Posted on 08/27/2016 9:54:56 AM PDT by Baladas
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he refused to stand during the national anthem Friday due to his views on the country's treatment of racial minorities.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media after Friday's game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
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"The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony,"
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This is not gonna end well for Colin...
Dont consider it nonsense. I enjoy watching it.
What an incredibly broad comment about All professional sports.
A little out there too, to tell the truth.
Says the American millionaire.
Of course after he pisses it all away on Escalades, hoes and bling, that too will be America’s fault.
Idiot. His erratic play lost me but his attitude here has totally lost me.
I just check his bio. He looks white.
Dip shit.
He is a POS.
Just called BLM a terrorist organization and told Colin and the NFL to go #### themselves.
We need our voice to be heard on twitter too but the leftists make me sick.
Asked the white posters if they live i ghettos to help out.
Will let you know if i get any responses.
Well, you enjoy making these thugs and rapists millionaires then. I can gladly do without it.
I just checked his bio. He looks white.
What do use to sop of the drool as you sit there like a mushroom watching millionaires earn their Escalades, hoes and bling?
Thug.
Pat Tillman.
“Does anyone remember when athletes gave up their jobs and joined the service? Ted Williams did it twice.”
Pat Tillman
He’s a pretend thug, he’s an attention whore.
So a baby gets abandoned by his black father before the child is even born, then later gets adopted and raised by a white couple, then grows up to be a multi-millionaire only to bad mouth the country that made him a wealthy hero figure. Yet another reason to hate the 49ers, though to be honest there was no shortage in the first place.
Yes, those Indian store owners have got to stop the oppression.
I heard the expression as "perfumed prince."
I forget who said it. Rumsfeld? Priceless either way.
I’ve been a 49ers fan all my life and that’s a long damn time. I stayed with them even when my home town got a team, the colts. Even when they kept kapernick and let gore go. Well this is it. 40 years wasted. Go colts!
lets talk disadvantage here....being a little overweight 5’4 white woman of age I’VE NEVER BEEN OFFERED ANY CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE NFL AND MAKE MILLIONS.....I’m being discriminated against, not this half white air head...
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