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There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

You have to wonder about his thinking. Do we go from accusation directly to punishment? Are all police automatically guilt when a person of color is shot? I say police as police aren usually are always placed on paid leave after a shooting. The 6 police officers in Baltimore recently received their back pay after the fraudulent charges were dismissed. Certainly not "paid leave" but one of the most recent examples. Perhaps he's taken a page from Mosby's book when she talked about not being able to force a jury trial.

Were he on trial I'm sure he'd have an expensive "dream team" of lawyers to get him off. He'd want judgement by the law not emotion. However, that's not something allowed the police.

My opinion is that he's seen the future. His football career is over. He'll be replaced. Now he'll become a professional victim blaming others for his inabilities.

Why does that ignorant jackwit still have a job? Idiotic bastard makes 19 million a year for running around with a little fucking ball and he's "oppressed". You're not oppressed, idiot, but you are an idiot, in a big way.

Fire his fucking ass and let him try dealing with the real world.

Just another Tatted up thug that can't put a coherent sentence together. Fire his ass. I wouldn't watch this sorry SOB play if he was in front of my house.

Yeah, in the words of Doc Holliday in Tombstone, "Let's have a spelling contest!!"

The values of this society are seriously screwed up to give 19 million dollars a year to that.

One look at Kaepernick's Twitter page and it reveals an individual who's not very focused on his job.
https://twitter.com/kaepernick7?lang=en
He wants to come across as deep, thoughtful and insightful, the reality: he's a FORMER starting QB, getting paid starter money who was beaten out by a failed player from another team.

His career continues in a downward trajectory and he's now created a distraction for the team he once was considered a leader of. His preseason so far has been more focused by creating distractions through poorly thought out actions, and less on his inability to secure a position in his profession. He may think he's got much to loose by taking a 'controversial stand' however, he seems to have forgotten he's no longer a leader on the team, he's a backup and he's still recovering from an injury. AND, that contract isn't guaranteed.


Looks like the foolish are lining up to follow the foolish:
Myke Tavarres plans to sit out national anthem Thursday

Last year he converted to Islam.

He strikes me as a drooling moron whose mind allows processing of only simple concepts and manages to get them wrong anyway.

The NFL gives millions of dollars a year to truly stupid people, and some of those people are indignant about it. Yeah, poor baby. I see your plight.

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Originally posted by Yellow Jacket:
Well, if he thinks he is so oppressed by the United States of America, he is welcome to renounce his citizenship and move his sorry self to some other country.

I agree, but with two provisions:

1. He loses all those millions he is earning,

2. He is prevented from EVER returning here.

How does this idiot explain how exploited he is when he is taking millions to the bank every year?

Why doesn't someone ask this genius where he invests in black/oppressed/underprivileged youth with all his money?

Surely he puts his money where his mouth/ass is on a regular basis.

I would almost guarantee this clown is in debt up to his eyeballs after all the benefiting he has done with his pocketbook to those black/oppressed/underprivileged youth he cares so much about.

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or he hasn't spent a plug nickel on "the cause"

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Originally posted by SigMaverick:
Why doesn't someone ask this genius where he invests in black/oppressed/underprivileged youth with all his money?

Surely he puts his money where his mouth/ass is on a regular basis.

I would almost guarantee this clown is in debt up to his eyeballs after all the benefiting he has done with his pocketbook to those black/oppressed/underprivileged youth he cares so much about.
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or he hasn't spent a plug nickel on "the cause"

You make a good point.

I read an article a while back re the goodly portion of pro athletes who file for bankruptcy not many years after the retire. IIRC NFL players led the major pro sports both in terms of the highest portion who file for bankruptcy, and the shortest time after retirement when they file.

I agree with other posts indicating this is likely his excuse, to blame others, for his pending demise.

This is not a hero.

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Originally posted by SigMaverick:
Why doesn't someone ask this genius where he invests in black/oppressed/underprivileged youth with all his money?

Surely he puts his money where his mouth/ass is on a regular basis.

I would almost guarantee this clown is in debt up to his eyeballs after all the benefiting he has done with his pocketbook to those black/oppressed/underprivileged youth he cares so much about.

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or he hasn't spent a plug nickel on "the cause"

It would be interesting to see what causes he does back financially. As for Collin personally, he was born to a single mother (father out of the picture prior to birth) who gave him up for adoption. He grew up in a very affluent family in Turlock, CA. The Kaepernicks are a very prominent in the dairy & cheese industry in CA. His background growing up doesn't fit with the story of racial oppression (as far as I know of it). I would certainly like to know how much he's contributed these past years, to charities for the underprivileged. I hope he has. He certainly doesn't need it for himself.

When Kaepernick puts on the uniform, he represents the 49ers and the NFL. If they let him get away with it, then they condone it.

Actually, he never said he was repressed. He's speaking out on behalf of the others who he can't identify or back up with stats or proof of the repression.

I mean if The Man was so repressive, how in the world was he and others similarly situated able to play pro ball?

as far as I'm concerned he can be oppressed all the way to the unemployment line.

I sure hope he blew everything he earned up until now

that would be so nice to have him return to his 'roots'

Betcha he screams when they release him.

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Originally posted by ulsterman:
Betcha he screams when they release him.

He will be cut. Not because he didn't/won't stand, but because his skills are diminished. I think he knew this, and started this non-stand protest so that when he is cut, he'll claim it's because of his protest and then be viewed as a martyr.

He's an asshole.