Rashard Mendenhall raises eyebrows with Bin Laden tweets...

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May 3, 2011 8:17 AM
SMH, this is embarrassing for Steelers fans.
May 3, 2011 8:17am
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May 3, 2011 8:39 AM
"We've only heard one side." STFU...Really?? Do you actually want to here his side? Like what he has done is excusable.
May 3, 2011 8:39am
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May 3, 2011 8:41 AM
People like him are just idiots and likely VERY uninformed.
May 3, 2011 8:41am
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May 3, 2011 8:51 AM
Commander of Awesome;757978 wrote:SMH, this is embarrassing for Steelers fans.
Steeler fans aside, this is embarrassing for AMERICANS. Guy is a fucking moron and if teams start targeting his knees I don't think a lot of people will lose too much sleep.
May 3, 2011 8:51am
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May 3, 2011 8:56 AM
I doubt Pat Tillman would care if they targeted his knees.
May 3, 2011 8:56am
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May 3, 2011 9:00 AM
Rapists, adulterers, druggies and now this guy. Go Steelers!!!

NOT
May 3, 2011 9:00am
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May 3, 2011 9:03 AM
BR1986FB;758003 wrote:Steeler fans aside, this is embarrassing for AMERICANS. Guy is a fucking moron and if teams start targeting his knees I don't think a lot of people will lose too much sleep.

This.

CoA I bet Tillman is hoping someone does target his knees lol.
May 3, 2011 9:03am
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May 3, 2011 9:49 AM
Fucktard
May 3, 2011 9:49am
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May 3, 2011 9:50 AM
Does this guy not realize he's alienating 99.9% of his fan base with these comments? Likely not if he's dumb enough to make them in the first place.
May 3, 2011 9:50am
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May 3, 2011 9:53 AM
justincredible;758042 wrote:Does this guy not realize he's alienating 99.9% of his fan base with these comments? Likely not if he's dumb enough to make them in the first place.

Siding with Peterson on the whole "slavery" thing probably at least annoyed the fuck out of his fan base. This takes it a few steps farther. People who work in a profession where lots of blunt head trauma happens really should NEVER voice their opinions on current events...or anything more serious than what kind of jelly they like on their toast.
May 3, 2011 9:53am
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May 3, 2011 9:55 AM
thavoice;758046 wrote:FYI..I thought it was Peterson who had the slavery comment

Peterson did originally have it. Mendenhall supported him. From the Steelers Bleacher Report page:
On Twitter, Rashard Mendenhall supported Peterson's comments by stating, "Anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the NFL could say that these two parallel each other."

Many fans were upset with Mendenhall and reacted very negatively to his comment.

People insulted him by calling him everything from overpaid to uneducated.

In an attempt to clarify his comments, Mendenhall sent a series of tweets that came off as slightly condescending and didn't help matters.

"If you look back and dissect what I said, I [didn't] say that the NFL was slavery, I said that they parallel each other. Look up the word parallel."

"This means that they're not the same thing, but they run the same course. These paths will never cross, but they mirror each other."

"I could break down how, but that would take an amount of ideology and big words that a lot of you wouldn't understand."
May 3, 2011 9:55am
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May 3, 2011 9:55 AM
thavoice;758046 wrote:FYI..I thought it was Peterson who had the slavery comment

Peterson started it and then Mendenhall chimed in soon there after.
May 3, 2011 9:55am
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May 3, 2011 9:57 AM
Maybe, he is a member of Jeeremiah Wright's church.
May 3, 2011 9:57am
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May 3, 2011 9:59 AM
Stupid ass comments. Sadly, he's not the only American who feels that way. I've seen other comments on Facebook pages saying similar things. There is no other side to hear. The guy was a fucking extremist murdering fuckhead.....and I'm glad he's dead.

That being said, I'll still be rooting for #34 on Sundays. I'd be willing to bet that other players in the league, maybe even one on your team, feels that way too. Fuck their opinions.....I'm rooting for their production on the field.

I think teams are taking more risks on players with character issues now and it's being excused and this is just a shitty opinion, not a crime. I don't think NFL players will care enough to try to take out his knees. LOL

LMAO at ahab's post....I'd say every team in the NFL has druggies (weed smokers) and adulterers on it so not sure why those were mentioned as if they're unique to the Steelers. That's absurd.
May 3, 2011 9:59am
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May 3, 2011 10:00 AM
OK..thanks. I didnt read of Mendenhall's support of it.

Well...as season ticket holders we will boo mendenhall for his comments!
May 3, 2011 10:00am
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May 3, 2011 10:13 AM
lol...what a moron.

Just another reason why I dislike Twitter. Before just a few people would hear dumbass comments like this or more...depending if a journalist got a hold of it, now every athlete has an outlet to show how stupid they really are.
May 3, 2011 10:13am
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May 3, 2011 10:59 AM
Well at least he gained the support of Al Qaeda, they are huge football fans.
May 3, 2011 10:59am
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May 3, 2011 11:12 AM
Another Steelers football player evolving as a piece of shit. How shocking /sarcasm.
May 3, 2011 11:12am
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May 3, 2011 11:35 AM
The Pitts Post Gazette just ripped him this morning. Dan Rooney said he has no idea why Rashard would say something like this.
May 3, 2011 11:35am
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May 3, 2011 11:37 AM
The phone lines on Pittsburgh sports talk radio are buzzing. That's all they've been talking about on 93.7 The Fan this morning.
May 3, 2011 11:37am
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May 3, 2011 11:40 AM
He shall now be known as 'Terrible Towell Head"
May 3, 2011 11:40am
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May 3, 2011 11:41 AM
@R_Mendenhall: There is not an ignorant bone in my body. I just encourage you to #think
@MarkVernallis: @R_Mendenhall How about you #think about not fumbling the #football in the #goddamn #superbowl
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May 3, 2011 11:41am
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May 3, 2011 12:48 PM
he is one pathetic human being
May 3, 2011 12:48pm