OJ SIMPSON RIPS COLIN KAEPERNICK

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If that's the case...then why wasn't HE kneeling with Kap? Why didn't he go to every media outlet and explained that. Dude wasn't trying to catch that backlash.

Exactly why I said they were probably never on the same page.


Kap just thought they were.


Plus, the vet's not in the NFL and he's probably not black.......so it's really not his responsibility.

 

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True.


'Makes me wonder if him and the vet were ever really on the same page to begin with.


Seems like Kap saw things one way......and the vet saw things another way.


When the vet told him about soldiers kneeling to show respect, the one thing Kap didn't take into account was the fact that he's not a soldier..........only the vet is.


Maybe the vet was afraid that some of his fellow veterans might call him out for leading Kap to believe that it would be ok for him.........a non-veteran..........to participate in rituals that are reserved for members of the military.


Come to think of it, Kap must've had some idea that the narrative would be changed to focus on the miltary.


Otherwise, he wouldn't have seen any reason to consult with a veteran before he did what he did.

https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2016/09/kaepernick-meets-veteran-nate-boyer-kneels-anthem

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick invited former Army Green Beret Nate Boyer to his team's Thursday night preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. You may remember Boyer as the veteran who decided to become a long snapper and walked on to the University of Texas football team with no previous playing experience. After a successful college career, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent and briefly played with the team in 2015.

And you certainly remember Kaepernick from the social media firestorm he created after refusing to stand for the national anthem at last Friday's preseason game against the Green Bay Packers.

Boyer wrote an opinion piece for Military Times this week where he talked about his conflicting emotions when he saw Kaepernick's protest at lats week's game. He met Kaepernick and 49ers safety Eric Reid in San Diego and the three men talked for 90 minutes before the game.

When the anthem played before the game, the two players took a knee instead of sitting.

"We were talking to him about how can we get the message back on track and not take away from the military, not take away from pride in our country but keep the focus on what the issues really are," Kaepernick said after the game. "As we talked about it, we came up with taking a knee because there are issues that still need to be addressed and there was also a way to show more respect for the men and women that fight for this country."


That's why it happened. Colin initially sat through the national anthem. Nate Boyer spoke with him about that and brought the kneel to Colin as a way to protest, but also show respect to the vets.

 

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"We were talking to him about how can we get the message back on track and not take away from the military, not take away from pride in our country but keep the focus on what the issues really are," Kaepernick said after the game. "As we talked about it, we came up with taking a knee because there are issues that still need to be addressed and there was also a way to show more respect for the men and women that fight for this country."


That's why it happened. Colin initially sat through the national anthem. Nate Boyer spoke with him about that and brought the kneel to Colin as a way to protest, but also show respect to the vets.

And look how well that turned out.