Posted on 07/02/2019 4:19:27 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
There is almost nothing to say about the fact that Nike recalled a patriotic American flag shoe after Colin Kaepernick complained. It is so self-evidently absurd and disgraceful — such a cowardly surrender to political correctness — that analysis is rendered moot.
Kaepernick reportedly felt that the flag — a Betsy Ross flag from the American Revolution — somehow represents slavery. Of course, if the American flag represents slavery, then every flag of every country 200 years old or over also represents slavery. Slavery was a universally accepted institution all across the world for thousands of years.
The one notable, though far from surprising, aspect of this story is how it finally exposes the truth behind Kaepernick's kneeling stunt. We were told for years that the kneelers were not protesting the flag — or the country or the national anthem, for that matter. A viral tweet with over 300,000 likes summed up this defense: "Rosa Parks was not protesting the bus. Gandhi was not protesting the food. The colonists were not protesting tea. Players are not protesting the flag or the anthem. They are protesting injustice."
Many in the media, including Shep Smith at Fox News, also made this claim. The NFL players themselves repeatedly declared that they were not protesting the flag, despite appearing to do exactly that. LeBron James, one of the highest-profile defenders of the anthem protests, tried to put a patriotic spin on it: "We know this is the greatest country in the world — it's the land of the free. But we still have problems just like everybody else. And when we have those problems, we have to figure out a way how we come together and be as great as we can be as a people."
Kaepernick, who started it all, said that he was trying to call attention to "police violence" and "systematic oppression." He and his fellow kneelers always insisted that this was not about the flag itself. Well, in case anyone was ever fooled by all of the misdirection, the truth should now be clear: It was indeed about the flag. It was always about the flag.
Colin Kaepernick does not like this country. That much is clear, by now. He is rich and famous and free — all things that he would not be if he lived in any number of other countries around the globe — but his privilege has made him bitter to his core. And he is free to be bitter. He is free to hate the United States and its flag and all it stands for. But he should be honest about where he really stands (or kneels) on the issue.
He should f***ing leave!
Yep, uh-huh.
F**k him he had his 15 minutes of fame, don’t buy Nike, ever.
Yeah but K got the biggest Afro ever on a half white dude. What kind of brother named Colin anyway?
Who the F cares. NIKE showed true colors.
My family is thrilled to lose Nike.
FILA is a MUCH better made shoe, and cheaper.
We love our shoes and there are so many other brands.
We have found that over the years NIKE got us used to crappy footwear.
Lose ‘em!
Gotta love them 4channers.
The doxed that guy that hit the old man on the head in hours.
Weaponized autism at its best
Yeah, the idiot liberal talk show hostess mentioned the OK sign and 4chan, but she was telling her audience that it was well know before 4chan started talking about it. This is what the liberal mouthpieces are doing to attempt to brainwash their audience.
COLIN KAEPERNICK IS THIS GENERATION’S CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, OLYMPIAN JOHN CARLOS SAYS
https://www.newsweek.com/colin-kaepernick-black-lives-matter-john-carlos-ali-709026
I've admired some of their past accomplishments like finding that flag that Liberal @$$whipe Shia LaBeouf kept hiding. That was some awesome detective work.
https://www.rt.com/viral/380338-4chan-capture-anti-trump-flag/
Yes, we need these guys out their f***ing with Liberals heads. They do the world a service.
They don't want people to believe they are really stupid enough to believe a trolling attempt, so they pretend it was a "White Power" symbol before 4chan trolled them on it.
It wasn't and they know it. This is just about saving face.
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