Mendenhall: Ben's a racist

[jeemie]

Did Mendenhall forget JuJu is black too?

[JackLambert58]

Carlin had it right. Think for a moment how dumb the average person is, then realize how many people out there are even dumber than that. Something along those lines.

Spinderella falls into the latter.

We’ve sure had a string of dipshits, dumbfucks, and douchebags cycle through this team in recent years.

George Carlin was a fucking genius, and I miss him.

[R_S]

Carlin had it right. Think for a moment how dumb the average person is, then realize how many people out there are even dumber than that. Something along those lines.

Spinderella falls into the latter.

We’ve sure had a string of dipshits, dumbfucks, and douchebags cycle through this team in recent years.

i think it goes "half the people are dumber than that" as in average would be right in the middle , half dumber half smarter.

[AirRescueFF]

The race card - the last bastion of a scoundrel. Socrates Mendenhall is now the most hated Steeler of all time for me. I hate this fucking scumbag with a passion.


Ben's racist wedding. Look at all the Klansmen he had attending. Surprised they didn't burn a cross:

Deebo is off the clock but still wants to hit someone.

[Lynch]

Glad we have Tomlin to navigate through this and provide some leadership and guidance during these turbulent times

Tomlin needs to address the team and their perception of Ben the plantation owner

I'm pretty sure he's told Ben that it was inappropriate to buy his linemen gift buckets of KFC in the past.

[steelmann58]

Fuck that idiot Mendy what a moron and should be called out for being a dick that he is.

[JPPT1974]

If Big Ben was a racist. He would not had invited those teammates to the wedding of his. Now would he?

[955876]

Carlin had it right. Think for a moment how dumb the average person is, then realize how many people out there are even dumber than that. Something along those lines.

Spinderella falls into the latter.

We’ve sure had a string of dipshits, dumbfucks, and douchebags cycle through this team in recent years.

i think it goes "half the people are dumber than that" as in average would be right in the middle , half dumber half smarter.

Hmmmm if are splitting hairs here, if half are dumber and half smarter that leaves out the group that is average...

[Steelperch]

Mendenhall was one of my least favorite Steelers draft picks and players ever. He completely misses the irony of calling Ben a racist when the only reason he defended AB is because they are the same race and Ben is a different one. Then again in the current PC climate, once the media finds out Ben used to buy Popeyes for the team when he was a rookie I’m sure they’ll jump on board the Ben is a racist train.

[Lynch]

Mendenhall was one of my least favorite Steelers draft picks and players ever. He completely misses the irony of calling Ben a racist when the only reason he defended AB is because they are the same race and Ben is a different one. Then again in the current PC climate, once the media finds out Ben used to buy Popeyes for the team when he was a rookie I’m sure they’ll jump on board the Ben is a racist train.

Just the chicken probably would have been fine, but if I remember right, there was also a couple of sides that really kinda painted a picture lol.

[RemoAZ]

Now buying chicken is racist? I love Church's chicken here in AZ. Am I a racist if I eat it or only if I give it away? So confusing trying to understand the PC/super sensitive crowd.

[Lynch]

Well, if you're a white guy, and you buy a black friend or friends a bucket of fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon wedges, don't be surprised if you get an eyebrow or two raised at ya. Seems like a friendly gesture to me. I don't really get it either.

[W&M_Steeler]

Carlin had it right. Think for a moment how dumb the average person is, then realize how many people out there are even dumber than that. Something along those lines.

Spinderella falls into the latter.

We’ve sure had a string of dipshits, dumbfucks, and douchebags cycle through this team in recent years.

Spinderalla's problem is that he's moderately intelligent but thinks he's a genius due to spending most of his life around meatheads. He thinks he's being profound when he's actually being idiotic.

[W&M_Steeler]

Now buying chicken is racist? I love Church's chicken here in AZ. Am I a racist if I eat it or only if I give it away? So confusing trying to understand the PC/super sensitive crowd.

Be careful- if you're handing things out, you just might get murdered for doing so: https://www.abc15.com/news/national/man ... ffle-house

[955876]

Carlin had it right. Think for a moment how dumb the average person is, then realize how many people out there are even dumber than that. Something along those lines.

Spinderella falls into the latter.

We’ve sure had a string of dipshits, dumbfucks, and douchebags cycle through this team in recent years.

Spinderalla's problem is that he's moderately intelligent but thinks he's a genius due to spending most of his life around meatheads. He thinks he's being profound when he's actually being idiotic.

Yep

[KCSteeler]

Sadly, I didn't need this comment from RM to prove to me he is a complete fucking idiot.

[R_S]

Carlin had it right. Think for a moment how dumb the average person is, then realize how many people out there are even dumber than that. Something along those lines.

Spinderella falls into the latter.

