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Colin Kaepernick discusses “independence” while in Ghana
NBC Sports ^ | July 5, 2017 | Darin Gantt

Posted on 07/05/2017 5:31:05 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Colin Kaepernick spent his Independence Day in a place where many people lost theirs.

The former 49ers quarterback posted on social media yesterday about his trip to Ghana, where he visited former slave trading sites as well as touring local villages and a hospital.

He posted a short video of the trip, along with the Frederick Douglass quote: “What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence?”

(Excerpt) Read more at profootballtalk.nbcsports.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: football; fourthofjuly; ghana; incoherent; kaepernick; leftistrant; nutburger; puffpiece
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To: Enlightened1

actually, no official NFL training camps right now, but still it’s obvious that playing professional football is far from his top priority... and yes, he’d be training hard on his own to be ready for the opening of camps in a few weeks, IF he really cared about being a successful NFL player.


21 posted on 07/05/2017 6:06:17 AM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I hope the Bears pick him up, so much upside.


22 posted on 07/05/2017 6:09:51 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: mewzilla

“Was he paid to visit?”.
That’s a very good question.
Such publicity stunts happen all the time with better known political brands such as Obama or the Clintons.
They usually call it being paid to lobby for a cause.


23 posted on 07/05/2017 6:22:16 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: dblshot

This is just one of many incidents that proves he is mentally unstable. And we know he is no intellect.


24 posted on 07/05/2017 6:23:32 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Mr. K

The boy was raised in a loving white family who provided well for him, and he spits in their face. Must be in the genes.


25 posted on 07/05/2017 6:25:47 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: ConservativeStatement

America sent $298 million foreign aid to Ghana in 2015, most of which was for basic education, health, agriculture and “population policies”.

They can keep the quarterback as a tip.

https://explorer.usaid.gov/cd/GHA?measure=Obligations&fiscal_year=2015&implementing_agency_id=1


26 posted on 07/05/2017 6:26:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Quick, deny him re-entry.


27 posted on 07/05/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Maybe the Ghana Gazelles will pick him up. I hear they are in the market for a QB, Hope Colin doesn’t mind fumbling for minimum wage. Go Gazelles!


28 posted on 07/05/2017 7:36:18 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: ConservativeStatement

Collin, darling! Now that you are home, you need to stay there!!!!!


29 posted on 07/05/2017 8:14:54 AM PDT by rejoicing
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To: Mr. K

In Frederick Douglas’ day, such a statement would have made some sense, although I would have argued that he was wrong. It has been over 150 years since then, 6 or so generations have passed, and blacks that were enslaved have been free that entire time, even if they were oppressed in some places. The system worked and those final impediments were removed over 50 years ago. Our system, the one created by the founders that we celebrate on the 4th of July, is what made them full citizens of the richest and most free nation in the world. If they can’t celebrate that, we cannot be co-citizens with them. We are just two nations. That is what the leftists want, because they want to bring down our system, and racial strife helps in that regard.

Krapper is just one huge, messed up case of white guilt. Orphaned, raised by a nice, middle class white family in a white suburban neighborhood, he joins the NFL and for the first time, sees black ghetto people and looks at himself, and there is a disconnect. He joins what he thinks is their “cause” with a fervor that even they don’t have. It is classic. Dude is messed up mentally. Plus, his ISIS girlfriend isn’t helping things.


30 posted on 07/05/2017 9:33:19 AM PDT by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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31 posted on 07/05/2017 10:51:18 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Lumper20
This is just one of many incidents that proves he is mentally unstable. And we know he is no intellect.
Which makes him a shoo in for a black democratic district in CA.
32 posted on 07/05/2017 12:37:03 PM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

He can gain true independence from the country he most despises (ours) anytime he wants. I’m sure Ghana and other hellhole regimes in “Mutha Africa” would love to have him.


33 posted on 07/05/2017 2:14:14 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: ConservativeStatement

Somebody remind him that Monica Lewinsky took both knees.


34 posted on 07/05/2017 6:30:24 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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