It is his constitutional right to express himself as he pleases.
But not standing for the National Anthem spits on all Americans. What a brain-dead low-life.
Stop buying tickets; don’t go to games
Since the NFL didn’t allow the Dallas Cowboys to put a sticker on their helmet or jersey honoring the fallen/murdered Dallas policemen; but support Kaepernick’s Constitutional freedoms, I guess it’s ok if the Cowboys just sit down on the bench to show their support during the anthem.
I hope the Frisco 49er’s lose every game they play as long as this a$$hole is on the team.
Meaningless gesture that will not go over well in San Diego. If he really cared, he’d actually do something productive to help right the wrongs he sees.
How can a muslim play football with a pig skin? Or do they not use an inflated pig’s bladder with a leather covering anymore?
This punk’s 15 minutes of fame are about over. Another pampered athlete who was never required to have a thought in his head makes a last grasp at relevance before he heads into a well-deserved obscurity. He will now be remembered as a punk, instead of just another failed quarterback.
I don't know much about San Diego fans but since it hosts a naval base I have to believe there are a lot of patriotic people there.
Yeah well they ought to let the doofus sit out the game as well
As someone posted—the coach or the NFL should leave him in the locker room until he is required to play.
No one wants to see this j*****s.
I don’t even watch football and this makes me angry.
I wonder how his adoptive family feels about this.
His family and his country gave him so many opportunities; this is how he shows his gratitude?
The NFL said “no” to the Dallas Cowboys putting a sticker on their helmets honoring the Dallas Police Officers murdered, but they let this useless a-hole disrespect the flag, and those who died protecting it, along with his right to play football.
Will ratings be up or down due to the extra free media exposure? That will tell you if the NFL cares.
FReegards
Hope his teammates choose not to sit in the “splash zone.”
Just take away his chair.
Yawn........another ANGRY and MISERABLE Black man.....yawn......I mean half Black man.....
Paid a guaranteed $61 Million dollar bonus. No wonder he can’t smile.
IF he gave all his money away, moved to the worst neighborhood in Chicago and dedicated his life to helping a single neighborhood improve I might give him some credit for putting his money where his mouth is. NEVER WILL HAPPEN.
Yawn........another ANGRY and MISERABLE Black man.....yawn......I mean half Black man.....
Paid a guaranteed $61 Million dollar bonus. No wonder he can’t smile.
IF he gave all his money away, moved to the worst neighborhood in Chicago and dedicated his life to helping a single neighborhood improve I might give him some credit for putting his money where his mouth is. NEVER WILL HAPPEN.
Oh yeah. And...
Eff You Colin Kaepernick.
I kinda agree with liberals on this.
It is his right to remain seated during the national anthem, protest the police and grip about his stupid complaints.
The part the liberals don’t understand. Everyone else has the right to protest Kapernick, critcize him and boycott him as well.
While he sits out, and disses our National Anthem, the opposing DEEfensive players will be painting a mental bullseye target on him. I foresee a tough game for the lad.
Anyone reading about this loser’s history would have to agree he certainly isn’t grateful for all the handouts he has been given in life. What a role model. Not!
Colin Kaepernick’s Clumsy Caper
Written by Laurie Higgins - Illinois Family Institute
Colin Kaepernick, NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has generated a dust-up over his refusal to stand during the “Star Spangled Banner.” Kaepernick said “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
While some “progressives” are defending his stunt, arguing that a verse of the National Anthem that is never sung—anywhere—has a racist message, Kaepernick didn’t mention the National Anthem, he referred to the flag.
For those who don’t know, Colin Kaepernick was adopted by a white family after his destitute, 19-year-old, white birth mother gave him up. His black biological father abandoned him and his mother before his birth. Kaepernick excelled at basketball, baseball, and football in high school and in addition to a football scholarship, he was offered multiple scholarships to play collegiate baseball. He has made millions playing for the NFL since 2011.
So, some questions for Kaepernick:
When you say the country, what exactly do you mean? The government? Every branch of government? Every department? Every elected official? The Constitution? Laws? Which laws? The police? Every police department? Every police officer? Teachers in government schools?
Does your assessment of the unworthiness of America include the sacrifices of soldiers who have given their lives to defend and protect people all around the world? Does it include men like my father who served and suffered during WWII? Does it include missionaries and medical personnel like Jim Elliot and Natalie Bullock who sacrificed the comforts you enjoy and sometimes their lives because they love people of color?
Could it be that the “country” that oppresses people of color is primarily constituted by Democrats?
• After all, it was Democrats who supported Jim Crow laws in the South.
• It was only 23 percent of Democrats in Congress who supported the passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, while 100 percent of Republicans supported it.
• It was Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• It’s Democrats who have been promoting policies and laws that have incentivized fatherless families, which has long been known to be the central cause of poverty and anti-social behavior.
• It was Democrats who through their demand that homoerotic unions be legally recognized as “marriages” have now institutionalized fatherless (and motherless) families.
• It’s Democrats who for decades have controlled virtually every major American city where schools are failing people of color and where crime destroys lives.
• It’s Democrats like Barack Obama who, while sending their children to elite, expensive private schools, deny school vouchers for inner city families of color whose children are instead forced into underperforming and dangerous schools. And it’s Democrats who protect teachers unions that enable terrible teachers to keep their jobs.
• It’s Democrats who support Planned Parenthood, the baby-killing machine that profits from the deaths of far more babies of color than colorless babies.
One of the many problems with public schools today is the imbalanced and dishonest way they address the entwined issues of race and American history. Leftist “agents of change” (also known comically as teachers) present a lopsided view of American history, emphasizing the injustices that mar America’s history while de-emphasizing America’s social and political progress and acts of justice and compassion that ignite the imaginations of oppressed peoples around the world. America undeniably has a troubling history with regard to race, but that’s not the whole story.
America also has a remarkable history of racial and ethnic integration and an admirable history of self-correction. Is there a country on the planet that has as successfully integrated as many diverse racial, ethnic, and religious groups as America? Is it possible to walk through a mall or a public school in America without seeing interracial couples or interracial, inter-ethnic groups of teenagers chatting and laughing together? Can you enter a church without seeing families that are multiracial by choice through adoption?
This is a country whose founding principles and documents have made possible the kind of social progress that enabled a biracial baby to be adopted by a white family and go on to earn millions. This is the country Kaepernick sees as “oppressive” and others see as a social and political marvel.
The American flag represents the greatest nation in history. It’s a country that countless people have died to defend or died in the attempt to arrive at its shores. While Kaepernick continues to publicly demonstrate his disappointment with our imperfect union, perhaps he could tell us which country’s flag he finds worthy of respect.