not a member of the target demographic. How dare they not respect the advertiser’s intent and know when to not appreciate something!

Funny how you bring this up because it was a fellow liberal that was affected. If this was Hannity or O’Reilly who tweeted those things you wouldnt raise an eyebrow.

 According to Martin, he was dissing Beckham fans, i.e. soccer fans.

What about MSNBC suspending Pat Buchanan?  What did he say to merit a suspension? 

“GLAAD Doesn’t Practice What it Preaches”  sad but true.  It’s like Fox News saying “Fair & Balanced”.

Roland Martin’s suspension by CNN is inappropriate and unfortunate. Martin is not the enemy of gay people, keeping them being employed, buying homes, and being disproportionately placed in the criminal justice system and shot down and killed by representatives of same. His tweets were mindless trash talking during a Super Bowl by a man who himself wears and promotes pink ascots, for goodness sake, a factoid worth mentioning as it seems that his tweet about pink-wearing men has apparently caused such outrage. The bigger problem at CNN is its lack of racial diversity in terms of pundits regularly featured to discuss politics and other issues of the day, a problem CNN has now compounded by its suspension of Martin.

 I’ll guess the whole content of your post would be completely different if it were Sean Hannitty in Martin’s spot?
Am I right?

Thank God people are finally catching on to this tyrannical Thought Police Bullies.  I go into detail as how they seemingly pick on certain men as their prey while leaving the most politically connected alone!  

CNN’s Roland Martin, GLAAD and Sensitive Gays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-nhTpR6TB0

 Don’t forget The Cowardly President, who attacks the Supremes at his SOTA – where they can’t respond! – Then employs the very Super PAC ruling he railed against!

Reminds one of when Obama promised to use public funds with McCain…then reneged on that as well; or the lobbyists his people meet away from K Street.
The DISHONESTY is ubiquitous and rife  throughout this Administration – and THEIR MEDIA!

Let’s not forget all the racist comments and N-words being thrown around by GLAAD members. {{-_-}}

Until GLAAD goes after the hip-hop community for constantly using homophobic slurs, they won’t get get any of my respect.  They want to pick on easy targets, but won’t go after an entire industry.

Excellent post Mr. Wilson. 

You misunderstand what he meant. A series of back and forth tweets between people can be regarded as a “conversation.”  If you pick one of those tweets without looking at it’s context within said “conversation” you may miss its meaning or intent. 

Roland Martin says his minister wife can lead gays out of our “lifestyle”. Methinks he’s one of her “success” stories.

 Most people are not as partisan as you.

GLAAD has a history of picking and choosing their targets.  I’m not a fan of GLAAD.

 It appears to me that, given his apparent stance on gay rights, Mr. Martin is not much of a ‘liberal democrat’. 

I don’t know what you are reading….or how you can say he isn’t advocating violence towards gays or children…because the way I read it – that is EXACTLY what he is doing.  I couldn’t even get past the first few paragraphs.  The guy sounds like a Jack*ss of the highest order.  He doesn’t deserve an international platform for such irresponsible and flat out stupid commentary.  ugh!

Not true. 

No, you’ve misconstrued my argument. My point was that he was stating the obvious, the commercial wasn’t for men and men didn’t talk nearly as much about it as women did. 

Norbit, the crux of my argument is about how GLAAD honored a blogger who criticized conservatives inappropriately. Did you miss that part of the piece?

 Tweeting is not beating. Grab a metaphor and a pudding cup and have a seat.

Really, if anyone ought to be able to recognize talking shit, you’d think it would be you.

How have I misconstrued your argument? I acknowledged that the point you were making there was that his statement was related to the presumption that the commercial was “meant” for women.

If that was the case, why would he a. care to bring it up at all, and b. find it necessary to declare that such men who enjoyed it deserve to have the ish smacked out of them? I didn’t realize Roland Martin was suddenly a cop patrolling the “make sure only a commercial’s target demographic enjoys it” beat. Did I miss when he tweeted “If a girl at your Super Bowl party is hyped about that Chevy truck ad, smack the ish out of her”?

Martin himself claimed his statement was meant to criticize soccer, not gay people. I don’t find that very likely, but it’s at least a halfway plausible excuse. But in my opinion your “target audience” argument isn’t believable in any way, it just doesn’t make sense.

