Nike and Kentucky
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That’s your opinion. I didn’t say anything about “outrage”. Thats your word not mine. Do you really not think CK has made himself much more relevant and financially enhanced with this move? Again, I don’t care where he ends up in history. What I said is don’t tell me he sacrificed all or really much of anything. Unless you mean trading another year as a backup QB and irrelevance for where he is now. He is still rich and he is the hero of the liberal elite like yourself. Meanwhile more bodies of first responders and soldiers come home under the flag the liberals love to burn and spit on. If CK wore a MAG shirt instead of one supporting FC or socks making fun of illegal immigrants instead of police officers, does he still get your praise? Of course not, because it isn’t about anything he is protesting. He wasn’t even clear about what he was protesting himself. It is simply the fact he is protesting that makes him the liberal cult hero he is. Nothing has changed because it isn’t anything that can change. Liberals embrace the victim me mentality. Sadly for them, Accountability is a real *****. And that is what history has and always will show.
Conservatives do not have a monopoly on patriotism. Believe it or not some who have paid the ultimate sacrifice would stand with these players.
The real fake news is his NFL lawsuit was allowed to continue.
Colin Kaepernick Defeats NFL’s Bid to Dismiss Collusion Lawsuit
Colin Kaepernick Defeats NFL’s Bid to Dismiss Collusion Lawsuit
Dude, all the stories stem from the same episode. The columnist was butt-hurt because he didn't condemn Castro, Kaepernick kept telling him that it wasn't about Castro but Malcolm X. The false narrative is that he was fond of Castro. At no time did Kaepernick make that claim.
If YOU haven't figured it out yet, black people are not the only people who are "brutalized" when they fail to comply with the officers instructions. Black people are NOT the only people shot by police either. White people are shot more often. You are in denial and delusional toward the truth because you are either too stupid to see the actual truth, OR, you just have and axe to grind for some reason.
They are free to protest on their own time and their own dime just like the rest of us are. There is a political forum here for the same reason. People don't go to games, or come to this forum, to discuss politics.
Your personal rights end when you sign a contract to represent another entity. They have accepted millions of dollars to be part of an association and not an individual. The Federal government has no right to stipulation, but their employer does.
Then you deserve what you get. If a cop asks for your ID you give it. He or she has the authority in that situation. Not you.
Meh..Kap is doing what he feel he needs to do...I stand for the pledge because that’s what a I want to do. Doesn’t affect or offend my patriotism one iota.
However you feel about this controversy, one thing that is undeniable is that the nfl and Nike are going to suffer greatly by pissing on middle American values. They think they can flourish by catering to the coast mentality, but those are not strongholds of football and hold less brand loyalty than the "flyover states" NFL ratings and attendance are plummeting. They thought they were invincible and could be bankrupt in 10 years.
Statistics can be manipulated any way you want.
For example, the is a correlation between education level and the commission of violent crimes. Black males are statistically the least educated races/gender combination. Hence, black males are killed by copsat a higher rate because they commit the most violent crimes.
Is this racist, or is it stats?
I am sure that CK is benefiting from this Nike move, why shouldn't he? He had no power to force Nike to do anything, they chose him.
I am always amused that right wingers think they have a monopoly on patriotism. Spoiler alert: You don't. It is also funny/sad how they like to preach about honoring our vets and police but they had no problem spitting on the grave of John McCain who sacrificed greatly for his country because he challenged their precious orange clown in the White House.
There are plenty of those veterans that proudly stand up and support CK. Two of my best friends from high school are both West Point graduates, one served 8 years, the other 20 years and they fully support him and his right to protest. Please spare me the holier than thou attitude because you ain't.
Look dickwad, your orange leader made this an issue. The week prior to him calling NFL players SOBs there was a total of 6 players kneeling. It was no longer being discussed and out of the news. Orange man needs to manufacture something for his clown followers to be upset about so he poured gas on the fire.
I'll answer your question with one of my own. Had any Democrat made the comments about John McCain that IQ45 made heads would have exploded. Why no outrage?
He wore a shirt with Castro on it. He also said, quote, “One thing Fidel Castro did do is they have the highest literacy rate because they invest more in their education system than they do in their prison system, which we do not do here even though we’re fully capable of doing that.”
