ATHLETIC ASSHOLES

[HairOfTheDog]

What does he know about black oppression? He's half white and was raised by two white parents in suburbia.

Bingo.

I agree with you on this one.

Wearing socks with 'pig cops' at practice, growing out a giant Afro.

Guaranteed, if he were the starter this year, he would not be doing what he's doing.

He's probably trying to get the Niners to cut him to be honest.

Well...as always, I'm sure your your black friends Glen and Lamar, along with Gunnar's black adopted sister, will agree with you both that such a protest against perceived racial discrimination is silly.

Kaepernick has been speaking out against police brutality and discrimination towards people of color in the criminal justice system for quite some time. And, even if he'd never experienced discrimination personally, he would still have the capacity to understand and protest it, and every right to do so.

But, he is in fact on record sharing his experiences about having been treated with suspicion as a mixed-race/black child of white parents.

The pig cop socks were juvenile and dumb, in my opinion. But, it was his way of mocking rogue cops who he perceives to be a danger to people of color and a danger to good cops like the ones in his family, according to his statement.

Sitting out the anthem wasn't even noticed the first couple of times he did it. Then, when it was noticed and he explained the rationale behind his protest, the effin' Santa Clara Police Union threatened not to work 49ers' games unless he apologized -- that's way more juvenile and dumb than the pig cop socks. Police trying to oppress freedom of speech/expression in retaliation for a protest against police oppression -- derp.

Even more hypocritical than the police union's threats are the reactions of some football fans who, during the national anthem, boo and tweet their protest of Kaepernick's failure to respect the national anthem. DERP.

I was glad to see the Santa Clara police chief quickly declare that his force would of course work the games as usual, regardless of Colin's protest and the union's idiotic threat.

I was also glad to see a lot of veterans of all colors defending Kaepernick because, they say, they fought to guarantee Americans' rights to non-violent freedom of speech and expression, regardless as to whether they agree with the content of the non-violent speech and expression.

Anyway, even though he's ONLY half black, I agree with President Obama that it's Kaepernick's right to protest and some good can come from further discussion about the problems he's protesting. Kaepernick is far from the first black athlete to use silent protest on the job in attempt to affect social change.

So, MS, why do you question Kaepernick's sincerity? If he gets cut from the 49ers over this protest controversy, do you think that will somehow help him get picked up by another team? Or, do you think he's lazy and just wants to collect his guaranteed $11 million and not play ball at all?