His ‘soccer’ defence is wafer thin and makes almost no sense and he has a history of making unsavoury comments about gay people. I’m not arguing for or against his suspension but to suggest that his comments were directed at anyone other than gay people is just ridiculous. I know that’s not your argument but the author of this piece certainly seems to think so

GOProud, which claims to be a gay rights organization, actively works to thwart the civil rights of LGBT Americans and routinely endorses candidates who have infamously declared their intent to criminalize our very existence. If a better word than “kapo” exists for such repulsive behavior, I’ve yet to hear it. 

OMG and OH NOES!  Anonymous meanies on the interwebs are saying *horrible* things on unmoderated websites!  We better tear down YouTube and Yahoo and Mediaite and……..

But what about your comments comparing conservatives to Nazis? I’m not trying to say you’re some hateful guy. On the contrary, I’m just pointing out that GLAAD isn’t exactly being sincere when they overlook some of your more, um, colorful comments while seeking the dismissal of someone who has said nothing worse. 

And I apologize for misspelling your name.

Everyone needs to relax! Sheesh! Big DEAL! The people who would be “influenced” by anything Martin would say probably didn’t really need any “influencing” to be homophobic.  Now, if their is some contractual agreement that Martin broke then that’s between him and CNN. I do care who says what on any channel. NOBODY is going to make me be homophobic, hate soccer (or beat errant children and my barbeque’s!). RELAX, who cares.

Ha ha ha!

He looks more like a Marcus Bachmann ‘succes’ story!!

Unlike Roland Martin, I’ve never called for physical violence against anybody. And while the comments on my site are unmoderated due to their volume, I do routinely post directions that readers are never to leave messages implying violence in any form, even in apparent jest. Such comments are flagged by other readers and removed at once.

It’s a thought as long as it remain inside your head. Once you posts your thoughts publically one invites critique or criticism.

Stop being so pointlessly sensationalist and disingenuous. You can certainly object to the term kapo to describe GOP Proud but it’s not “comparing conservatives to Nazis” and you would do well to add a little more light to your rather vague assertions

The tolerant have now become the intolerant! No suprise

Become? They have been for awhile and leftist scum are their biggest enablers. 

 And a trip to the Ministry of Love.

 I’m sorry. What civil rights doe GOProud work to thwart? What politicians have declared their intent to “criminalize your existence” and have earned GOProud’s endorsement?

Violence against gays is completely unacceptable! Except for when it isn’t, right Joe?

“Violence against any innocent person is abhorrent. It’s
doubly sickening when bloggers such as Joe Jervis of Joe.My.God suggest, before any investigation is completed, suggest that Garrett is faking the hate crime simply because he is a Republican.
“Should Mr. Garrett be guilty of filing a false statement or any other crime, he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. But we have as yet no evidence suggesting that he vandalized his own car and attacked himself for pure media attention.
“The question of who is guilty, an as-yet uncaught assailant or Mr.
Garrett, is still open. But Mr. Jervis is unquestionably guilty of bad
faith. This type of double standard needs to end!”

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/11/log-cabin-chapter-head-blasts-gay-blogger-over-remarks-about-reality-star/

Since you clearly don’t follow GOProud closely, I’ll just give one example for each of your questions.

1. GOProud opposed the Federal Hate Crimes Act and gave anti-gay hate groups cover to claim that “even gay people themselves don’t want this bill.”

2. Rick Santorum wants to overturn the Supreme Court decision legalizing sodomy (Lawrence Vs Texas) and says that if states want to recriminalize gay sex, they should have that right. Last month GOProud issued a press release declaring that all four remaining GOP candidates, including Rick Santorum, would make a better president than Barack Obama.

Many other examples similar to those cited above can be found on my site…..

 You clearly lack reading comprehension skills.  Are you a member of GOProud or are you too ashamed to say so?

Santorum has never said he wants to overturn Lawrence v. Texas, and you can’t quote him doing so. The GOProud statement you reference is not an endorsement, though it wouldn’t matter if it were because your premise is fatally flawed. Further, I have an old snowboot that would be a better President than Barack Obama.

As for the Hate Crimes Act, the crimes are already crimes and certain groups don’t need, deserve or have a right to any protection not available to everyone else.

No civil rights thwarted, no homosexual existence criminalizing politicians endorsed. You’re 0-2, Joe.

No, but I know a principle-free grievance mongering hack when I see one. And I see one.

Gays taking over! Born as a man but wants to be a woman. How ya’ll going to tell God he made a mistake!  Look, don’t mess with God!

