05-25-2018, 10:17 AM
(05-25-2018, 10:08 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Which I get. But the reason to put such a public display on is to generate the conversation in the general public. It achieved something in that fund, and it did get some people talking about some good issues, but it didn't gain the traction it was intended to.
I agree. The problem was that it was so vague and poorly planned when it started. Kaepernick had no real goal for what had to be done in order for him to stop protesting. That allowed everyone who opposed him to claim he was protesting the wrong things or for the wrong reason.
If he had come out and said something like "I want an independent prosecutor appointed for all cases where a police officer is accused of misconduct.' we would not have all these people claiming "He encourages cop killers" and things like that.
