Posted on 08/29/2016 10:20:19 AM PDT by Starman417
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 hed been asked by management to tone down his comments he replied:
No. No ones tried to quiet me and, to be honest, its not something Im going to be quiet about. Im going to speak the truth when Im asked about it. This isnt for look. This isnt for publicity or anything like that. This is for people that dont 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, hes 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 its not in the way Kaepernick suggests. Its by government welfare programs that destroy families and make unwed motherhood a viable choice. Its by the education bureaucracy that walks in lockstep with teachers unions and keeps inner city children from getting a decent education. Its 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 its mostly not at the hands of police, but rather at the hands of other young black men.
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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.
Kaepernick is a muslim. End of discussion.
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.
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.
He’ll get cut all right, by a 350 pound defensive end at full speed with his head down.
Colin... Isnt 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is a very reassuring thread.
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.
I hope they have the worst record in the NFL this season.
I hope they have the worst record in the NFL this season.
#FireKapNow
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.
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