Special Obama Fundraising Speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhdX1SI3KY&skipcontrinter=1

That’s correct.  Joe was comparing gay conservatives to Nazi COLLABORATORS.  Get it right.

In order allow states to recriminalize gay sex, Lawrence Vs Texas WOULD indeed have to be reversed. Therefore Santorum advocates for its reversal. Res ipsa loquitur

And just because you, Pedro, agree with GOProud on the Federal Hate Crimes Act doesn’t mean that they didn’t do exactly as I said, which is to advocate for thwarting LGBT rights legislation.

It’s is you, Pedro, that is 0-2.

Aw, the Stupor Bowl brings out the very best in Muricana.

This is the most disturbing part of the article to me: “There is no excuse for advocating violence against anyone, particularly homosexuals, at any time.”

*Particularly* homosexuals? Whatever happened to equality? “All humans are equal, but minorities are more equal than others.”

I think his tweet was no big deal — GLAAD needs to calm down and get over itself. Roland Martin seems a bit dumb, based solely on the writing in that tweet. But seriously, people need to calm down; we can’t afford to be offended by everyone and everything. Remember the boy who cried wolf?

What is most troubling is that homosexual groups like GLAAD are now openly shutting down the free speech of others. Roland and his wife are people of faith and I suspect that’s why GLAAD is out to get them. Roland’s wife is a ministress who counsels homosexuals who want to leave that lifestyle choice and that’s an issue that unrepentant homosexuals can’t stand. We are finally reaching a point where the general public is fed up with these activists pushing their lifestyle down our throats. People of faith need to stand up and use our God given free speech rights to denounce these perverts and their degenerate lifestyle choice (eg Ellen Degenerate).

Racism is not a smear if it is accurate.  the effort to brand all attempts to identify and condemn racism by the right wing as fraudulent or inappropriate is itself a racist effort to
rebrand those who call out racism as the “real racists.”  I have heard this talking point in two varieties: 1)  calling out racism is mislabled as race-baiting (which is actually pandering to racial fears and prejudices) and 2) the claim that the real racists are those who bring up the topic of race or call out racism.

By this view, the greatest civil rights leaders (like MLK) are the real racists.  Perhaps that is why the late Glen  Beck tried to co-opt Dr. King as a conservative and then claimed that the conservatives were the real civil libertarians.  I was there:  the conservatives from Goldwater to Buckley to the yaboos with their rifles and racist insults all opposed ending Jim Crow. 

As long as racism exists, it is important to label acts and rhetoric that rely on prejudice, or result in discrimination (such as the GOP voter registration laws or the scrubbed list of felons used in Florida in 2000))  as racist.

Roland will never stray off that plantation ever again.

Last year Martin apparently suggested that someone should kick Sarah Palin.  CNN’s reaction?  There was none. 

Just to keep score: 

Suggest someone do violence to a Republican, no penalty.

Make a crack that a hypersensitive pressure group misconstrues, you’re on the bench.

Can you provide evidence that Martin “has a history of making unsavoury comments about gay people.”?  To make such a claim without backup is to smear someone without evidence.

Maybe, like me, he finds ads about underwear, etc. inappropriate in a public setting.   

He was suspended for his book Suicide of a Superpower which is full of many falsehoods about race.  For instance, he claimed that American was built by “white folks” and then 
 Buchanan actually appeared on “The Political Cesspool,” an expressly white supremacist radio show to promote his book. 

Your comment sounds straight out of a Hitler speech.  By your logic, the anti-fascists are the real Nazis. 

Anonymous, those groups which have been oppressed and dispossed (blacks, gays, other minorities) do deserve special protection.  In conditions of historical inequality, it is necessary to create equality by emphasizing fairness to those who have been the victims.

Those who have benefitted from inequality (whether whites, men, the rich, etc.) do not need special protection.  Those who have been harmed do.  That is commn sense.

Bigot. 

GLAAD tries to destroy people’s careers unless they do press conferences for them and become their pawn for awhile.  You’re an idiot and blind if you think this is about tolerance rather than an aggressive agenda.

Has GLADD become a bullying organization? YES. Santa is no longer GAY, and saying in a joke that you should smack someone for wanting something from an AD is no longer TWEATABLE, if the poster is a “straight man” and the commercial is SUPER HOMOSEXUAL in nature! LOL

You liberals blame everyone, and anything but yourselves for your actions, don’t you? If you’re in a stupor in “Merica” it is because of someone else?  Belittle, laugh at, mock, ridicule, pour scorn on, sneer, criticize, vilify, denigrate, run down, deride, scorn and slander your uniter-in-chief for once, and not the country you liberals are bent on “transforming”.

