It is all about the optics as I already stated. Maybe you can explain to the families of all our service members that died in Iraq and Afghanistan many of whom were also black. To most of them that flag represents the sacrifice that their loved ones made. FFS they died for what that flag meant to them. The symbolism of what Kaepernick was saying was done in the wrong place and in the wrong way I would never deny his right to do it. He could have got his message across and not destroy his career in the process. He is a grown man who made a grown man decision and paid the grown man price. For the sake of this forum and humanity maybe it's time to put it to bed again?NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:34 pmOf course he stated multiple times he wasn't protesting the flag or the anthem or the country.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2024 1:25 pm That being said it was the bad optics it symbolized that caused all the uproar. The majority of football fans take the game and what the flag means to them very seriously. For the NFL fan who deployed to Iraq and almost had his or her ass blown to pieces they clearly and understandably didn't get the message.
Maybe you can go explain their uproar to the families of the innocent black kids killed by cops.
If he stayed in the locker room, you and they would still say he was disrespecting the flag and the anthem. I guess by "peaceful" protests you really mean "no" protests?
FTR please don't attempt to speak for me. I'm not part of " you and they " You really have no business including me in whoever you think " they " are. I told you quite clearly how I feel that is just not the message you wanted to hear.