I personally look at Kaepernick as a very poor role model. I don't think he takes any of this seriously. He comes across as a dilettante, not only as an NFL player but as a human being as well.
I'm all for protesting and free speech, I just think that if Charles Woodson or Shannon Sharpe or one of these other guys did it, it would have been taken much more seriously. Now it's just degenerated into a he-said, she-said.
Originally Posted by: nerdmann
I have personally questioned Kaepernick's original actions... I'm not sure the reasons he was orginially doing it are the same as those that have since taken over his movement. I really wish Kaepernick explained some of his thoughts and comments more, so we could understand his true stance instead of their being so many questions.
But I believe Kapernick has suggested that he's just African and not African-American, which came off as sorta anti-American to me personally. Also seemed to suggest American is White and that Africans can never get justice under a judicial system that was set-up by whites and he seemed suggesting the racist goes all the way to the U.S. Constitution, and the judicial system can't be fixed until the Constitution is gone.
Let me be clear, I'm not sure that's what Kapernick meant, but that's the way it seemed to me... and I wished he would actually explain his stance because I don't think anyone can say if they agree or disagree with him, until he stops being so vague and explains.
I don't know this, but I'm currently under the believe that Kapernick's point of view wouldn't match up with a number of the guys kneeling, because Kapernick sounds like his viewpoint could be much more extreme than what a number of others have come out and publicly stated.
P.S. My current option on Kapernick could be 100% wrong... and I hope it is. But I need to hear more from the guy about his opinion and way of thinking. But he's keeping to himself. Also his GF seeming to imply rich white men are slave owners doesn't help.