Even if every other player in the league followed Kaepernick’s lead, and sat during the anthem at every game for the rest of the season, the end result of that would be?. “These were champions for freedom, equality and justice for all humans beings, and they were educated individuals that used their education and knowledge to represent their case”, Brown said. After all, this is America, and honestly, how dare you use rights guaranteed under the First Amendment to disagree with someone? “But there’s plenty of other ways that you can do that in a peaceful manner that doesn’t involve being disrespectful to the American flag”. “I think it’s a awful thing”. Obviously, anytime you don’t stand during the national anthem, people are going to criticize it.
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“I disagree. I wholeheartedly disagree”, Brees told ESPN. “I don’t respect the motivation or the action”, said Harbaugh, who coached Kaepernick with the San Francisco 49ers.
Donald Trump’s entire presidential campaign is based around the idea that the United States is a broken and troubled place in dire need of fix – thus his slogan “Make America great again”. “There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder”. “If we have these real conversations that are uncomfortable for a lot of people”. You know they treat them a certain way.
Remember when he kicked off his presidential campaign by bemoaning the fact that China is so much better than the US at delivering infrastructure (“They have bridges that make the George Washington Bridge look like small potatoes”)?
Kaepernick further explained his stance following the game, telling reporters he can’t support a country that continues to oppress African Americans and people of color. “It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens”. And that needs to change. There are people who still treat people of color with subjectivity. They categorize and they put them in a certain category. “He’s within his rights and he’s telling the truth as he sees it”, Brown said in an interview with NFL Total Access on Monday.
“This stand wasn’t for me, this stand wasn’t because I feel like I’m being put down, in any kind of way, this is because I’m seeing things happen to people that don’t have a voice, people that don’t have a platform to talk and have their voices heard, and affect change”.
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“Like, I could shed a tear every time the national anthem plays if I would allow myself because it’s that powerful”.
