smdh

Roland…..run, run as fast as you can.  Put some distance between you and TeaNN

Oh come on, suspended that for that? Nonsense.

I do not know that man.

this is seriously embarrassing….for cnn i mean…no reason for him to be suspended…it’s a joke people

eat your own hahahaha

Good riddance

“Offensive Super Bowl Tweets”

21st century, baby. That is a phrase you would not have heard last century.

Getting suspended over a tweet has to be the most face-palm moment of your career.

I cant stand Roland Martin but this is ridiculous. 

now you know how Juan Williams must have felt. free speech is officially dead!

Indeed! Well said. It would have been a different matter if he had been on the air when he said it. But, he wasn’t and CNN just delivered a massive blow to free speech.

Roland , Go polish your silverware, it will relax you, and you won’t have to complain about soccer anymore….CNN, shouldent have suspended you despite the fact that you are a Racist,  Homophobe and Mysogynist idiot!

Oh please…it has nothing to do with free speech. As long as he’s employed by CNN, his comments in a public forum reflect on CNN. They have the absolute right to police his speech.  CNN =/= Government.

I think it’s a BS reason to suspend him, but CNN has every right to do so and it’s not an assault on free speech. That is hyperbole.

Notice how Glenn Beck tried to make it a anti gay issue?

It now seems after reading the tex it is an anti idiot issue.  If someone is acting like an idiot at your party smack him.

HAhaHAHAhaAHhahHhahAHahHHAhaHAhahAH…(wipes tear)
Uh hoh my god…that is hilarious.

A notorious race baiter who makes his living calling other people bigots and racists getting suspended for bigotry.
 The Gay Mafia claims another victim.
Oh snap.

I guess being gay outranks being black.

You know what is really funny about this though…?
Roland was probably just having a few drinks and he thought he was being so clever and witty.
He probably truly was just cracking a joke but now he knows the gay lobby has no sense of humor.

A suspension is the very least that CNN could and should do to respond to a scandal of this magnitude. If these tweets represent Roland Martin’s true feelings towards a certain segment of fellow American citizens, that is both shameful and grounds for immediate dismissal from a broadcast network or other media platforms. This is sort of language that ends up getting gay Americans beaten up and targeted for brutal discrimination. Totally offensive…  www.sunstateactivist.org

Well, I hope Ascots ‘r Us won’t terminate his endorsement contract.

I never thought I would be defending a tool like Roland Martin, but this is an absolute disgrace. It’s sick that CNN gave into the gay Nazi’s pressure tactics. What Martin tweeted was not the least bit offensive. How pathetically PC our culture has become.

I’ve never been more fake-outraged in my whole life !!!!!!!!1!!1!!!1!!!!!!!!!

 you’re telling a black man to polish the silverware? hahahaha

Don’t drunk tweet.      

There must be a Tweet Sheriff somewhere with an awful lot of time on his hands.

I heard Current tv welcomes undesirables!!

 Self loathers to be sure.

They were probably just looking for a reason to get rid of him.

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

Besides being obsessed with David Beckham and kind of unfunny, I don’t really see what this guy is guilty of. Oversensitivity is getting annoying these days

I’m telling ‘good old Roland’ to polish HIS Silverware….big difference!

Any chance that Solidad will host a “Black Homophobs in America” special anytime soon?

Meh

Limbaugh and the Fox gang make snarky slurs against Barney Frank etc. all the time.

LOL!!

Not hard to see he’ll never be back from this suspension.  Firing is inevitable. GLAAD claims another victim in their purge of anything even can be slightly construed as anti gay. 

The PC police wins again. Shame on CNN for caving to these politically correct fascists that want to silence any talk that they “deem” offensive to them, when in this case it most certainly was not. We’re giving way too much power to groups to dictate what is offensive and what isn’t. Instead of firing him, you should have put on some Conservatives, some liberals, someone advocating for gays, and Roland Martin and then discuss it. Its always a rush to fire someone instead of talk it out.

 CNN should have told GLAAD to go pound sand, that it wasn’t offensive or derogatory to gays, and to stop their b*tching about non-issues such as this. I never thought as a Conservative I would be sticking up for Roland Martin. There is real anti-gay bigotry out there, and the worse examples aren’t in this country. They should be looking elsewhere.

