Attack from Social Media

It was interesting to see the country's overall reaction to the announcement of Osama Bin Ladin's recent death. Over the past couple of day's people have shown a bunch of mixed reactions, positive and negative. I would not want to get into the right and wrong's of what Bin Ladin did during his time in power of the Taliban. (Well mainly because there would not be much good to discuss). What I do have a problem with is the amount of animosity there has been towards people that would not consider "death" a good thing. Regardless of the fact that we do know that Bin Ladin has been the most iconic villian in American (and maybe even the world) society since Hitler, death is never something to be rejoicful off. Now I do not want to come across as someone who supports terrorism cause i certainly do not, I actually heard the news of Bin Ladin's death in Las Vegas and you bet I started to celebrate and downed a couple beverages, but the fact remains that when someone dies, people have the right to mourn. What I am leading into here is the amount of hate Steelers Running Back Rashard Mendenhall has receieved over his latest tweets discussing the death of Osama Bin Ladin. Now I do not have a Twitter account so I cant go and see exactly what he said, and the context in which he said, but I did hear from plenty of people about the incident. I am just shocked by the fact that American's have been in such a hurry to hear what other people think (in this case a professional athlete), and when they hear something they dislike, they are quick to judge this person. Where I was raised, I was told not to judge anyone on something they say, especially if you do not know this person at all. A person should be allowed to speak there mind, and say what they feel on a certain issue, as that is the reason Twitter and Facebook have come so far. So why does it feel like anytime a celebrity has something to say, the public is so quick to judge. I do not believe it is fair, as we are holding these individuals to an even higher standard than they already have placed themselves in by being a celebrity in the first place. In the words of Charles Barkely, celebrities have a choice if they are or are "Not a Role Model." So i feel like if someone of higher status comes out with something to say on one of these social networking sites, that American's are using to hear about other people' lives and thoughts, than give them a break if it is something you may not want to hear about. What do you think?