Posted on 08/27/2016 2:14:43 PM PDT by Beave Meister
“I understand Kaepernick’s intention, however I disagree with his means. His NBA counterparts protested the same ideas in a way that neither hurt the country, nor ignored the ideals that people of color have fought and died which; ideals represented by the symbolism of the American Flag and words of the National Anthem.
As a member of a national organization, reaping the benefits of a country that apparently oppresses people who look like him, his argument is thin on a personal level.
Doing what Dwayne Wade and company did at a game opener to support BLM, or making a public verbal statement as Carmelo Anthony did, or even a written statement as Michael Jordan did are all more appropriate acts of protest.
He could write his congressman, he could petition, he could picket, he could join the service and actually fight for the rights he seems to think are not offered to him; his sitting through the National Anthem was a lazy lack of will and brain power.”
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Ok i need to repent...when I heard this I thot why not him instead of Tony Romo...but tell me am I the only one of you FREEPERS who had that thought cross my mind?
right..
Well best regards 49ner’s you might have an intresting year....to say the least.
Freegards
LEX
Disgraceful.
I like your fire and boldness, but you said W*Ps, not me.
I haven’t heard that description of Italians in a long time.
Stay strong!
Hmmm. Do you suppose this snowflake would even recognize oppression if it smacked him upside the head. Aren’t ticket prices to Levi stadium a form of oppression? The down and out sure can’t afford to go see kap make a mill or so per game. IF they keep him. Of course he’ll still get his pay check regardless. Maybe chip kelley should have a word with him. “How to lose fans and piss people off.”
Ah, when there’s 350k of us on a small Island, and another 100k Irish, you’d be surprised the words that still get thrown around on the Island :)
The good thing is it’s now in jest and not hatred.
The Raiders like to pick up strays, maybe they'll give him a shot.
He needs to donate ALL HIS MONEY to the BLM!!!!!STAT!!
Any viewer who can't figure out what the NFL will do is pretty naive.
Fire his butt and see how he likes unemployment.
The US of A does not oppress anybody. There are, however, corrupt individuals, who do. Don’t disrespect my country, flag or anthem. Vote the corrupt slime out.
If you have not respect for the anthem, then you deserve no respect from my or other Americans.
Nothing. He has pigment protection.
Standing up for the oppressed? You mean oppressed white males between the ages of 18 and 65? Those oppressed people? Who knew?
He just flipped off all the SF fans!!!
Kaepernick says he’s standing up for the oppressed by sitting during anthem...????
Baloney!.. Just because he’s of African-American and European descent, raised by white parents who adopted him as an infant..........is no reason not to honor THIS nations flag ..the country that made it possible for his success..
How much money has he donated and done for the so called oppressed?
NFL says standing during National Anthem is optional.
The NFL will cancel the Anthem so it won’t offend anyone.
I don't know, but I would guess nothing. 😖😩
Unfortunately true, but coaches like Mike Ditka and Vince Lombardi would have pulled him up by his ears to a standing position!!!
No nfl games for this family his year.
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