The very country that gave the “transformer”, his preacher, and his un-proud wife so much, is so bad that he must “transform” it. Into what? Merica, land of the cynical, ungrateful, denegrating liberal? LOL. You guys truly are all clowns.

Have you read the book?

I am not in defense of Roland 100%, but I am critical of this situation to a certain extent. I agree that Mr. Martin’s comments were offensive and have low character. I think GLAAD is completely justified and valid in expressing their concern along other organizations as well. I do recall Mr. Martin apologizing, which is a start and is just as valid (It is obvious now that him and GLAAD have decided to sit down and have a discussion).  
 
There is no resolve in wanting to “fire” someone; people will often still perpetuate the same behaviors as before. We have to get out of this “witch hunt” mentality. When people present their vulnerability to learn or rectify their behavior, we must help them. If GLAAD and Mr. Martin want a world of peace and equality, then interdependent allies is a must, meaning the black community, white community, LGBTQAI community, Muslim, Christian communities, etc. must work together for the progressive social change that is advantageous for all groups of people in this world. Getting a black male commentator fired from a field that is largely made up of white privileged individuals will not help in the resolve of “equality.” I would have loved a CNN special on this issue in our country in a critical discussion with Mr. Martin and GLAAD to progress their mindsets, and more importantly, the audiences that they serve.  
 
When we discuss any type of ism…we have to ally with other oppressed people to address these issues. The reason behind the suggestion of the special is to illustrate the resolution that no both sides ever suggest, to sit down and have critical discussions with Roland on how such rhetoric is offensive, and in turn, for people to become progressive allies. This idea that people can change if they are open to that. We cannot let pride and generalizations stump that “willingness” for people to do so. Also, I don’t mind the accountability put on Roland, but let’s apply that to ALL public figures if we are to be critical. The platform CNN possesses can help inflict that type of ideology to the rest of America…Thank you. Follow @ATC_BLOG… 

“Has GLAAD Become A Bullying Organization?”

To those on the left, GLAAD is a “bullying organization” only when they go after somebody on the left!

But to “bully” anybody on the right…well, that’s always been OK. 

If I were to have tweeted the N word in his position the NAACP would have been all over it! Get a life, and take responsibility  for what you say or tweet!

 Sigh. I’ll type this slowly so that your feeble mind can comprehend: Believing that somebody faked a hate crime does not equal believing that they SHOULD have been a victim of such.

If I called you the N word and I was a journalist the NAACP would have been all over it Tyler! So take responsibility for what you say or tweet!

No way.  I am a big fan of Mr. Martin.  He should NOT have been suspended.
I agreee with Mr. Martin.

CNN you have been bad! 

Maybe the discussion is about the power of social media?
Pundits should be responsible.
Roland can always work for Fox News………..

Glenn Beck is stealing the Christian faith.
Perhaps the religious right needs to un-friend Beck.

The discussion is about blatant bullying, isn’t it?

How’s that analogous? I don’t remember him saying the f- word. Stick to the facts. 

Uh, before I even read this post, let me answer in one word: YES!

Have you?

I heard Buchanan talk about the book and took exception to many comments he madeabout its contents.   What is your knowledge of this book?

And now that I’ve read it, gotta say I agree with every word.  And the last sentence is gold.

Roland Martin’s CNN Suspension: Has GLAAD Become A Bullying Organization?
…all this nonsense is simply proof that the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialists have elevated gays to the point where now GAYS TRUMP BLACKS. Oh, my.

My god.  I hate when you people make me defend a dumbass like Roland Martin.  The dude was just bullshitting around.  Anyone that takes that to literally mean he wants and is advocating for you to put down your beer and chicken wing in the middle of your Super Bowl party and beat the dude’s ass right beside you b/c he liked the ad is either stupid or is just plainly so blinded by their ideology that reason and common sense are no longer a factor in any decision-making skills or thought process you may possess.  It’s no different than when my wife says to me that she’s gonna kill the dog if she doesn’t stop shedding in the house.

