It’s a pretty simple symbolic protest - the National Anthem doesn’t mean the same thing to him as it does to you. Acknowledge that black people experience this country and its history different than you do takes a bit more of an informed perspective.

“And who’s the arbiter of what’s legitimate?”
“Their causes may be similar, but Colin Kaepernick is not Rosa Parks, and his protest is not hers.”

Not an argument.

Citation need. Also: Exponentially more lives were saved by putting American military abuses and actions without consequences under scrutiny.

By calling a legitimate protest “arrogant.”

My point is that it’s ignorant to literally ignore how the struggle has actually manifested. Was she asleep during the Civil Rights movement when white moderates preferred black people sit in the back of the bus?

Such a terrible shame to lock up and terrorize a woman who uncovered war crimes and changed the course of history on the United States’ illegal war in Iraq.

Well done Brendan

should’ve ran for president.

Seriously though, it’s not like this headline isn’t on the cover of ESPN.com right now.

There is no debate - political progress has always followed acts of dissent and protest.

Are you denying the Civil Rights Movement happened? Or just its impact?

But those developments did not happen in a vacuum. Political movements are what ushered these cases to the purview of the Supreme Court. The government response in each of these cases was long overdue.

The question you’re asking is the same question MLK’s archetypal “white moderate” was asking in the 1960s. During that time it was difficult to see how the Civil Rights Movement transformed the course of history, but it created the political capital to enact real changes. In any case, that didn’t matter - activists…

It’s ignorant to literally ignore how the struggle has actually manifested. Was she asleep during the Civil Rights movement when white moderates preferred black people sit in the back of the bus?

Agree.

If she truly believes that, she’s ignorant about the course of American history, including history during her own tenure as Supreme Court on on social justice issues such as gay rights.

Lol but I like the spirit of his comment. “Why don’t you just be quiet and donate the money the white man gave you.”

And the movement has made considerable gains on issues like mandating cameras, allowing public dissemination of police actions, and even forced more indictments, if not convictions of police who engage in illegal conduct.

Jesus Christ, people are being ridiculous here - yes, when mainstream, beloved public figures take principled stands, it increases the reach of a movement, and provokes more discussion. Kaepernick’s protest has been wildly successful.