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Colin Kaepernick Takes the Easy Way Out… Victimhood
Flopping Aces ^ | 08-29-16 | Vince

Posted on 08/29/2016 10:20:19 AM PDT by Starman417

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Colin Kaepernick is certainly an articulate young man. That was obvious from his interaction with the press in the locker room where he faced a phalanx of reporters asking him about his decision to sit through the national anthem to bring attention to the "oppression" of black men. Given that this is the first year he has sat through the national anthem he was asked how his position has evolved over the years. He answered:

“It's something that I've seen, I've felt, wasn't quite sure how to deal with originally. And it is something that's evolved. It's something that as I've gained more knowledge about, what's gone in this country in the past, what's going on currently. These aren't new situations. This isn't new ground. There are things that have gone on in this country for years and years and have never been addressed, and they need to be.” (Emphasis mine.)
When asked if he personally felt oppressed he responded:
There have been situations where I feel like I've been ill-treated, yes. This stand wasn't for me. This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because I'm seeing things happen to people that don't have a voice, people that don't have a platform to talk and have their voices heard, and effect change. So I'm in the position where I can do that and I'm going to do that for people that can't.
When asked if he’d been asked by management to tone down his comments he replied:
No. No one’s tried to quiet me and, to be honest, it’s not something I’m going to be quiet about. I’m going to speak the truth when I’m asked about it. This isn’t for look. This isn’t for publicity or anything like that. This is for people that don’t have the voice. And this is for people that are being oppressed and need to have equal opportunities to be successful. To provide for families and not live in poor circumstances.  (Emphasis mine.)
And when asked what needed to change he answered:
There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality. There's people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable. People are being given paid leave for killing people. That's not right. That's not right by anyone's standards.  (Emphasis mine.)  Full transcript here.

Kaepernick may indeed be articulate, but alas, he’s a fool. Abraham Lincoln had it right: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

What makes Kaepernick a fool? The fact that he parrots the Black Lives Matter lies that black men in America are oppressed and are unable to provide for their families and escape poverty because of police brutality.

Black men may indeed be oppressed by the government, but it’s not in the way Kaepernick suggests. It’s by government welfare programs that destroy families and make unwed motherhood a viable choice. It’s by the education bureaucracy that walks in lockstep with teacher’s unions and keeps inner city children from getting a decent education. It’s the myriad labor regulations that make it inefficient for businesses to hire young black men with little experience and give them an entry into the working world. And the consequence of all of these government programs is that young black men do indeed have a difficult time escaping poverty and all too often are ending up dead… but it’s mostly not at the hands of police, but rather at the hands of other young black men.

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TOPICS: Politics; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: kaepernick; nfl; victimhood
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To: Starman417

This is the most privileged individual in the country. He belongs to two government-certified victim groups. In case of trouble, he can whip out whichever victim card he wants to, and cash in on his victim status.
He has double moral superiority over any White Christian. He can attack, assault and oppress any White Christian and get away with it.


21 posted on 08/29/2016 11:20:20 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: Starman417

Kaepernick is a muslim. End of discussion.


22 posted on 08/29/2016 11:31:14 AM PDT by bkopto
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To: mad_as_he$$

Sorry, Mr. L. James was one of the Four Douches at the ESPYs that were singing the same song as CK, just in a different key. Colin and the Four Douches can just take their SJW crap and stuff it where the sun doesn’t shine. The truth is not in them and they have no respect for the truth when they toss around Trayvon, Michael, et. al as the epitome of wronged innocents.

Shut up and play the game or get out in the real world with the rest of us that don’t have 7 and 8 figure contracts to play children’s games.


23 posted on 08/29/2016 11:36:36 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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An argument can be made that Kaepernick is guilty of oppression
against SF fans when he is on the field.

But being 49er fans they deserve it.


24 posted on 08/29/2016 11:39:53 AM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: V_TWIN

He’ll get cut all right, by a 350 pound defensive end at full speed with his head down.


25 posted on 08/29/2016 11:43:20 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: gigster

Colin... Isn’t that an Irish name?
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Not in this case.It was the last place his brain was at before it launched past his anal pore.


26 posted on 08/29/2016 11:46:39 AM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: Starman417
He may be articulate; but he is not wholly rational. His premises confuse cause & effect; he blindly accepts the ridiculous narrative that is behind the terrible crime patterns in many inner cities, by failing to recognize who is actually on whose side--blaming the Police, trying to provide safety to the law abiding, for the antics of those who lose their lives resisting necessary Police work.

In short, the faltering Quarterback's gobbling offers compelling argument for why it is so important, for the well being of those the confused Quarterback pretends to care about, that we elect Donald Trump in November.

27 posted on 08/29/2016 11:53:57 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: RayChuang88

He’ll be lucky if he still on the team. He has no talent and will use this new situation as his “out” to say they cut me because of politics.


28 posted on 08/29/2016 11:54:37 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: PGR88

Converted to muzzies in the off season and his fiance’ is some DJ that’s involved with BLM BS. He’s been radicalized. May need to be put on watch.


29 posted on 08/29/2016 11:55:30 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: shotgun
I really wonder would the 49ers actually consider cutting Kaepernick from the team before the game in San Diego this coming Thursday. "Kaep" has not played at training camp and in private, maybe already annoying the front office and coaching staff on the team.
30 posted on 08/29/2016 12:00:08 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Fireone

And take the American flag decal off the back of your helmet you douch ! Players wear that with American pride that you dont have. Oh thats right Goddell would have to fine you for being out of uniform. Not that he would want to. Garbage two face POS.


31 posted on 08/29/2016 12:00:36 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: RayChuang88

Was just listening to John Clayton on the radio and he said the Coach wants to keep him to develop him but Clayton pointed out how many special QB coaches he has already had and said he is done and combined with no respect in the locker room from the team, management is done with him.

He is virtually un-tradable because of that over blown contract they gave him ($11 million this year) and the Niner’s would have to be willing to eat that and push him off on some other team.


32 posted on 08/29/2016 12:09:44 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: T-Bird45
I know and I generally don't support “sports heroes” but there is no denying that James is trying to have a positive impact on the community with his own money - not being a whiney cry baby with a stupid gesture.
33 posted on 08/29/2016 12:12:14 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Poo poo the polls at Trump's peril.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

This is a very reassuring thread.


34 posted on 08/29/2016 12:22:46 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Starman417

35 posted on 08/29/2016 12:36:34 PM PDT by headless_thompson_gunner
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To: Talisker

Heard he had become one.

Was this all before or after everyone realized he sucked after all?

RBIII had more class than this when it was discovered that the running QB was NOT the wave of the future.


36 posted on 08/29/2016 12:46:38 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Starman417
49ers were 5-11 last season.

I hope they have the worst record in the NFL this season.

37 posted on 08/29/2016 1:22:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Starman417
49ers were 5-11 last season.

I hope they have the worst record in the NFL this season.

38 posted on 08/29/2016 1:22:45 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: All
FIRE KAP NOW!!!

#FireKapNow

39 posted on 08/29/2016 1:36:28 PM PDT by goldbux (When you're odd the odds are with you.)
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To: Starman417

BUSTED!

Picture dated Nov. 16, 2014. Him sitting down the other day was not about oppression or BLM or anything but his own laziness and disrespect.

40 posted on 08/29/2016 3:02:56 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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