Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Mendenhall explains tweets... kind of

By Jeff

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has posted an explanation for his recent tweets  regarding 9/11 that many saw as controversial.

Mendenhall's letter was reported on the Post-Gazette's Web site here.

OK, so he elaborated on his belief that people should not celebrate death. I never had a problem with that part of his tweets. What he doesn't explain is his reasoning behind saying we never heard Osama bin Laden's side of the story. It seems like he conveniently forgot to address the inaccuracy of that tweet.

I like that he came out with clarification. The apology shows he is smarter than his tweets on Monday. What I don't like is he didn't correct himself regarding only hearing one side of the story and hating someone without hearing them speak. Osama bin Laden gave his side. He was happy he helped murder innocents. Millions of people across the globe heard him give this message.

Mendenhall claims he wanted to encourage people to think and look at the issue from a different perspective, which I respect and agree with. The problem was his tweets contained false statements and that's where a lot of the anger toward him came from.

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