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Clueless Kaepernick equates NFL draft with slavery
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Posted on 11/01/2021 6:54:27 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

It shouldn’t be news that a man who believes the Fourth of July is a celebration of white supremacy has other ignorant takes on American history. But the left has made a hero out of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, so his effort to compare the NFL draft to slavery in his new Netflix special is noteworthy.

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KEYWORDS: 49ers; blackkk; california; colinkaepernick; criticalracetheory; crt; netflix; nfl; nofansleft; sanfrancisco; sanfrancisco49ers
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yeah, I remember reading that slaves had a union.>s


41 posted on 11/01/2021 7:37:59 AM PDT by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

flood was a different case...he argued against the reserve clause.

This is not slavery. If you want to play pro ball, you play by the rules that were negotiated by the union with management. That is what is it. This jerk Kapernick cannot even spell union.

Our local franchise here is Jacksonville. They are a horrible team. When a decent player emerges here, they dog it till they get cut or traded. Were it “slavery” that would not happen. I feel sorry for the guys who truly play hard here with the knowledge the team is going no where for at least five years due to the incompetent front offices they had for 20 years.


42 posted on 11/01/2021 7:39:11 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Kaepernick is running out of cash, that’s all

He’s got only one advantage left, and he’s going to leverage it for all its worth. Otherwise, its working at Chipotle for him


43 posted on 11/01/2021 7:40:28 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: DIRTYSECRET
and yet he continues to workout and try to get back into being a slave. Odd.
44 posted on 11/01/2021 7:43:36 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: The Louiswu

They have to wait a while if they don’t want to participate.

The players know they have “value” and thus, the teams will trade on their perceived value (since they’ve never taken a snap in the league.)


45 posted on 11/01/2021 7:46:18 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Malden I’m isn’t right about jack s***. And he’s a damn hypocrite. His current employer, Nike, is beholden to China who CURRENTLY uses slaves. He’s contributing to the slave lifestyle. F the guy.


46 posted on 11/01/2021 7:49:44 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: alstewartfan; dfwgator
Didn't watch, but a friend told me a joke...'said they went for -2- being down 41-zip.

Friend is such a card. /s

47 posted on 11/01/2021 7:51:18 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: steve8714

This pride of Lions is fed soft food and warm milk only.


48 posted on 11/01/2021 7:52:42 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Kapernick is right on this one. Remember Curt Flood? The athletes have no choice where they work or how they get paid. The NFL draft is illegal on the face of it.
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Sure, they have a choice. They know the rules going in. If they don’t like them, get a real job.


49 posted on 11/01/2021 7:56:50 AM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Some high-schooler ought to challenge the legality of the draft. 18 year-olds have just as much right to earn a living as a a 22 year old that got free training in the college(minor league) system.
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What’z stopping them? Haven’t you ever heard of a walk-on?


50 posted on 11/01/2021 8:02:39 AM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: DIRTYSECRET
I'm not, as you put it, a "draftnick." I'm not even a football fan. But I am educated and do know what actual slavery is. Participating in the NFL draft is about as far from the real thing as our sun is to the next nearest star.

You, apparently, are not sufficiently educated to know the difference between slavery vs. voluntarily participating in a method used to allocate talented athletes to a limited number of entities that can use those talents while at the same time making the athletes multimillionaires. Those athletes voluntarily train their entire lives for the opportunity to be drafted into the NFL. And you call that "slavery."

True slavery is the practice of forcing a person to work for no pay; to obey all commands from a master or risk severe punishment; to be bought and sold like livestock; and to lose all freedom, even the most basic of personal life choices.

If you are incapable of grasping the difference between a sports draft and true slavery, you are indeed stupid.

51 posted on 11/01/2021 8:02:40 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
The world has gone nuts. This moron acts like he was the GOAT and he wasn't even close. Imagine a mail room employee getting the rest of the company to rally around him because he's upset he's not the CEO.
52 posted on 11/01/2021 8:03:09 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: allendale

Yep. At the combines the overseers use stopwatches and tape measures instead of whips. If you don’t perform, no money, no food. Kaepernick has a point
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Did you forget the sarcasm sign after your post? Are you actually with a straight face comparing a tape measure to a whip? Why should your employer pay you if you can’t perform ?


53 posted on 11/01/2021 8:06:51 AM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: DIRTYSECRET

This so-called “slave” turned down a multi year. $50+ million contract extension from the 49ers. He’s a slave to his own stupidity and arrogance.


54 posted on 11/01/2021 8:09:53 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: sunny bonobo
If the draft is like slavery, why has the NFL players union agreed to it?

Could it be they understand it’s part of the business model of the NFL, to allow the worst teams a better chance to be competitive?

55 posted on 11/01/2021 8:14:18 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
It has been a long time since I read The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass but I'll never forget the moving passage, when he is really trying to impress the reader with the horrors of slavery, where he compares slavery to the NFL draft.
56 posted on 11/01/2021 8:15:41 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Nobody, but nobody pays any attention to Colin Kaepernick except a few slow individuals. Anybody with an IQ above 80 stopped listening to him when he was so stupid as to get bounced by the NFL.


57 posted on 11/01/2021 8:19:24 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Joe 6-pack
"I didn’t realize the really good slaves got multi-million dollar signing bonuses."

They should be required to pick some cotton as restitution.

58 posted on 11/01/2021 8:22:12 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: dfwgator

Hmmm, the last time I checked the NHL has a draft. As does the Canadian Football League. As does the Australian Football League. Or do these not count as countries?


59 posted on 11/01/2021 8:33:45 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Canada isn’t a real country, anyway. Now I did not know Australia did the draft thing, so I guess I stand corrected.


60 posted on 11/01/2021 8:34:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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