Twitter is quickly becoming the new Facebook. We all love to see and hear what our friends, and even celebrities, are doing, so why not follow them on Twitter? I am here to show you the funny and controversial things that these people post on Twitter for everyone to see. After all, their mistakes do make us laugh.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Rashard Mendenhall

Is there really freedom of speech? Can people, especially people that their every word is scrutinized, actually say whatever they want without any implications? Ask Rashard Mendenhall this question and I'm sure he will have a different answer than most. The Pittsburgh Steelers running back filed a $1 million lawsuit against Hanesbrands, Inc. after they terminated his contract after the star tweeted controversial opinions. 




One of Mendenhall's more controversial tweets was about his opinion's on Osama Bin Laden's death , "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." Soon after this tweet, his amount of followers nearly doubled to 37,000. Though, within 48 hours of the tweet, Hanesbrands, Inc. told Mendenhall that he was no longer able to endorse their products. They told him that his tweet went again their agreement. 
Mendenhall is definitely not scared to voice his opinions. He bares a lot of resemblance to Justin Hall, a pioneer blogger that caused a lot of controversy for not leaving out any intimate material of his personal life. Hall would post things on his blog such as stories of his sexual life, pictures of him naked, and stories about illegal drug use. Hall had to shut down his blog after several years of posting due to a disagreement between his new girlfriend who he ended up marrying. Hall and Mendenhall both are good examples of controversial bloggers, which is why they might say that they really can't say whatever they want without any implications. 
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    great story and great way to connect it with Justin Hall

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  2. RoxieOctober 12, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    It's a tough one. He CAN say anything he wants, but don't you think others (including his sponsors) can have reactions back? The corporate sponsor also has freedom, yes? It's not like he was jailed for his comment. More people than him lose their jobs for comments they made of one kind or another.

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  3. OTOctober 13, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    As an aside to the connection with Hall, Mendenhall's definitely in the right. Even if Osama Bin Laden was a terrible person, which he almost certainly was, celebrating a person's death seems morbid and excessively cruel to me. If we celebrate someone's death, how are we on the moral side?

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  4. HuangOctober 16, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    I can't believe he gained 18,500 followers in that one tweet.

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  5. ♪Artisically↕Inclined♪October 27, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    I found your post interesting and also fun to read. With the commonly notion of freedom of speech at constant rejection or rather law suits over "spoken terms" it makes one question what really allow in today's government.

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  6. ♪Artisically↕Inclined♪October 27, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    In addition, people scrutinize without digression mean that even without experiencing traumas and then after being hypocritical at other nations for being "immoral."

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