It’s not a paradox. You’re too hung up on the flag. He’s not protesting the symbols (which represent much more than military service and the freedom of speech). He’s asking if the cultural and legal values that define those symbols are actually practiced in the United States. The people who are doing what you suggest…

You do realize that when John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fist in the air, they were accused of desecrating the National Anthem.

I get this view, but do you (or are you willing to) understand that to huge portions of this country the flag and the anthem have wholly different meanings?

Is it more disrespectful than having a contingent of the country literally being allowed to get away with murder? Kaep’s doing it because the country is falling short of what the flag is supposed to symbolize. The flag is nothing more than a symbol of the ideology this country is supposed to represent. When the…

Kaepernick has helped continue substantive conversation on racial inequality and that’s not a bad thing. Sitting for the anthem accedes to the narrative that this country isn’t for some folks. Which I understand, but the folks who don’t want you as an equal part of this country probably feel emboldened. (Same with…

Hope he’s got a hefty insurance policy for when the Marlins decide to throw 95 into his ribs to soothe their hurted feefees, because baseball is a sport played by grown men.

it must suck to be so alone.

Found the never-nude.