Seahawks Front Office Out of Touch with Tweet that Included Quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Photo of Russell Wilson Crying Tears of Gratefulness to his God

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

The Seattle Seahawks appeared to make an awkward misstep in the road leading up to the Super Bowl — on their official Twitter account.

The team’s account tweeted out a photo comparing the team’s struggles to those of the Civil Rights movement, using a photo of a crying Russell Wilson with a Martin Luther King Jr. quote.

The tweet was deleted, but not before being screengrabbed by dozens of Twitter users (welcome to the Internet) and addressed by shocked and offended followers.

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SOURCE: NINA MANDELL 
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