IMO, gay white men are, as a group, the most hateful demographic in the country. They are extra scary for 2 reasons. 1) They shield themselves with this illogical (but effective nonetheless) proposal, “I’m from a victimized group so I can’t possibly be a victimizer myself. 2) Gay white men are white. They have the power and resources to really unleash their hate. What’s worse, white progressive women (another powerful group) don’t keep an eye on them like they do heterosexual white men.

Look a few posts up and there’s a link documenting exactly that

Of course GLAAD is bully group. It is what happens when networks and businesses fold when groups like this throw a 2 year old tantrum. If people keep folding, they will keep crying to get their way. This is why I say kudos to JC Penny for standing up with Ellen. I am conservative that does not agree with Ellens lifestyle, so I don’t watch her show, but if JC Penny thinks she’s a spokesperson that will help drive their business, than great, its their money. But if businesses continue to let any “group” cry about their decisions on who they have represent them dictate their actions, then the “groups” will continue to cry. 

Martin is a homophobe, and like most homophobe, what he fears most is being susceptible.

I saw the same commercial and it didn’t occur to me that the commercial would engender an affinity for men. It was clearly aimed at women buying men’s underwear for the men in their lives.

I mean, where do you get men being aroused by the commercial if you’re not some ascot wearing, closeted homosexual?

Martin has written extensively and bigotedly about gays. He blongs on FOX, which, hopefully is where he is now headed, to be hailed as a hero.

Not quite but even if that were the case there’s a world of difference between a Nazi and a collaborator. Anyhow, it’s harsh language but I think people who put personal gain over collective survival deserve harsh language. 

He’s trying to mix in at C-PAC.. He knows he can toe tap there.

Why do right-wing Christians focus so much on things being shoved down their throat? I always imagine them licking their lips as they type that phrase.  Anyhoo, if you wanna talk about indoctrination take a look at any child who is propagandized into Christianity before they even know how to wipe their own ass. They never had a chance.

I don’t get your comment. You say the commercial was aimed at women then you go on to say Martin is a homophobe. You also mention what Martin was alluding to, that men wouldn’t be interested in getting Beckham’s underwear. So which is it?

 ”Gay men are white.”  That’ll be news to the millions of black and Latino gay men across the nation. 

I don’t see that Santorum quote, Joe. All this time on the internets, I figured you’d be better at it than this.

Legislation is not civil rights, sweetie. Just because you want it doesn’t make it a right. Here’s the nasty old bottom line: You’re just not that special.

I’ll type this slowly, Joe: You dismiss the violence out of hand because Garrett isn’t holding you flag the way he’s supposed to.

You have no idea what happened and you have no evidence that it didn’t happen as told. But you just know, right? Because he’s not gay enough.

Foxwoggle directed me to a Huffpost article documenting Martin’s “Christian” views that homosexuality is against the teachings of God and should be corrected.  I find that view appalling and intolerant.  Thanks to Foxwoggle for answering my request for evidence of his intolerance.   I will hear him differently from now on.  Live and learn.

“Gay white men are white.” – Ahhh, but are they gay?

Mr. Wilson,

Thank you so much for writing this.  In the age of Roland Martin, it seems like the easy thing to do is duck and cover whenever someone screams “homophobia!”  I think that most of the posters here are left-leaning, so there’s even more risk in telling the truth about how organizations such as GLAAD and others hit below the belt and then cry foul when they get punched in the face. 

It was particularly disgraceful, the false charges that were made that Roland Martin is now the poster boy for every attack that has ever been made or will be made on a gay person when his comment “smack the ish out of him” was clearly not meant to be taken literally.  I joke with my friends all the time about wuppin’ their ass, like practically every other American, and only a total lying character assassin (like GLAAD and Erik Wemple of WaPo) would ever dream of taking it literally.  This was misinterpreted on purpose just to satisfy the paranoia of GLAAD and other bullies. 

Lastly, I would say that it’s interesting that all these douche bags keep saying that Roland’s comment about talking about soccer players is nonsense, yet they never explain why or how.  Kind of shows they don’t really care about the truth and just want to bully someone who activates their overly sensitive memories of having been made fun of in the past.

 http://equalitymatters.org/blog/201104140009

Three seconds to Google: Santorum criminalize gay.

The gay vs. black war continues unabated.

I think he wrote that America is a civilization built by Europeans, who are well known to be white.  I’m not sure what you are disputing.

Retard says what? 

You’re right to be trouble by it.

