San Francisco Forty-Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the national anthem
BarkGrowlBite | August 29, 2016
Born to a white mother and absentee black father, Colin Kaepernick was adopted by a white family. During his high school years Kaepernick excelled in baseball. football and basketball. He is now the starting quarterback of the NFL’s San Francisco Forty-Niners.
During the pre-season games, Kaepernick has refused to join his teammates in standing while the national anthem is played. He explains:
“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. 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.”
It seems obvious that Kaepernick is talking about the police getting away with murder.
What an ungrateful asshole. This country has rewarded him, a half-black man, with a multi-million dollar salary for playing games. If this country oppressed people of color as he claims, Kaepernick would be lucky to have a job digging ditches.
I say, pay off the ungrateful asshole's $9 million contract and throw him out of the NFL!
Unfortunately that’s not going to happen. 49ers coach Chip Kelly says his quarterback has the right as a citizen to protest by not standing during the playing of the national anthem and he does not intend to take any action against Kaepernick.
The NFL released a statement saying, “Players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the national anthem.” Encouraged, my ass … they should be required to stand!
Yes, Kaepernick has the right to express himself freely, but free expression can have unwanted consequences. Obviously, there are no consequences in the NFL when a player dishonors our great nation and calls our cops murderers.
Fuck Colin Kaepernick, Chip Kelly, the Forty-Niners and the National Football League! God Bless America!
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