Wait wait wait a second here. It’s okay for Dana Loesch to piss on dead people but it’s not okay for Roland Martin to make fun of soccer?

 This is BS and has little to do with the tweets, CNN was looking for a reason to get rid of him and used this as an excuse, that’s how they operate.

Nope, Roland Martin is a black man. You got served.

Can you imagine when he can come back and he is walking down the hall and has to pass Anderson Cooper….?
He will have to assume his rightful place in the pecking order as Cooper shoots him a snide little glance.

“Welcome back Roland”

He’s a big TV star and still he has to grovel for his paycheck.

Where is the justice in this world….?

If anyone got served its you sucker!…Do you even know  ‘what polishing the silverware ‘ connotes…It has absolutely nothing to do with the actual act of polishing silver ware….the next line was …it will relax you, that may give your simple brain a hint!

That’s why it is so funny.
We all know damn well if Sarah Palin for example had tweeted that Roland would be all over her like white on rice calling her out for her bigotry as he is so quick to condemn any Republican for the smallest slight.
Now it is his turn to get skewered for nothing.

Fire him because your lineup stinks, no one watches and you finally realize you need to make changes, not because of this stupid crap

He’s also said crude and insulting things about conservative politicians.   The difference is the target audience who took offense.  As the Komen foundation learned this week, if you piss off the far left you are apt to get fired.  On the other hand, if you say something vile about a conservative (like Sarah Palin) you are lauded for having an opinion shared by many.

Like his ugly a@@ is in danger from any gay man

Dudes don’t like to look at other dudes in underwear.  The reaction to the Beckham commercial was the same in about 100 million plus households….. but he gets fired for it?

You have to love it…  The left pulls this crap all day on the right over less offensive remarks, but they can’t seem to rationalize it when it happens to one of their own…

Liberals getting a taste of their own medicine. How sweet.

THAT’S RACIST!!!

:)

”
I’m sorry folks took it otherwise”

:)

so racist!

:)

Tag Team! (reporting that is)

imus anyone?

Has he not in the past criticized others and implied meaning into their words that were much less direct than the words in his tweet?   

Why should he expect to be held to a different standard, how can the network claim credibility when he rants about others and then makes statements that can only be interpreted as bigotry towards others?  Even I have more sense than to make statements in a public forum about classes of people (other than libs anyway) that could be construed as being offensive especially when I would do so for humor.  Chances are others will not see the same humor as I do, and my comments would certainly come at a cost to the respect that others may have towards me. 

Don’t get me wrong, this is a Karma thing for Martin. He’s been one of CNN’s racial speech policemen for some time now. He’s a racial demagogue of the highest order. So it’s ironic that he has now fallen victim to the speech police. That said, it’s still wrong. If CNN had suspended him for wearing those God awful silk ascots I could understand.

Yes, God forbid that you might expose your truly racist self and expose all the feigned indignations of your past performances.  

One protected class brings down another protected class.

 Hell, if soccer fans killed and maimed my friends, tried to kill and maim by friends and myself…Hmmmm. I would piss on their dead bodies after I killed them. But I know I wouldn’t tweet a word or a picture of it to you.

It maybe won’t be fair if he did not make a career of calling out others by distorting their words and then expressing his insincere outrage over their mis-statements.  But as this man makes his career by tearing others down while giving racist meaning to their words that generally aren’t there, this is a case of poetic justice…  His words can only be understood for what they were, there is no misinterpretation here…  for most people it could maybe be excused, but considering who this man is I think that he got his just desserts. 

CNN does not seem to think Eric Erickson, or Dana Loesch are offensive but they suspend Martin.

Not so. Martin’s been suspended here for implied gay-bashing. Bashing minorities is the antithesis of liberalism.  

This raises a real problem with an awful lot of black media types: self-identification against LBGTs. It’s a blind spot: it shows them as being hyper-sensitive to an extremely narrow type of bigotry, but meanwhile entirely insensitive to other types. Ta-Nihisi Coates over at The Atlantic writes about this a lot; as he says of himself, he doesn’t just ‘ride for his brothers’, he ‘rides for his other brothers, too’.  

Note, for example, the large percentage of blacks in California who voted for Prop 8. It’s a problem, & Roland Martin seems here to be showing signs of its manifestation. 

