Curt Schilling Sends Out Tweet Comparing Muslims And Nazis
By: Evan Jankens
@kingofthekc
Many of us have learned this, but some of us have not: Think before you Tweet. Then stop, and think again.
Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling sent out a tweet with a meme saying, "It's said only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How'd that go?"
Lots of people didn't take the comparison between Muslims and Nazis well. Also, no matter your particular beliefs, know the meme isn't true. The Nazi party, which was a political party and not a religion, had a stranglehold on Germany by 1940.
Schilling has since deleted the tweet.
This is the horrible meme Curt Schilling tweeted today. http://t.co/wniOvrT6Ke pic.twitter.com/C5nIqzYPRM
— SB Nation (@SBNation) August 25, 2015
Amid the outcry, people also said they were upset his Twitter handle is @gehrig38 and believe he shouldn't be associated with the late legend Lou Gehrig.
Schilling has since tried to apologize on his account.
@justindiaz92 i didnt say anything. If its anywhere true its terrifying in number
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
@CooperD311 curious as well how that can be a "fact", who could possibly know that #?
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
@SwedishCar850 agreed, my apologies. That didn't come across in any way as intended or interpreted.
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
@SI_DougFarrar na, that was purely on me, my mistake
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
@PatriotsDynasty yup. Gotta own the times you go off the rails
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
@redcarbad needed to actually think a bit before acting on that one, or not acting. On me though
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
@pgehred already owned it, apologized
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) August 25, 2015
When will people realize that when you post something on social media, it's out there on the Internet forever?