Anthem Protest Bengals

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(08-23-2017, 06:38 PM)Nately120 Wrote: it could be said that you are wrong on both counts.  

Sure, it could be said but that doesn't make it true.

Kaepernick stated he is protesting because the flag represents a country that "oppresses black people and people of color." That's just not true, not anymore. He also objected to the "people getting paid leave and getting away with murder." Clearly a reference to cops shooting black people. There is SOME truth to what he said about this, though it's not as cut and dried as he made it seem. Hence why I said it's "just not really true". Meaning there's SOME truth, but basically most of it isn't.


More importantly, his protesting of the anthem has done absolutely nothing to stop America from oppressing black people and people of color nor has it stopped cops from killing civilians.


That's not to say he hasn't done some good things since. I've heard he's made some generous donations to charitable organizations, but as I told a friend of mine this morning (who half of his Facebook posts are pro-Kaepernick stories), as a celebrity, Kaep has to recognize he cannot just do a simple act of protest because, like it or not, it's going to end up being about him and not his cause and I think that goes for pretty much all celebrities.