Why Does a Graphic Homophobic Image Come Up for Carl Nassib on Twitter?

Jim Buzinski over at Outsports discovered something disturbing earlier this week doing a search on Twitter for the Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib.

Under “top” results was this tweet from a tweeter named Matt Light, showing a weird and graphic image from the Steelers and Browns game — a Cleveland fan’s prop showing what appears to be the head of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on a pike sucking a large severed penis. I guess this was some sort of Halloween prop meant to be funny.

Among other things he says: The prop is definitely homophobic and I wonder about someone who would carry that in public at a stadium with a lot of kids. I certainly hope it’s not someone with kids of their own.

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