Curt Schilling out at ESPN after transphobic Facebook post
Curt Schilling was fired by ESPN on Wednesday, following his latest offensive social media post.
ESPN announced the termination of the analyst and former Major League Baseball ace after he posted a Facebook comment about transgender people.
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“A man is a man no matter what they call themselves,” Schilling wrote, seemingly in reference to a controversial anti-LGBT law recently passed in North Carolina. “I don’t care what they are, who they sleep with, men’s room was designed for the penis, women’s not so much. Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic.”
He also shared this meme.
Last August, Schilling tweeted a meme comparing Muslims to Nazis. ESPN suspended him, which in a bizarre twist then drew the public ire of Sarah Palin.
Schilling's comments were widely condemned across the sports world and beyond Tuesday. The next day, ESPN cut him loose.
"ESPN is an inclusive company," read the company's statement issued late Wednesday. "Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated."
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