Disgraceful.
Colin Kaepernick is one of the most divisive players to have ever played in the NFL, on the back of his stance against police brutality last year, and his refusal to stand during pre-game national anthems as a result.
Criticism rained down on the former San Francisco 49ers Quarterback for his actions, but he also won support aplenty from fellow athletes and onlookers for his social justice stance.
The 29-year-old is currently unemployed because of his actions, however, and NFL clubs are reluctant to touch him because of the publicity that his protests attract.
Speak out and you’re damned, so it goes.
Kaepernick is one of the most courageous sports stars in the world, and should be lauded for not accepting what others know is wrong, but keep their mouths shut anyway.
Instead, despite being one of the best quarterbacks in the game, he doesn’t have a club.
US president Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in Alabama on Friday night when he took declining NFL TV ratings to task, going on to claim that the lack of physicality in the game was a reason for this.
Then he turned his attention to the Milwaukee man’s tendency to kneel during national anthems, and without mentioning by name, referred to him as a “son of a bitch.”
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL Owners, when someone disrespects our flag to say, ‘get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired, he’s fired,” Trump said to the crowd.
https://twitter.com/nick_ramsey/status/911391835888726017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Ftrump-takes-veiled-shot-son-b-kaepernick-speech-article-1.3514708
“You know, some owner is going to do that. He’s gonna say, ‘that guy disrespects our flag, he’s fired.’ And that owner, they don’t know it. They don’t know it. They’re friends of mine, many of them. They don’t know it. They’ll be the most popular person for a week. They’ll be the most popular person in the country.”
It really is amazing just how brainwashed Trump’s following is, and many of them were celebrating these comments like they were gospel, just like his own son was.
Love this: @realDonaldTrump on NFL players disrespecting our flag/anthem: "get that son of a bitch off the field right now – YOU'RE FIRED!"
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 23, 2017
There are still sane people out there, and Kaepernick’s mother Teresa spoke of her pride at her son’s actions, as did many more.
A nation is people, not a symbol. A protest for the eradication of racism that violates millions of those people is not disrespect. https://t.co/yeeRG4hAEz
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) September 23, 2017
Smh & all because @Kaepernick7 is exercising his right as an American citizen to protest.
— Bishop Sankey (@BishopSankey) September 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/B4IleaveU/status/911436659907948544
The war goes on.