We’ve sure had a string of dipshits, dumbfucks, and douchebags cycle through this team in recent years.

i think it goes "half the people are dumber than that" as in average would be right in the middle , half dumber half smarter.

Hmmmm if are splitting hairs here, if half are dumber and half smarter that leaves out the group that is average...

yes if the average IQ is 80, there would be a group that have exactly an 80 IQ. so those with a lower IQ than 80 would be undoubtedly less than 50% , Well done.

[Steelafan77]

Ya know, I didn't see Hines Ward in that wedding photo. Maybe Ben is racist?

This dude is and always will be nothing to no one. Just a fucking assclown.

[Nick79]

When you run out of things to say, just YELL "Racist!"

[Legacy User]

Guys, you can look at Mendy's second tweet and claim he merely back peddled, but I think it a real possibility that he's trolling everyone and having a good chuckle at all this.

Then again, given his previous musings...

[Legacy User]

Guys, you can look at Mendy's second tweet and claim he merely back peddled, but I think it a real possibility that he's trolling everyone and having a good chuckle at all this.

Then again, given his previous musings...

Yah I think he's mocking the whole thing

But when you can't hear tone, it's going to be taken in the worst possible light

And besides, he's easy to hate

[JackLambert58]

Guys, you can look at Mendy's second tweet and claim he merely back peddled, but I think it a real possibility that he's trolling everyone and having a good chuckle at all this.

Then again, given his previous musings...

Anything is a possibility, but in today's political climate, that's one helluva thing to be trolling people about.

[Quixotic]

Coupla thoughts.

1. Name calling is getting to be a dangerous game as social media overtakes actual MEDIA for eyeballs and trust level. You can call someone a racist, or creeper, or perv, or misogynist…or whatever your want, with no supporting points for WHY you might say that. But the accusation itself becomes conviction in the eyes of some. And if you’re busted for it, you can always say: A)just kidding, B)satire, or C)well that’s just the way I “feel.” Not very good for domestic tranquility, if you know what I mean.

2. If Ben is a racist (which is to say if there actually is real evidence to support such an accusation), that would be a very bad thing. It should be recorded for posterity. And he should have to live with a compromised reputation for the rest of his life. Just like Ty Cobb, Gaylord Perry, and probably Shoeless Joe Jackson. To me, that doesn’t have much impact on how his athletic achievements should be viewed (which invites the question, “why should athletic achievement matter so much, when there are so many more important issues?”).

3. More likely, Ben is a self-absorbed Millennial, who has benefited from white privilege, height privilege, elite-talent privilege, rich privilege, adored-by-throngs-of-fans privilege…. When others his age were learning to consider the feelings and needs of others, Ben had no reason to learn those things. So, he is kind of a goof, and kind of jerk to everyone. And, depending on the specific situation, it can seem racist, sexist, jockish, bullyish…whatever lens you’re viewing whatever incident through. Is he a “racist” at heart; is “racism” his defining characteristics. I doubt it. But I don’t know.

4. I don’t remember Mendenhall very well. Didn’t he get his sternum busted by Ray Lewis like the first game of his rookie season and spend the rest of the year visiting art museums? Dunno. I kind of recall his being kind of introverted (sulkey). And sometimes kind of subtle. Not real comfortable in his own skin (surprising for a budding NFL star). If my recollection is accurate, I can well imagine his having a sense of humor that would lead him to satirize the whole Ben/AB thing by trolling both sides. And I can imagine his response to people not getting the joke and being all pissy about it being something like his second tweet—“C’mon, y’all. Ben’s not a racist. AB is not trash. IT WAS A JOKE!”

[Legacy User]

http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=6471433

#douche

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 each other," Mendenhall posted at the time.

[bradshaw2ben]

That's a fair take on the situation, Q

[Legacy User]

That's a fair take on the situation, Q

Which post?

[bradshaw2ben]

Q, aka Quixotic's post

[Quixotic]

That's a fair take on the situation, Q

Thanks, B2B. I’m prolly wrong.

[COR-TEN]

That's a fair take on the situation, Q

Thanks, B2B. I’m prolly wrong.

Nah. You're prolly right.

[Legacy User]

It so annoys me when NFL players refer to themselves or other NFL players as slaves. Here Mendy, let me give you a primer:

1) When you are a slave, YOU DON'T GET PAID. You assholes are making hundreds of thousands/millions of dollars a year.

2) When you are a slave, YOU CAN'T QUIT. If you assholes don't like being NFL players, you can quit anytime you want.

On one level it annoys me that these guys have it so good but they're trying to elicit sympathy for their plight by comparing themselves to slaves and on another level it annoys me because it takes lightly what actual slaves had to go through.

Go away, Mendy.

1000% agree - right on