Kaepernick, the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has said this is his way of protesting the country’s oppressive treatment of black people. WBAL-TV in Baltimore reports City Councilman Brandon Scott placed his hands behind his back during the Pledge of Allegiance at Monday’s meeting and recited it with his head bowed. “No we don’t have a flawless union”. Other NFL players such as Kaepernick’s former teammate, Minnesota Viking’s Alex Boone, and New York Giants’ Victor Cruz, also disagreed with his decision to protest.
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Colin Kaepernick once more kneeled through the national anthem Monday night, as the 49ers prepared to go up against the Los Angeles Rams in their first regular season game.
Reid discussed that he is kneeling for the same reasons as Kaepernick, saying there are too many issues to pick one particularly, but the flooding in Louisiana has hit close to home for him.
While you may not be a fan of what he did, you can not say he committed a awful act which justifies the media firestorm into which he has been thrown.
Kaepernick also retweeted a picture purporting to show several members of a high school team, Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, MD, kneeling during the anthem.
Kid Rock has a history of flying confederate flags at his concerts and generally acting as a musical representative for patriotism, so his outburst is not the most surprising, but it does appear unwarranted considering Rock has made no other statements about Kaepernick’s involvement in the silent protest. “And I think our locker room is one of the places where guys can. they find a way to actually have a conversation about it as opposed to looking and having a preconceived notion of what does this mean and then kind of going their own separate ways”.
The protests also have provoked anger in some fans who see the gesture as disrespectful to the United States flag, the military and the nation in general. Like it or not, Kaepernick used the platform of escapist entertainment to demonstrate how sitting down is an effective way to take a stand. [That’s] why I’m doing this. Freedom of speech and protests are basic principles this country was founded upon – so how can we deny them to our citizens? There are peaceful sit-ins and non-violent protests that occur, however, all too often we hear about a protest that ends with buildings being burned, people being jailed or somebody losing their life.
The distraction is Kaepernick’s message.
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The 30-second teaser shows a number of familiar South Park characters standing to sing an alternative version of the national anthem dedicated to Kaepernick that starts out as a tribute before turning into a merciless piss-take.
