NFL player Mendenhall causes stir with bin Laden tweets

[Teh One Who Knocks]

ESPN News


PITTSBURGH (AP)—Rashard Mendenhall has created a stir with comments made on his official Twitter page regarding Osama bin Laden’s death.

The Pittsburgh Steelers running back on Monday tweeted: “What kind of person celebrates death? It’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side…”

Mendenhall didn’t hold back, even making a reference to the Sept. 11 attacks.

“We’ll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style.”

The Steelers felt compelled to act. On Tuesday, team president Art Rooney II released a statement.

“I have not spoken with Rashard, so it is hard to explain or even comprehend what he meant with his recent Twitter comments. The entire Steelers organization is very proud of the job our military personnel have done and we can only hope this leads to our troops coming home soon.”

Mendenhall, who profiles himself as a “conversationalist and professional athlete” on his Twitter page, turned some heads in March, as well, when he supported a comment by Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson comparing the NFL to “modern-day slavery.”

“Anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the NFL could say that these two parallel eachother,” Mendenhall posted at the time.

Mendenhall is coming off a tremendous season, as he led the AFC champions in carries (324), rushing yards (1,273) and rushing touchdowns (13). He has 2,439 yards in three seasons since being drafted in the 2008 first round out of Illinois.

In the 2010 postseason, Mendenhall ran for 230 yards on 61 carries in three games with four touchdowns, as Pittsburgh defeated the Baltimore Ravens (31-24) and New York Jets (24-19), before falling to the Green Bay Packers 31-25 in the Super Bowl.

Among his other bin Laden tweets:

“I believe in God. I believe we’re ALL his children. And I believe HE is the ONE and ONLY judge.”

“Those who judge others, will also be judged themselves.”

“For those of you who said you want to see Bin Laden burn … I ask how would God feel about your heart?”

“There is not an ignorant bone in my body. I just encourage you to think.”

Mendenhall’s string of tweets ended around 6 p.m. Monday. He has not tweeted since.

Sports radio talk shows in Pittsburgh—and around the nation—were fielding calls on Tuesday about his comments.

Mendenhall has 13,631 followers on Twitter, and he personally follows 66. Included in the group he’s following is the Dalai Lama, comedian Sarah Silverman and the Park Community Church in Chicago.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

What a moron :|

[Hal-9000]

"“We’ll never know what really happened..."

"Anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the NFL could say that these two parallel each other"

Won't comment on the 911 idiocy....

and

slaves didn't make 3.7 million per year playing 17-20 GAMES...

fuck you

[Muddy]

Wow, 2 reasons to dislike the Steelers now..

[Hugh_Janus]

I must admit, I found the images of your lot whooping and cheering about the news of his death a tad distasteful, but the rest of the stuff... what the fuck? :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Running back, eh? I wonder if any of the D-men throughout the league are paying attention to this guy? Can anyone say "marked man"?

:-k

[Hal-9000]

I must admit, I found the images of your lot whooping and cheering about the news of his death a tad distasteful, but the rest of the stuff... what the fuck? :lol:

ok, I'll take this one :lol:....

you do realize that the guy was responsible for the deaths of over 2000 Americans in a terrorist attack and perhaps more uncredited deaths from other attacks?
Wouldn't you make some noise if it was your relatives in England that died one Tuesday morning because they...went to work?

[DemonGeminiX]

I must admit, I found the images of your lot whooping and cheering about the news of his death a tad distasteful, but the rest of the stuff... what the fuck? :lol:


Bin Laden killed over 3000 innocent American citizens. I gladly dance and piss on his grave.

[Muddy]

I am going to get a new American flag tomorrow for the front of the house...

[Deepsepia]

No one can doubt that brain injury is a problem in the NFL.

[Hugh_Janus]

Bin Laden killed over 3000 innocent American citizens. I gladly dance and piss on his grave.
I'm fully aware of this.... but I felt the same when the muz-lums whooped and cheered when 9/11 happened or when palesinians kill jews and vice versa.... its just out of order.

[Hugh_Janus]

I hada niggling feeling I SAIDjews... I mean isrealis

[DemonGeminiX]

I'm fully aware of this.... but I felt the same when the muz-lums whooped and cheered when 9/11 happened or when palesinians kill jews and vice versa.... its just out of order.

