The Seattle Seahawks fired off a controversial tweet that was promptly deleted after the internet blew up in collective fury.

The tweet seemed to compare the team’s win over the Green bay Packers to that of the civil rights movement.

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seahawks we will overcome tweet

The caption read , “We shall overcome,” depicting Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson crying after Sunday’s NFC Championship Game and an MLK, Jr. quote. h/t complex

Oops.