Put any GOPer in a shirt with Reagan shaking hands with David Duke and have them say “I’m wearing this to support Reagan’s openness to other ideas, not Duke...but still, Duke has great ideas to bolster the economy.” I’m sure you’d react the same
This may be the best post I’ve read on here. Ever. Sadly, it will be followed with, “well, what about black people doing this or that”.
No it will be followed by "those statements were purely anecdotal and abject dumbassery." Nice revisionist history. So cocaine was given a cursory glance and considered an inappropriate vice needing treatment? No. An administration devoted endless resources to stopping the influx of the drug inside our borders.
It's easy to promote an agenda when you just ignore facts/stats and instead rely on your limited "experiences."
This dude flies a rebel flag. Sees nothing wrong with it, is offended by a guy taking knee during the anthem. Amoral I tell ya.
Next time you go to a sporting event, check out the people in line at concessions or walking around before the game when the anthem starts. 75% or so can't be bothered to pay attention to the anthem.
Hypocrisy at it's finest when it comes to this issue.
Hypocrisy at it's finest when it comes to this issue.
So what do you think are the reasons black men are statistically the least educated. Tou have to examine the institution racism that still exist. Black men being incarcerated for petty weed positions while white boy from the suburbs goes free with a ticket. Fatherless homes due to this incarceration. Access to public education that is of quality. Wage gap between races. It's not a simple as they are not educated. There are systemic issues that are deeper than that all propagated by institutional racism. I would be interested to see how many of you who think Kaepernick is disrespecting the flag and vets, support flying the Confederate flag as if it is not disrespectful to fly the flag of a rebel faction of a nation that committed treason in separating and declaring war with the US.
Ask these fake Patriots about Russia interfering in our election and watch how quick they defend, deflect, minimize, "what about" it. This is about their tribal politics and nothing else.
More people are killed by gang violence in a week versus the number killed by police in a year, why aren’t they protesting that? Is it really about black lives, or is it about a political agenda? I think it is the latter. Millionaires protesting about anything has no credibility at all. I hope the NFL goes broke, then what will all those protestors do, get a job at CNN or MSNBC?
Many NFL players have beaten their wives and girlfriends, why are they not protesting that? You bought the lie, many of us didn’t.
He joined something he hated and gave his life for it? GTFO of here with that crap.
So weed and Jail is why there’s so many fatherless homes in the black community?
“One thing Fidel Castro did do is they have the highest literacy rate because they invest more in their education system than they do in their prison system, which we do not do here even though we’re fully capable of doing that,” Kaepernick said.
Beyond the fact that none of that is true, those were his comments in August, 2016 while wearing a t-shirt that featured Malcolm X and Castro. If you think that wearing a Castro shirt while you're speaking out against oppression and complimenting his educational policy and prison system makes sense I'm not sure what to tell you. Castro ran one of the most oppressive regimes in modern times.
He said it, pure and simple, and no amount of revisionist history will change that.
As for the writer being butt-hurt, do yourself a favor and read up on Cuba and the horrors the people there faced. You want a pity party for a multi-millionaire that couldn't get his "agenda" straight and distracted from his own cause with multiple stupid acts and comments but tough **** for the people in Cuba who were terrorized by a dictator like Castro. Good grief!
If it's about police brutality than why is the slogan "sacrifice everything"? Why is the face of the campaign someone who hasn't ever came close to "sacrificing everything"?
This has nothing to do with race. Typical democrat turning everything into racism even where it doesn't exist.Look at the congressional district boundaries in a state like Alabama---- With a non-partisan map Alabama goes from being a red state to a toss up REALLL quick. But the institutions systemically draft district lines that facilitate a partisan desired effect.
But institutionalized racism doesn't exist.... yeahhhhh okay
To be educated the person being educated has to be invested too mmkay? You think inner city school kids’ parents give 2 chits about their kids education or is their reproduction merely a way to get more government assistance
What’s wrong with a rebel flag ? I thought political stunts were supposed to make people uncomfortable unless it is libs being made uncomfortable then it is hate or bullying. Die libs
Institutional racism is made up. Denying a person a job becuz there needs to be more blacks is institutional racism. Find proof of it it don’t give me this “ oh it runs deeper than that “ ********
I am 100% positive Nike is not concerned with that target audience.
And seriously, there is nothing that screams I am old and white than wearing New Balance sneakers.
Nothing screams being woke and black like robbing people with a gun over Nike shoes too then when they do and kill someone over it you say we have a prison problem, lmao you brain dead choad
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Do you think it is normal for people to shoot each other over shoes