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Seahawks Fumble MLK Day Tweet, Have To Delete It

Seahawks Fumble MLK Day Tweet, Have To Delete It
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General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

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The Seattle Seahawks won the NFC Championship Game, but fumbled big-time on social media.

The team tweeted a photo of quarterback Russell Wilson crying after the Seahawks' comeback victory Sunday over Green Bay to reach the Super Bowl. But the accompanying text of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote about faith was oh-so-awkward. Even more cringe-worthy was the team's overline: "We shall overcome."

Seahawks posted (then deleted) this MLK Day tweet. Equating the civil rights struggle with a football game? Good god. pic.twitter.com/sTOTthMTZy

— Bart Hubbuch (@BartHubbuch) January 19, 2015

Many Twitter users didn't take kindly to the civil rights tie-in, and the Seahawks apologized on Twitter and deleted the original tweet.

H/T For The Win

Before You Go

MLK with Family
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After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is freed from jail under a $2000 appeal bond, he is greeted by his wife Coretta and children, Marty and Yoki, at the airport in Chamblee, Georgia on October 27, 1960. (credit:Bettmann/Corbis)
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home with his family in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. (credit:Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Martin Luther King Jr. and his family eat their Sunday dinner after church on November 8, 1964. (credit:Flip Schulke/Corbis)
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Martin Luther King Jr. talks with his daughter on a swing set in the backyard of their home in Atlanta. (credit:Flip Schulke/Corbis)
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Martin Luther King Jr. serves pieces of chicken to his young sons Marty and Dexter at Sunday dinner on November 8, 1964. (credit:Flip Schulke/Corbis)
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Martin Luther King Jr. holds his young son Dexter on his lap at home in Atlanta, November 8, 1960. (credit:Flip Schulke/Corbis)
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Martin Luther King Jr. and his family eat their Sunday dinner after church on November 8, 1964. (credit:Flip Schulke/Corbis)
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home with his family in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. (credit:Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images)
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Martin Luther King Jr. pushes his young son Dexter on a swing set in their backyard, November 1960. (credit:Flip Schulke/Corbis)
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Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. relaxes at home with his family in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. ( (credit:Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images)
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