Homophobic Tweet by WLRN Reporter Danny Rivero Surfaces

Internet sleuths this weeked unearthed a horrifying tweet posted by Danny Rivero, a WLRN reporter in Florida.

Prefixed with the hashtag #freespeech, Rivero’s tweet was an indisputable attack on the LGBT community.

I thought we could say what we want Joakim Noah let one off wtf the big deal! Gays should realize f-ggot has come to mean nothin

WLRN has yet to announce what disciplinary measures they will mete out to the unabashed homophobe. The South Florida Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (@NAHJSouthFL), of which Rivero is a member, has not acknowledged the issue.

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