San Francisco 49ers star pass rusher Nick Bosa isn't known for his social media. He distanced himself from Twitter since his first season as a pro.
Since then, Bosa has had several retweets. He shared former teammate De'Vondre Campbell's post about the NFL needing to do away with turf fields. In between that, there's a Joe Rogan podcast retweet as well as a George Kittle one. But on Thursday, Bosa took the time to quote a tweet where ESPN cut ties with former NFL player Ryan Clark:
Instantly, the internet came out in droves to attack Bosa, calling him a racist and saying that he hates black people.
Part of the reason Bosa has distanced himself from Twitter was some pre-draft tweets he had. In August of 2016, he had a tweet calling former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a clown.
That was one of many deleted tweets that would've been viewed as controversial. During Bosa's first press conference, he apologized, saying, "It wasn't directed towards (Kaepernicks' stance. It's not like I'm saying his stance and what he was doing; that's not what I was calling or talking about at all. It was just a specific thing that happened and me as a young kid a thought popping in my head and boom, decided to tweet it out. Bad decision. I respect what he's done. If it empowers anybody, then he's doing a good thing. So I apologize for that."
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Since then, Bosa has had several retweets. He shared former teammate De'Vondre Campbell's post about the NFL needing to do away with turf fields. In between that, there's a Joe Rogan podcast retweet as well as a George Kittle one. But on Thursday, Bosa took the time to quote a tweet where ESPN cut ties with former NFL player Ryan Clark:
Instantly, the internet came out in droves to attack Bosa, calling him a racist and saying that he hates black people.
Part of the reason Bosa has distanced himself from Twitter was some pre-draft tweets he had. In August of 2016, he had a tweet calling former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a clown.
That was one of many deleted tweets that would've been viewed as controversial. During Bosa's first press conference, he apologized, saying, "It wasn't directed towards (Kaepernicks' stance. It's not like I'm saying his stance and what he was doing; that's not what I was calling or talking about at all. It was just a specific thing that happened and me as a young kid a thought popping in my head and boom, decided to tweet it out. Bad decision. I respect what he's done. If it empowers anybody, then he's doing a good thing. So I apologize for that."
#saying #twitter #first
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