That quote you chose to highlight is “particular” illuminating, for it showcases to what lengths some people will go falling all over themselves so as to appear deferential towards a politically popular (in all the right circles) group..  or, if not this, represents an exceedingly ill-conceived notion of equality.

Presumably the author, by indication of his choice of words, has a tiered scale to measure individual violence on persons – culminating with (let’s go, for cause, in the opposite direction, shall we?) a determination on whom violence would not be “particularly” objectionable.

A nation of laws.  Not a nation of men.  Certainly not a nation made up of a collection of squabbling, vocal interest groups.

 You should read 1984. Everybody should read 1984.

GLAAD is a bullying organization, as is every other organization or advocacy group which continues to shove down everyone’s throat their odious doctrine of political abusiveness (not correctness, but abusiveness).

This country has no protections against being offended.  It has protections against violations of law.  People need to insist only on equal enforcement of the latter, and tell those who suggest that the former be followed as well, through legal means or otherwise in spirit, to go take a flying leap.

Tell Martin he was an idiot and get over it.  He needs to be back in the chair by November so he can play his race cards.

And no quote that says homosexuality ought to be criminalized, just that the right that SCOTUS found in the Constitution doesn’t exist there.

“It’s not homophobic. It’s a legal
argument, and it’s a correct legal argument.”He’s right, and you still can’t quote him saying that homosexuality ought to be illegal. If you’re going to attribute a position like that to somebody, you ought to be able to quote him espousing it. But you can’t and you don’t care because you don’t give a shit what he’s said. All you know is that you’re an ideologue and he’s the enemy, so you need to bash him. Which is OK, because he isn’t gay. He isn’t your kind of ideologue.

Oh look everybody! Words like “context” and misconstrued. Where were those words when Palin was raked over the coals for having murdered people in Arizona? Oh, she’s not a “protected” group. What was the “joke” when Imus was fired? Oh, he said something about a “protected” group. What happened to Jamie Foxx when his on air panel said the most vulgar and racial things about an underage Miley Cyrus? Oh, Foxx is one of the “protected” and Cyrus is not.

But what happens when protected goes one-on-one with each other; the invulnerable object against the immovable force? Something’s got to give. The idea that Martin speaks out against racism is laughable. His disdain for white Americans in virtually every appearance is palpable. I’m not the least surprised his bigotry was only finally noticed when it came up against a protected group, something whites and Christians don’t qualify for. As proof of this GLADD says zilch about the vulgar and R-Rated “Hunky Jesus” contest held by gays in SF for 30 years every Easter. I guess “preaching” hate and disdain for Christians doesn’t matter compared to gays and blacks.

Oh wait GLAAD, now Muslims are coming to town and they are protected too. But they hate gays. What are you going to do – hide in the Rep Party? Ha-ha. The hypocrisy of the Left is just slightly problematic isn’t it? Have fun being threatened for having a Mohamed contest against the religion that just hanged 3 gays in Iran and which allows gay parades only in Turkey. But Christians hang so many gays and don’t allow gay parades so the enemy is clear. Or is it that enemy won’t kill you? Gee, who knows? Consistent values are so confusing when words like “context” are dragged out and brushed off like a hooker only when one needs a buck.

When I read that post I imagined tragic violin music playing and had an image of sad clowns down by the river crying under a weeping willow tree.

Sob. Please – stop. Emphasizing fairness by employing and even institutionalizing reverse bigotry and racism really hit home. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

And when they’re adults, then the Left takes over by formally and legally framing that same indoctrination. We don’t stand a chance. I am not eligible for an NAACP Image Award except as a token to fend off racism. I’ve been marginalized by skin color. Boo-hoo.

Boo-hoo-hoo.

Yeah, those black kids who just “smacked the ish” out of a gay black kid on video probably got the idea by studying nature. You don’t see Martin’s face when you look at the stars or in a microscope.

It’s comparing a typical victim of the Nazis who goes over to them to avoid punishment or death, a traitor. That’s better? They are doing the work of Nazis. Therefore they would also be de facto Nazis though in reality last in line to be murdered.

Did you miss the part where I reference GLAAD honoring a blogger who disparaged CONSERVATIVES as Nazis? I mean, instead of writing a whole post you may want to read the article first.

America wasn’t built by white folks? Sit in a restaurant downtown in a big city sometime, one with a big plate glass window. Look at the tables, what they’re made of, the cutlery, its tech, the asphalt outside, the buildings, that tech, the cars, that tech, the clothes, that tech, the organization, the laws governing conduct, the order. Pray tell, what wasn’t built by white folks. Political correctness can’t alter history, no matter how impolite it seems to you.

