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   UPDATE: Fire Chief Paul Smith has resigned from his volunteer   
   position; read the full story here   
      
   PITTSBURGH --The fallout continues after the Pittsburgh Steelers   
   game on Sunday and the team's decision to stay in the tunnel at   
   Chicago's Soldier Field during the national anthem.   
      
   The fan reaction has been mixed from support for the players to   
   outraged fury over their decision. But as CBS Pittsburgh   
   reports, in one Washington County town, one fan's response may   
   have crossed the line.   
      
   Paul Smith, the chief of Cecil Volunteer Fire Station #2, posted   
   a derogatory response on Facebook, which directed a racial slur   
   at Steelers' head coach Mike Tomlin.   
      
   Reaction to Smith's post in Cecil Township was quick and   
   negative.   
      
   Dylan Pareso, who lives across the street from the fire hall,   
   said, "I'm completely upset, especially for a town like this,   
   coming from the fire chief, that's disrespectful in my eyes. I   
   don't agree with it one bit."   
      
   Mary Plumley told CBS Pittsburgh, "For a fire chief or for   
   anybody like that to say something like that is wrong. They   
   don't need to be in that position."   
      
   "It's not good. No, I don't like it at all," Janet Vickers said.   
      
   Wes Leopold reacted to Smith's post, saying, "It's kind of a   
   dumb thing to do. I think, there's enough tension in this   
   country. He's definitely adding to it."   
      
   Chief Smith is out of the country on vacation, but on Facebook,   
   he responded to CBS Pittsburgh.   
      
   "I am embarrassed at this. I want to apologize. I was frustrated   
   and angry at the Steelers not standing the anthem. This had   
   nothing to do with my Fire Department. I regret what I said."   
      
   "My fire department should have never been dragged into this. It   
   was a bad judgement by me, for which I am very embarrassed, for   
   them and my township."   
      
   CBS Pittsburgh reached out to the Cecil Township manager, but   
   did not hear back from him.   
      
   Meanwhile, Steelers lineman Alejandro Villanueva said Monday the   
   national anthem situation got out of control and he is taking   
   the blame.   
      
   "Unfortunately I threw my teammates under the bus,   
   unintentionally," Villanueva said. "Every single time I see that   
   picture of me standing by myself I feel embarrassed."   
      
   Villanueva was the only Steelers player standing outside the   
   tunnel for the national anthem before their game Sunday against   
   the Chicago Bears.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-chief-uses-racial-slur-   
   steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-anthem-protest/   
      
   It still doesn't change the fact that Tomlin is now a confirmed   
   no good nigger.   
                
      
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