I’m not sure that’s a fair metric for the issue he is protesting. A better one would be did he bring attention to the issue in a venue it is usually ignored? (or, to put more bluntly: did he create earned media coverage on his issue?) In that case, he won.

I’d say forcing a large segment of the population to see football players as black, brown, and white men rather than just vessels of football-playing entertainment is a positive step.

Progress? The cops ended up backing down to him. I’d say that’s progress.

His goal was to bring attention to the issue. Despite a loud chorus of opposition from the usual suspects, he stayed firm and others joined in.

Victory for Kaepernick, to me anyway, is that the conversation is coming to an arena (no pun intended, actually, yes, intended) where subjects like race relations/discrimination are still relatively taboo. And as long as he and other players are kneeling/sitting/raising a fist, the conversation is going to be had. He…

Yes, you can say he’s won. On a personal level, he’s satisfied his moral imperative to stand up (or kneel) for what he believes to be the right thing. On a societal level, we are writing and talking and thinking about the issue more than before he started doing this. In a democratic society, change most often happens…

What is “winning” in this case? I don’t think Kaepernick would have thought in his wildest dreams that one guy sitting during the national anthem would have led, directly, to a material change in police conduct.

It’s weird to me that it became a troop thing. The flag and song represent a lot more than just troops. And it’s weirder that we can’t criticize the military. It’s a mixed bag like any organization, but we can’t say anything bad or try to cut funding (even if the Pentagon wants certain things cut). Is it just the…

The issue is racism, one man was never going to solve that.

I will say this: I occasionally frequent a football-related website. The fan site itself might skew a little more liberal than you might expect, but what has been stunning is the amount of high-level discussion. Football fan boards are supposed to be one step removed from 4chan, and yet I’ve seen a steady, consistent…

Scariest part is that he writes well enough to imply that he’s somewhat well educated. Creating his own reality to fit his own wack biases.

I’m a Google Music/Movies/phone everything person myself. Very happy with selection, streaming quality and integration. I also still have a functioning Zune—shhh! That thing is a tank and I love it so much. Ten years old next year, still going strong, bless its little heart.

I’ll bet when the service was named no one knew how apt going with a natural disaster would be.

I’ve paid my $10/month to Google Music for the last few years because the service is great, the streaming quality is better than most, and I get ad-free YouTube included. I gave Tidal a shot, but it streamed so choppily in the car that I gave up.

And the best part is that the original post was 100% accurate. The Marine is wearing a hat and he didn’t take it off during the national anthem. It’s almost as if symbolic acts rely on context for meaning.

No matter what you call it, still a hat.

You should call a lot of things covers since it seems that a lot goes over your head.

Miami Dolphins players Arian Foster, Jelani Jenkins, Kenny Stills, and Michael Thomas all kneeled

+1

I know it seems like the Seahawks aren’t really saying anything but, like, they’re saying nothing together.