In short – I’m with CNN on this. Unfortunately, what’s going to happen is that Glen Beck is going to claim another scalp. 

I agree that he is a race hustler and a left-wing demagogue to be sure, but I don’t believe that news networks should be so quick to fire someone over stupid tweets that weren’t homophobic. If CNN were to say ” We decided to suspend Roland Martin because WE don’t like what he is saying on Twitter and on the air and not because GLAAD is trying to silence free speech”, then I would have been ok with that. Fire him for YOUR reasons CNN, and not for some group that shouldn’t have the power to dictate who is on the air on a news network that they don’t run and they don’t own.

 Barney Fwank??? He’s a disgrace to any clear thinking American. Some think that his boyfriend running a gay brothel out of his basement, appointing another boyfriend to the Fannie board, and pot growing friends (it is illegal afterall) are things worthy of scorn and ridicule. If for no other reason than to HUMILIATE him. He just happens to be gay. If he was black though, Limbaugh would be racist, of course, right? But I digress.

Of course, Barney:

Barney Frank’s Washington, D.C., apartment was also operating as gay
brothel, of which Frank denies he had any knowledge.  Snort.)

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47813

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was present during his partner James Ready’s
marijuana arrest in 2007, according to a police report.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/07/barney-frank-was-present_n_349648.html

Barney Frank knocked on his Fannie

Rep admits to helping lover land job at mortgage giant in ’91

http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2011_0526frank_knocked_on_his_fannie_rep_admits_to_helping_lover_land_job_at_mortgage_giant_in_91/srvc=home%26position=0

What made you bring up such a stellar statesman? Oh, to bash Rush?

Tell us who makes gay remarks at fox news and what was said?
 Please list these things that you claim.

Please don’t throw out liberal lies without proof!

They aren’t offensive, and neither is Martin. Its only the thin-skinned people that can’t handle it that want him fired. I say keep him on the air and let him race-hustle until the apocalypse comes. I’m not for hiding your views and censuring yourself to placate people that will never be satisfied with just silencing people. Let him say every dumb thing that comes into his head and we, as a society, can at least have discussions on it and perhaps learn something from the exchange of opinions and ideas.

Your’s is a principled stance and I agree that things would be better if these networks did not allow themselves to be pushed around by PC and interest groups, but let’s face it, this is their bread and butter, how much time do they spend painting the right in this country as being racist, homophobic?  

I just like seeing the hypocrisy of the left exposed, and if CNN were to just brush this under the carpet that is what they would be doing.  

It has everything to do with free speech…his comments ONLY reflect on him not on CNN…they didn’t make the remarks…HE DID.  I agree that they have every right to suspend him, but to cave in to pressure from an activist group like GLAAD makes CNN look like they won’t stand up for themselves and defend free speech for their enployees. They would rather appease than defend his right to free speech. I am gay and his remarks certainly didn’t offend me and the consensus among my gay friends is that they were not offended either. His remarks were humorous. GLAAD needs to get a sense of humor and stop bullying their agenda on everybody.

I think Pumpkin Head had a few pops and then for some reason needed to prove himself heterosexual( or authentically black)  via tweet. He might have tried to rock an ascot that night. who knows.

You cant just say dead people… they were dead Islamic terrorist who wanted to kill those soldiers and who have killed children and women in there own community…Total difference !  They deserve much worse then someone peeing on their dead bodies!

You know what, sometimes humor can be crude and crass. GLAAD is way too sensitive about issues like this, I am gay and they certainly don’t reflect my opinion about his remarks. IT WAS FUNNY. The only people I see interpreting this as bigotry is GLAAD, because the consensus among the gay community that I hang with were not offended in the least by his remarks. GLAAD needs to stop being so sensitive and bullying their agenda on the public. CNN caved in to their agenda and in doing so, stifled free speech, even if it was crude humor.

I like your response because not only are you being honest but you offer what I believe to be an accurate assessment.

Dana Loesch, anyone? Endorsing pissing on enemy soldiers corpses? Why is everyone so sh!t scared of the right?

Martin’s playful tweets are far, far less grave.

I love how you start your racist rant….”Don’t get me wrong.”  Then, you go to bashing this man for “racial demogogue.”

I am always amazed how white people, particularly white males degrade people of color for talking about race.  You would never talk about race because your whiteness is not a factor in America. 

