(September 28, 2017 at 9:52 am)mh.brewer Wrote:(September 28, 2017 at 9:01 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'd imagine that when it comes to Kaepernick's motivations, he's the authority.
I agree. However, I don't think bringing the flag/anthem into to mix is helping his position for protest of "oppression of people of color and ongoing issues with police brutality". Here's why. Most of the unthinking people will hear/think he's saying fuck all of america (did I hear that somewhere?) and not just fuck what's wrong with/in america. Unthinking Trump is a great example basically stating that Kaep is unamerican which is completely not true. He's more american by protesting.
What's happened after that? Now the conversation has devolved into the right to protest, an attack on football/sports and a silly tradition. I haven't heard much about police brutality lately, have you? Oppression of people of color is still in the debate but has been diluted by this love it or leave it crap over the flag. To me it feels like this has become more about support the individuals right to protest (which is good in and of itself) and less stop oppression of people of color.
Just my opinion.
The same attacks, and dilution, happened with BLM, with the hippies and civil-rights activists in the 60s, etc etc. It's the American way, and it doesn't really matter which arena or modality Kaepernick had chosen. Not his fault the public are so easily misled.
