Rashard Mendenhall should thank his lucky stars that he lives in a free country.

There aren’t a lot of places where the public would stand for a person defending an enemy as hated as the recently-killed Osama bin Laden.

The Pittsburgh Steelers running back said the following in a tweet on Monday: “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…”

I can understand not wanting to celebrate a death, but how could Mendenhall think it was a good idea to say “We’ve only heard one side?”

Where were you, Rashard, on Sept. 11, 2001, when bin Laden was celebrating the biggest tragedy to ever occur on U.S. soil?

If I were the Steelers’ owner, Mendenhall would already have his walking papers. If the aforementioned tweet wasn’t enough, I would cite another one where he states his belief that 9/11 was a conspiracy. Man…I really hate stupid people.