 As I have said so many times…

YOU HAVE WHITE PRIVILIEGE; YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BASED ON YOUR RACE; YOUR CHILDREN HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED RACIAL NAMES; YOUR MOMMA HAS NEVER BEEN DENIED A JOB BECAUSE OF HER RACE….so stop ringing the same bell, over and over.  It’s ignorant for you to make these statements.

Can this be a wake up call to all these media types. Slow up with the tweeting no one needs to know your thoughts about everything. 3 Tweets alone on one 30 second commercial. YIKES

 what is the “protected class” protected from?

Except suspension does not mean getting rid of. He could be back in a couple weeks, which is more than enough penalty to teach him the high standard of civility that CNN requires of its commentators.

The filthy gay basher got what he deserved.  Homophobia has no place in our society.  If you allow this to happen, you are part of the problem. 

Probably drunk.

Funny to see the libs get a dose of their own medicine.  The thought police are everywhere.

 Homophobia trumps racism trumps sexism.

Oh really, asswipe? When exactly has a conservative announcer EVER been suspended?  Seriously. one. Liberals police their own. Repugs continue their lies and disgusting demonization of our President with zero accountability. Get a clue.

Ummm, doesn’t CNN have political commentators on the payroll for, you know, COMMENTARY???

If CNN is going to censor and restrict their employees’ commentary and opinions, what is the point of even letting them speak their mind in the first place? 

Gladd, an organization the exists to separate and alienate homosexuals from the rest of society by turning them into a protected class that is defined by their sexuality and nothing more.

Roland Martin, a race baiter who exists to flame the fires of racism in America so he can collect a check like Al Sharpton.  To create manufactured conflict based on race so real problems can’t be addressed. To separate the American people so a vacuum of hate can be created.

It was only a matter of time before these two very “liberal” entities turned on each other. “Liberalism”, like cancer, is self destructive and it will grow and fester until it kills its host and dies with it. We should look at this case of cannibalism and see the near professional death of Roland Martin as a preview of what will one day  happen to America if rabid “liberalism” is allow to spread.

Totally, It’s an ongoing trend. Liberal hosts get suspended. People like Loesch who make comments that put our troops – whom they claim to love so much — in harm’s way and Fatbaugh who consistently maligns and tells racist lies about our President don’t even get a slap on the write. 

Funny how it’s only the racist conservatives here who are playing the race card. Methinks thou dost protest too much.  

My comments go more to the old saying that if you live by the sword then you die by the sword…  he is not being held to any higher standard than he himself would hold a conservative politician or a conservative commentator…  Most people can easily over look his comments as could I if he himself did not have a history of holding others to account for their gaffs..  

As to the rest of my comment…  there are often times that I have been tempted to make some wise ass crack to try and get a few laughs…  but then considered that some people would probably find offense and I thought better of it.  If I can understand this then so should he be able to.  

Buchanan,Limbaugh,Savage, etc.

Point is the left is always demand FNC person get fired, Beck get fired, Limbaugh get fired, so what goes around comes around. PC always comes back to bite you.

Stay classy Lib.

Well…..

If the dead person was gay than it would be a hate crime and she would get fired.

That is laughable to describe his sophomoric tweets as “commentary.”

Seems to me if Martin’s religious ‘conservative’ side had kept itself to itself, there wouldn’t have been a problem. Race never came into it.  You can continue on and explain how it did though.

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I highly disagree. When it comes to employees who are “visible” especially in the media-sphere, your comments and communication do reflect on your employer. This applies so much so to people who work in the media and have a much higher visible profile than ordinary folks. Very few people (nationally) knew who Roland S. Martin was until he started working for CNN. He is, by proxy representing them when he makes public tweets whether he likes it or not. People associate him with CNN. So if he makes a comment that is viewed as disparaging to gays (note: I do not agree they were) CNN takes the heat for it. I am pretty sure such disclaimers may exist in Mr. Martin’s contract regarding professional conduct at ALL times.  If Bill O’Reilly went out and made a disgusting comment (away from FNC studios) it still reflects on the image and character of FOX News since he is their employee. 

NOW we know who the racists are. They are CNN.

I will NEVER watch again.

Rick Sanchez, Juan Williams, and now Roland Martin.  Sounds like liberal news organizations are racist to me.  I think the FCC needs to suspend CNN’s license.