And they have “ish” in them – got it.

And what is “ish”? I have no idea. My best guess is that it’s polite for “shit”.

When asked why he thought that 110 out of 108 Supreme Court justices where white, Buchanan launched into a tirade about how this country was built by “white folks,” and when Buchanan says “white folks” he means “white males” as he repeated over and over during the segment (from a Rachel Maddow interview).
Blacks built the agricultural economy of the South with their unpaid labor; Chinese built the railroads.  Today, if you go to a restaurant, hotel, or construction site, you will see immigrant labor doing the hard work.

The banker who signs the papers may think he is building a subdivision, but in fact, it is the workers, mostly minorities, who are doing the hard work.

Whites built America in the sense that they stole the land from the natives and killed them off, enslaved the blacks, and today use undocumented workers to do the hard work at substandard wages and with no rights.

Whites (mostly males) have controlled America, but their wealth and power are founded on the (mostly ill-paid) labor of non-whites.  This is true still today.  

That whites today play the victim card (we are being discriminated against) is laughable.  Whites killed and stole their way to power in America, and only the hard work of mostly non-whites created the structure you call civilization.

I like what Ghandi said when asked  what he thought of Western Civilization.
“It would be a good idea,” he replied.

Genocide, slavery, segregation, abuse of undocumented workers….these are the original sins of “American civilization,” which only the progressives, who rose out of the Republican Party in the 19th Century (and today have abandoned their proud heritage) have redeemed by struggling to overturn genocidal policies, slavery, Jim Crow, and all the other causes which have 
help us overcome our disgraceful origin in murder and theft.  Read the letters of Columbus to find out the roots of our civilization.  Then read the radical egalitarian writings of Thomas Paine to discover the antidote and the birth of the progressive values which have saved us from these early crimes of origin.

The French have a wise saying: Behind each great fortune is a great crime.
The great crime in our history is that while whites have enjoyed power and privilege, it has been by stealing the land, and the fruits of the labor of blacks, poor whites, Chinese, and other minorities for their own self-aggrandizement.  Is this what you mean by ”whites built our civilization?”  No, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and the poor of all colors build America.  Now it’s time to take it back from the thieves whom you (and Buchanan) claim “built America.”  Property, when it is based on stealing the wealth created by the labor of another, is theft.  Whites stole America and forced blacks (and today Hispanics) to do the heavy lifting.

We can only correct that great crime by working for justice, equality, and democracy for all.  I am proud of the great efforts by ordinary people to overcome these evil assumptions of racial and gender superiority.  All that is noble in America was accomplished by progressives of all colors (arising out of the Republican Party).  

Boohoo to you poor victimized white males.  

Prologue:  you invite me to look around in a restaurant and consider it was all built by whites.  Well, the cooks and janitors are mostly Hispanics, most often undocumented.  The land was long ago stolen from the rightful owners, whose descendants are still among the poorest of Americans.  The physical commodities are most often built by near slave labor in China.  Walmart, a generation ago, sold 95% made in the USA; today, 95% is made in China. Most of what we buy is made by slave labor.  You Iphone is made by people earning $10 a day and working 60 hrs a week.  Your food is picked by exploited undocumented workers. The white 1% do not build, they 
own and control, at the expense of others.  So your own example demonstrates how whites have exploited others to provide for their privilege.  

That’s the kind of lying that’s at the heart of this.  Martin’s saying “smack the ish” out of one of your friends is not calling for physical violence, any more so than saying that you are bent out of shape means that you are twisted into a pretzel, or saying that Congress should be run out of town on a rail means that Congress should actually be run out of town on a rail, or that an eye for an eye means that someone wants to gouge one of your eyes out.  Things aren’t always meant to be taken literally.  You and GLAAD know that, but you lie about it anyway. 

You just seek to exploit your victimhood to destroy anything that MIGHT be construed as anti-gay.  It’s like in 1984, how Big Brother had a whole bureau devoted to re-defining words to prevent even the possibility of a revolt. You want to live in a world without even a fraction of a fraction of disapproval for anything that gays might like, and you’ll do whatever it takes to achieve that.

Some comments you don’t need to bother to reply to.  Just let the crazy be crazy.  The internet is awash with idiots.  People who aren’t understand this and don’t expect the author to reply to them.  It’s my first time commenting here and I’m amazed to see the author replying at all.  I’m under the impression that on major sites they generally don’t.

