Tracy Morgan being a Homophobe:
He said if his son that was gay he better come home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pitched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that little N (one word I refuse to use) to death”
Martin - a fellow homophobe - defending him:
“Why is comedian and “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan issuing a mea culpa for saying nasty, vicious and vile things during a stand-up routine? Isn’t that par for the course of a comedian? … There isn’t enough space on the Internet to chronicle the number of times a comedian has said nasty and vile things. Some of it leading the audience to fall out laughing or sometimes, or as in the case of Morgan, walk out in protest … Oh yes, you’ll say, “But Roland, you criticized Michael Richards for using the N-word.” Sure did. What’s the difference? I said then and now that Richards directly attacked an audience member and his use of the N-word had nothing to do with his routine. If it was in the context of a routine, it would not have been received the same.”
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Yes let's talk about "context" you ignorant little shit. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years with you fingers in your ears and your eyes tightly shut, you may have noticed all the LGBT teens committing suicide because of the words that Tracy Morgan and all the other neanderthal parents like him have said. And for more context Morgan has maintained in the past that being gay is a choice.
Being a comedian doesn't give you carte blanche to say every single damn bigoted thought that may pop into your little mind. There certainly are tasteful ways to make ethnically charged jokes. But if you actually believe in what you joke about - as Morgan does - then you probably should shut the fuck up. Especially if kids are killing themselves over it.
But defending homophobes is nothing new to Martin (like when he defended Miss California). Why does he have such an affinity for homophobes? Well maybe because his wife tries to convert homosexuals:
And now he is going to write a column asserting that the LGBT group GLAAD makes exceptions for bigotry. It's time to force this bigot out of the Democratic Party once and for all. I don't want to be associated with this scum.