I can’t wait for people to start monitoring all of CNN and MSNBC’s reporter’s tweets to find the slightest offensive remarks.

Roland Martin.. Roland Martin… Roland Martin… O I remember him now.He had the funny ascot. Didn’t he play the landlord on 3′s Company?http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yZ_eKSvVlD0/SdFNIo91NyI/AAAAAAAAACk/0CLby5srvS8/s320/m_d8a199becc635bf6c31516b3c53ab775.jpg

 I gotta admit, that was funny.

You’re right..they are exactly the same type of joke…And all jokes are the same and should be treated equally.

Can you read?

“liberal allies” Huh? Don’t worry about me needing “allies”. I’m alright, Jack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9LE6yCAHx0(Also, I believe I might be able to solve that mysterious feeling of ‘surprise’ you’re getting about cons not backing Martin on this: it could simply be because he’s one of the blah people.)

You miss read, they are defending him…  but keep that race thing alive..  I am sure that it gives you direction and purpose.

Being offended.

Not all commentary has to make sense or even be serious. If they have a sophomoric opinion, so be it, you get what you get. If CNN didn’t want Roland Martin sharing ‘jokes’ or commenting on culture, then they really shouldn’t have let him make a twitter.

The only reason they suspended him is because GLAAD is a bunch of bullies…

This is an assault on free speech.  The guy is only a commentator on a channel highly viewed as entertainment.  It’s not like he is running for office or anything.  He was watching the super bowl probably had drinks and having a great time poking fun at SOCCER FANS!  He has a right as an American to say what he wants, especially when he’s in the comfort of his own home.

It was a joke about soccer. Jesus.

You know if I had to guess, I don’t really know for sure, but it was Super Bowl Sunday…there is a good chance that maybe he just had one too many to drink and let his mouth overload his ass…as my grandpa used to say.

Fine. He can QUIT and tweet whatever he wants. 

i don’t really know for sure…but if I had to guess…it was Super Bowl Sunday, maybe he had a few too many drinks and let his mouth overload his ass…as my grandpa used to say. It’s not like I’ll really miss him or anything. There will be just be another loud mouth talking head to replace him.

I agree with that. The freedom of speech argument is the one I reject. 

What I take issue with is left wing blacks using the very serious issue of racism as a weapon to bash Republicans over the head with. When a white Republican says something Roland doesn’t like he calls it a “dog whistle” or “racial code word.” That’s total crap and he’s a jackass for doing it. Just because some blacks have been discriminated against in the past doesn’t give them the right to cry racism at everything. You’re the ignorant one, peppy.

The uppity and totalitarian PC police strike again.

Well the way I see this is if he can be at home, tweet a comment and get reprimanded by his job because some paranoid group can’t handle it then there are a few on FOX news, Rush Limbaugh and half of the Congress, The Senate and the Supreme Court should either be suspended or FIRED FOR CALLING THE PRESIDENT LIARS AND MONKEYS and a few other choice names. They disrespect the President and the office of the presidency and that’s OK but this man disses a damn commercial and clown around about soccer (like Americans are so into soccer all of a sudden especially GLAAD) then his livlihood should be on line. The act of Freedom of Speech has been a joke for a long time because it only pertains to who the powers that be says it pertain to. Everyone doesn’t have the equal rights and freedoms in this country and they never have! If CNN doesn’t want you Roland TV ONE does and that goes for your fans too! 

Yeah, it’s a blind spot all right; Mr. Christopher doesn’t know which politically correct protected group to protect so he did neither. Such a dilemma. Eventually freely indulging in Orwell’s “doublethink” will claim victims as the Left’s theory that gays and black folks are incapable of bigotry falls far short of actual reality. Next up on the list to make that awful “Sophie’s Choice”: Islam. Islam hates gays and feminists. Oh the tangled web we weave. Next time try my ideology: reality. It critiques by actions, not gender, race, gender preference and economic status. That is the ideology of children.

Bingo!

Bingo! Next we’ll see who ranks above one another; gays, feminists or Muslims. This is too rich. Get ready for some gladiatorial combat as protected groups unprotect and unmask one another while sane people stand by laughing with their arms folded.

Martin is bigger and heavier but Cooper looks to be in better shape and may outlast him. I guess it’s a question of who will smack the “ish” or “blah” out of the other. Ha-ha.