This guy is (1) venting his long built up grievances. You just happen to be someone he can release them on to. (2) He sounds like a racist with his claim (but not a shred of proof) that Martin has “disdain for white Americans in virtually every appearance.” I’ve never seen Martin express disdain for white Americans. This James guy is a racist.

You have a point. I don’t reply to all comments but I try to respond to those that add to the discussion in some way (even when they disagree with me, in fact usually more so when they do). Thanks for reading.

 The DNC slave misbehaved and got punished.

Soccer/futbol is awesome! Love me some 45 mins or so of straight play, mini break, then another 45 mins or so of straight play! Add a Messi, some Ray Hudson commentary and life is good :)

“Become”?

Not a problem since god doesn’t exist.

IM SICK AND TIRED OF GLAAD.  WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE.  WE DON’T HAVE TO CENSOR OURSELVES TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.”GO AWAY FOR EVER GLAAD”!!!!!

I agree with you Pookie, these people now are causing people to be fired or suspended at the very thought or mention of something that they dont like in regards to their sexuality.  If you don’t want anyone to say anything about you stay in the closet.  We cannot and should not be held hostage by this organization who themselves have turned into a bunch of witch hunting hate mongers.  Go away!

Amen, he certain wasn’t.  This was just another case of this organization flexing its muscles and I do believe that everyone is getting sick and tired of them.  But I certainly am.  Everytime I hear of them protesting or coming out against something that mostly never reaches to the accusations that they bring.  We need to start standing up for ourselves.  Freedom of speach, is it still alive?  The ku klux klan can call african americans all kinds of names and it is covered under free speach but just mention that you don’t like gay or homosexuals and here comes Glaad to protest you or get you fired.  What a bunch of krapp.

So, true.  Thank you.

Glaad’s reasoning went out the window the first time they found that they could get someone fired.  They are no longer respected but feared and that is not ever a good thing.  They need to take a look at themselves and the hatred that they are starting.  People will eventually get tired of them crying wolf.

Clearly Roland Martin is not an anti-gay advocate. He was toying around with his followers. Making a harmless joke. If you really look at the entire twitter feed you realize this. They took one tweet and misrepresented what he intended. No, he shouldn’t have been suspended. It’s issues like this that draw away from real problems, real concerns. It waters down when actually present themselves. People get fed up with organizations so quick to call out foul play that when something we should care about comes along get overlooked.

GLAAD need a sense of humor.

Honey, the United States Constitution gave you your free speech rights. God gave you a mouth to express that right of free speech. It doesn’t look like GLAAD shut down your mouth though, huh?  Homosexuality is not a lifestyle choice, it is a sexual orientation.

Welcome to Canada baby. If you say anything that implies that you do not agree with homosexuality or see it as a sin; they will charge you with a hate crime. Freedom of speech is valid unless you talk about them. That is what they are pushing for in America…Glaad won’t be Glaad until such a law is put into place. Look, bullying is wrong period regardless I understand this, but apparently Glaad does not. I like to live in a society were I can voice my on opinion responsibly without everyone crying foul.

I am Black or African American, maybe even a negro woman, Although my skin tone does look yellow or sometimes peach…Anyway…I AGREE 100%. I am for fighting for what you believe but there has to be a balance. I believe that homosexuality is a sin, but that doesn’t mean I will boycott JcPenney it doesn’t mean that I won’t fellowship. I love people regardless, but it doesn’t mean I have to agree with them and it should not take a group to bully me either way. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, when we become a country that is intolerant of everything that we disagree with, we will have no country left at all…Or maybe a country with a lot of eggshells to walk over.

Do you know what the word orientation means?

Do you even know what the term sexual orientation is? If you did you would realize that you lost your argument : 
sexual orientation,
the clear, persistent desire of a person for affiliation with one sex rather than the other. Also called sexual preference

Okay poor man’s most interesting man in the world, let me explain this to you slowly and simply.  If a person discusses “action adventure movies”, it does not mean that the person is implying that all movies are action adventure movies.  Amazing!!!  Isn’t it??  Stay thirsty, my friend.

 what the hell does any of that rambling have to do with Roland Martin?

Bring Roland back! GLAAD I’ve had it with you, go to hell.

CNN, bring Roland back!! I like him.
GLAAD I’ve now had it with you lot, go to hell.