As much as I am loathe to give an idiot more free press than they deserve, I don't believe my readership numbers will have much of an impact on the story. So by now you've heard more than you care to of the story of the Big Time Football Star using his celebrity as a Bully Pulpit. What more can be said, really?
Well, I am of the opinion that he has a right to protest by sitting during the National Anthem. We all have a right to freedom of expression. That right does not require that the person exercising it have any facts straight, or even any point to make. Which in this case is fortunate.
Since it is his right to protest, he should not be criticized for doing so. However, there is plenty of criticism to go around about not having a reason to complain. It's not like he knows the pain of struggling. Colin Kaepernick was adopted by a loving family after his father abandoned him and his mother. As a youth he had a gigantic pet tortoise. Let's face it, he had more money than me before he ever started playing football.
So, we will assume at least a middle class upbringing. Not exactly a kid who could possibly relate to the street life. I would add to this, that his making a judgement of every American, based on the actions of a few police officers, makes him more bigoted than those few police officers. In fact, given that the stories that made the news almost exclusively exonerate said police officers (outside the city limits of Chicago, of course) One could assume he is either ill informed or...
He is the type of immature tool that was despondent over not being in the news lately for his, played-out, signature touchdown display, and felt the need to do something to draw attention to himself. It is also the right (obligation) of his employer, and the National Football League, to fine him for his silliness.
Hell, if he were in the NHL, NBA or MLB he would be fined, and possibly suspended. Why do we tolerate so much bad behavior from football players? I mean really, at least he's not in the news for rape, domestic abuse, or substance abuse.
Sp while I will defend his right to be an immature, ill-informed, protesting moron; I would remind him that there are better ways to make a point.