It was out of order for them to celebrate the senseless death of innocent people. It's not out of order to celebrate the death of a man who senselessly brought sorrow to thousands of people. We deserve to rejoice in the justice served for our murdered family and friends.

[Muddy]

I hada niggling feeling I SAIDjews... I mean isrealis

Jews and now nigglings... man wtf....

[Muddy]

:tumble:

[Hugh_Janus]

It was out of order for them to celebrate the senseless death of innocent people. It's not out of order to celebrate the death of a man who senselessly brought sorrow to thousands of people. We deserve to rejoice in the justice served for our murdered family and friends.
ok, successful plot to kill george bush, middle east celebrates because of all the innocents killed during the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. I know its not exactly the sam circumstances, but close as I can think of at the moment.... is that out of order?

[DemonGeminiX]

ok, successful plot to kill george bush, middle east celebrates because of all the innocents killed during the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. I know its not exactly the sam circumstances, but close as I can think of at the moment.... is that out of order?

You're right, it's not the same circumstances. We don't harbor or support known terrorists hell bent on destroying innocent people's lives because they don't believe in the same religious doctrines that we do.

I'm not going to defend George W. Let somebody else do it. All I'm going to say is that is apples and oranges.

[Hugh_Janus]

I do believe the IRA had a lot of american support when they were carrying out their terrorist attacks on the uk

[DemonGeminiX]

I do believe the IRA had a lot of american support when they were carrying out their terrorist attacks on the uk

If the IRA ended up killing family and friends of yours, and the mastermind behind the attack was caught dead or alive, you wouldn't be happy? You wouldn't feel that justice was served?

[Hugh_Janus]

Idon't know what I'd feel if I'm honest and I hope I never have to experience it, but would I be dancing and cheering on the street? I don't think I would. The most likely reaction to the news of his death would be remembering how I felt when it happened. Would I be cheering on the street? I honestly don't think so.

That leads me to ask how many of those people on the news were directly affected by what happened on 9/11? I doubt many, if any were.

would I feel that justice was served? I think so, yes

[Teh One Who Knocks]

...how many of those people on the news were directly affected by what happened on 9/11?.

300 million American citizens

[Hugh_Janus]

300 million American citizens

read what DGX asked me.... I know you're all inbred fuckers, but come on.... :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I did....and that's still my answer

[DemonGeminiX]

Idon't know what I'd feel if I'm honest and I hope I never have to experience it, but how many of those people on the news were directly affected by what happened on 9/11? I doubt many, if any were.

We were all affected. Those people that died were Americans. Each one of them is each one of us. I don't understand how you can sit there and muse that you would just accept an attack on your own soil if it didn't hurt anyone you knew specifically. They're your people. It's your country. Doesn't that mean anything to you? Granted, you guys have been dealing with the IRA bullshit for years, but that doesn't mean you should turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to it. You don't stick your head in the sand and say, "There but for the grace of God go I". You fight back. What you saw from us was civic pride. Pride in our country and the people in our miltary that got the job done. We won't lay down if someone attacks us, we fight back. That's the American way.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

We won't lay down if someone attacks us, we fight back. That's the American way.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNrdmjcNTc

[Muddy]

My wifes mother was there 2 weeks after the the things fell working for the Red Cross... She was there a month or 2. She ended up with a fucked up cancer attributed to exposure from that shithole and died at 57 years old..

Here's the only post from my wifes FB page today..

Yesterday was a great day!
Miss you Mom.. you are a true American Hero.

[Hugh_Janus]

We were all affected. Those people that died were Americans. Each one of them is each one of us. I don't understand how you can sit there and muse that you would just accept an attack on your own soil if it didn't hurt anyone you knew specifically. They're your people. It's your country. Doesn't that mean anything to you? Granted, you guys have been dealing with the IRA bullshit for years, but that doesn't mean you should turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to it. You don't stick your head in the sand and say, "There but for the grace of God go I". You fight back. What you saw from us was civic pride. Pride in our country and the people in our miltary that got the job done. We won't lay down if someone attacks us, we fight back. That's the American way.
fucking lost my response....

anyway, its 01:30 and I'm tired. You win, but I still think its distasteful.... jusdt sayin

[FBD]

And what exactly is distasteful about defending oneself or your loved ones, fellow countrymen?

I find that distasteful :razz:

and fug Mendenhall, I hope somebody takes his ass out of the season.