How does one use Nazi pressure tactics on a Nazi. Night of the Long Tweets? Frazier is down.

Christians are not a protected group so don’t look for GLAAD to criticize the R-Rated “Hunky Jesus” contest in San Francisco held in an outdoor public venue. I’m looking forward to the “Hunky Mohamed” contest so we can see more of the Left and it’s hypocritical bigotry devour itself.

“In this protected corner, weighing in at 175 lbs. without the suicide vest, Mohamed. In the protected corner opposite, weighing at 175 lbs. – gays”

Any takers on who wins that one?

Absolutely nothing “liberal” about CNN.

No, Erickson and Loesch are both offensive. And ignorant. A combination that seems pretty common among conservative commentators, for some reason.

When did this happen? Limbaugh still has the same job he always did, being a lying blowhard on the radio. Same with Savage.

And Beck? Fox got rid of him because he was getting more insane every day and was hurting their brand among conservatives. Not because they somehow started caring what liberals think of their channel.

So why don’t Hush Bimbo and the rest just bring up that stuff, instead of attacking Barney Frank for being gay? Well, aside from the fact that a well-known drug addict like Limbaugh probably would prefer to bring up other things than a drug arrest.

You’re an idiot.

If you say something that your employer finds harmful to their business, they have every right to fire you on the spot.

It would be nice if people who bring up “free speech” actually knew what the phrase means.

It would be nice if people who bring up “free speech” actually knew what the phrase means.

Who in the hell get’s suspended over something stupid as that…. for those that watch Roland, knows that he sometimes where a pink or peach shirt… It was clearly a joke and for those of you that think that he was cracking on GAY people… Hell even GAY people crack on each other… Get a damn life and get a grip… The funny thing is that CNN still doesn’t stop the show because there are black own entertainment organizations that will accept him with open arms…. What a bunch of damn idiots… People now days are so sensitive…

I’ve also heard worse said not only on CNN but on the other major news
networks. Maybe the tweets were just an excuse to suspend him. Anchor Roland Martin Suspended by CNN, Offensive Tweets and Official Statement Here

http://i5.cc/Roland-Martin-Suspended

 Yes, your romanticized 1984 paranoia seems to have worked out in your favor this time.

They are only offensive to thin-skinned crybabies called liberals. Have a nice life being a perpetual victim. I’m gonna go stand with the grown-ups and not bitch about life.

Yet your list no examples.

How fitting and proper that CNN’s #! race-baiter gets suspended for his bigoted homophobic rant. SB XLVI was the most watched television show in history. In history!

And yet, this self-absorbed  bigot found it requisite to take time out from watching the show to tweet his  homophobic reaction to an advertisement.

What is even more funny is watching liberals defend this homophobe.

Liberals belong in the Hypocrites Hall of Shame.

Yeah….Like Special Ed Schultz does with Hannity.

I’ve always found it amusing how right-wingers accuse liberals of “perpetual victimhood” when it’s conservatives who engage in professional victimhood.

 Im not the one whining about Dana Loesch and Erick Erickson. Every douchebag lefty on MSNBC can say all the dumb sh*t they want and it doesn’t bother me, because im not some crybaby p*ssy like liberals are. I’ll call it out when it happens, but im not for firing or silencing them. I’m not like the fascist left-wingers.

I’m not “whining” about them, asshat. I’m just pointing out that they’re ignorant and offensive.

Limbaugh ESPN. Savage MSNBC.

And i’m pointing out that what you find ignorant and offensive is not and you’re just thin-skinned. You liberals really need to grow up and learn to listen to other opinions instead of living in your echo chambers of leftism. There is a larger world of opinions out there than the ones that Media Matters supplies your side with, douchebag.

Limbaugh got fired from ESPN (which isn’t a political channel) because he sucked at talking about sports. Savage got fired from MSNBC for telling a caller to “get AIDS and die”, which would get anybody fired.

It is absolutely not an assault on free speech, and to think that shows you do not understand what free speech is about. Free speech means the press can print stories without legal retaliation from the government – you cannot be jailed for your opinions. Free speech does NOT, however, give you impunity for what you say. You can lose your job, be ostracized or sued in civil court. You have freedom to say what you want; you also may have consequences due to that speech.