Translation: All of the subtext of the following quote is 100% accurate, but you shouldn’t write it anyways... “Never have so many Red Sox fans felt so conflicted.”

Yes. This is how debate works. If you say something that is racist or racist-adjacent you need to clarify your position. I’m not making up arbitrary rules here...this is pretty much how things have been debated for millenia.

This is a convenient shift from the abstract conversation that was going on. You dumbfuck.

You seem offended by Kaepernick’s opinion. And offer absolutely no reason why.

tl:dr No...really I didn’t read it.

Yes. Clearly the problem is that people don’t care about the action Kaepernick took.

On this issue...yes, they would.
If he were doing it to support 9/11 first responders...maybe, but the convo would be a lot calmer either way.

The issue isn’t JUST that Kaepernick is black. It’s that the issue itself is one of race.

But what if your assumption that white people can’t criticize is wrong? You never addressed that. Funny that you wouldn’t have considered that.

You’re framing this (I think unintentionally/subconsciously) in an unfair way.

Your premise is that all opposition to folks like these GMs goes like this:
I disagree, therefore you’re a racist.

“I think it’s at least somewhat fair to criticize Kaepernick for the manner in which he brought this topic up.”

Nope. If you say a racist thing, you’re a racist.
If someone protests racism, and you disagree with him, you’re a racist.

If he isn’t literally saying the N-word with a southern accent, it’s not racism.

Meh. If it looks like a duck, and waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck....It’s probably a duck.
If you take a stance against the guy who is against racism...what conclusion am I supposed to draw? That you’re against racist policies, just not enough to support ending them? How does that work?

The “trumpian dodge” is calling someone a fuckface. And then when you got called out on it...claiming you were being sarcastic, with no evidence prior to that claim (except your ‘unbiased’ word) that it was not genuine. How convenient. You’ve never seen Trump do this?

Translation: It’s okay if I do it, guys. Because I’m smarter than you. And I’m doing it for the right reasons.

Anything I disagree with is inherently disrespectful. Just give me a minute to think of a reason why.

“But basically the noise = black guy has unpopular opinion, people get irrationally upset”

“Sorry my take isn’t to just join in on being a jerk.”

That’s a downright Trumpian dodge.

When we decided to over-correct for the horrible treatment Vietnam’s soldiers got.