'Epitome of Ignorance': NFL player on why football players paid more than soldiers; Tweeters flag for offsides; Update: Tweets deleted

Ty Nsekhe was on the St. Louis Rams practice squad as an offensive lineman, but was injured and put on waivers a few weeks ago. Nsekhe had this Twitter exchange today:

https://twitter.com/_Morganism_/status/382170345664675840
https://twitter.com/TY_Nsekhe/status/382177019280113664

Seriously?

Nsekhe was taken to task for obvious reasons:

https://twitter.com/debostic/status/382178834877272064
https://twitter.com/TY_Nsekhe/status/382179043509956608

Military and non-military alike weren’t thrilled with the comment:

@debostic @ChrisLoesch @DLoesch @ali @TwitchyTeam @michellemalkin @STLouisRams Douche! How about show some F'ing respect for our soldiers!

— I-Patriot (@I_M_Patriot) September 23, 2013

@ChrisLoesch @TY_Nsekhe @debostic Pro Tip for Ty, don't piss off a bunch of patriots. Not a great way to build your fan base.

— Desert Dan (@desertdan1) September 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/ohsuszanna/status/382197005176418304

@debostic @TY_Nsekhe @_Morganism_ Ugh. Defending ones profession by trashing another isn't the best way to go. Athletes & twitter…bad mix.

— HouseRepEEE (@EEElverhoy) September 23, 2013

Speaking of “skill”:

@ChrisLoesch all those people sacrificed for @TY_Nsekhe to have that freedom and he's stuck on the practice squad

— Jeff Quinton (@JeffQuinton) September 23, 2013

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So apparently @TY_Nsekhe doesn't think it takes as much skill to be a soldier as it does to sit on the bench for the @STLouisRams..orly?

— Josh in NC (@JHillVA) September 23, 2013

Ouch.

@ChrisLoesch oh wait @TY_Nsekhe isn't even listed on the STL practice squad http://t.co/Tz1UkWrXD9

— Jeff Quinton (@JeffQuinton) September 23, 2013

And Nsekhe might never go anywhere if he continues to prove himself as a public relations time bomb.

[Update]

Nsekhe deleted his tweets about soldiers, but as he’ll soon realize, Twitchy is forever. He tweeted that he didn’t mean to demean members of the military.

https://twitter.com/TY_Nsekhe/status/382341291616387072

https://twitter.com/TY_Nsekhe/status/382341326714331136

Missing from those tweets? The word “sorry.”