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Jan 10, 2021 9:02 AM
Anthony313
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DadddyWarlord
idk man i feel like kneeling to the flag seems more honorable
busterkittwhistle3
We shouldn’t have to bring attention to truth!
StephenDaniels
Its not really what Kap did, its Trump's reaction to it. If Trump had dismissed it it would have been forgotten.
MechKelly
Shit stain on the right has been arrested as have many others. It's not much but it's a start.
MsSparkles
Real question: how on earth does that magnificent mane fit inside a football helmet?!
imgrsucksass1
How the hell does he fit that fro in a helmet?
MistLynx
that is an awesome afro
darkklad2000
protester on the left, traitor on the right.
theeAndikrist
Guy on left got intercepted 4 times in a game vs my AZ Cardinals. Ah - the good old days
hardtochoose
when i started seeing those kneel pictures, and i had no context, i just tought that okay, that looks nice and respectable
Thephedora
The people on the right infinitly annoy me more then kapernick on the left.
Korky1
I'm not racist but I think it's completely messed up that kaepernick had to deal with all of that hate and lost his job for that protest.
ambiencenever
Well a certain special orange somebody doesn't even stand for the anthem
ParanoidBoeh
Does that white guy have a shirt that says "Blacks for Trump"?
ChalkCoatedDonut
That was a product of decades of racism growing without control or interest in a country that believes theyre too good to have a problem.
DCxChillin
It was never about the flag or they wouldn’t have brought Trump and Confederate flags inside to replace the American flags.
TheDickTater503
True. However, if Capitol Hill was raided by people demanding universal healthcare during a pandemic, should they be labeled as traitors?
Farbrook
Raided by people on crutches and in wheechairs? The Capitol Police dragged them away, and they did not come armed.
Nova5269
If the capital is raided by anyone they are traitors, unless the Capital is actually breaking the constitution.
EconomySwordfish4
To be honest America is such a joke all I can do is laugh at the capitol insurgents and wonder how tf someone can get so much hate for
EconomySwordfish4
Kneeling during their national anthem, what do Americans do when they see foreigners sitting during the anthem?
Intrspace
Who's the man in the left picture and why is he upsetting?
LokiLaufeysdottr
Collin Kaepernick. Former quarterback for the 49ers. He got flak for kneeling during the US national anthem in protest of police brutality.
Cargobiker530
"Dark skin man not stand in servility so Magic Flag Song Can't Freedom." Or so I've been told.
Butterflypills
collin kaepernick, former QB for the 49ers, and the first nfl player to kneel for the national anthem in protest of police brutality.
decomposingcomposers
Didn't he turn out to be a big Nike sell out after? I could be wrong, just thought I heard something of the sort.
Munnin41
Why's kneeling during a song a problem?
Butterflypills
colin*
BojackTheHorsemanDontActLikeYouDontKnow
I was upset at the 49ers in 2015-2016 in general... Such a waste of talent and potential. 2013 had given us too much hope...
beauzerk79
How does one go so quickly from the Superbowl to playing worse then Blaine Gabbert??
Hueroc
It's hard to understate how bad at their jobs Trent Baalke, Jim Tomsula, and Chip Kelly were
KatinaChoovansky
Don't forget about Jed York.
Jojoboop
That hair upsets me
Mickeysofine
Them sideburns. https://youtu.be/rwu5K_eRN3E?t=17
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
I'm mostly upset I'll never have hair like Mr Kaepernick's
iii900
I thought they were mad at him because he was being disrespectful to our county. Umm, and what happened wednesday is ‘patriotic’? *eyeroll*
iii900
I guess I need to clarify. The kneeling man respectfully protested=good. The protesters are as unpatriotic as you can get.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
The first guy? His name is Colin Kaepernick. And he knelt- which is a sign of respect- for the national anthem. In no way, on no level, was>
iii900
Exactly what I meant
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>he being disrespectful.
iii900
I was saying the Trump supporters called his disrespectful, and the trump supporters also called the rioters at capital patriotic. Not me.
GetFrontOrDieTryin
i'm not upset .. but impressed. how does the beautiful hair fit into the helmet.
Ohboyididit
It doesn’t, that’s why he doesn’t play anymore
HeyArabella
Afros are mostly just air.
Kazew
It's so floofy he doesn't need one
Isometimestakethingsliterally
I like to imagine it boings back up when he takes it off.
Gradwin
When he takes off the helmet you can hear a quick FWOOSH and his affro pops up.
HermeneuticalQuandary
Black man kneel bad
Rayfasa
You could have stopped at black....
clonedeeznuts
Melanin bad
TsNightmare
Only issue I have with kap is he tried to say he was starter material.
imgurj17
How do you know he’s called Neil?
FocacciaIsLife
Black man wholesome energy bad.
GeneralWho
slyvic
That made me laugh way harder than it should have.
skellington01
Black men can’t trump
JoseCanada79
He's barely black
MySpooNiz2biG
Facts, he is biracial tho. Dunno why everyone calling him black.
HermeneuticalQuandary
Because being biracial doesn’t preclude one from being black.
MySpooNiz2biG
Ok he's white then, have it your way.
Destro24
One drop and yellow skin is all it takes.
IAmAngry
What if they both upset me?
IAmAngry
You can display BLM solidarity but not during the anthem, you can display your political view but without violence ... both upset me
LeftistCoastalElite
Imgur probably gonna be like "fuck off with your both sides propaganda".
LeftistCoastalElite
Why am I being downvoted is it not true?
teakasaurus
Maybe your username
IAmAngry
No idea why - It's very true
bluedragon64
* black man bad
Misterdruglicious
The US not so long ago had gangs of white folk dressed up in white roving in crowds trying to kill black folk
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
*black bad
Targe0
*Man bad
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
Are you ASSUMING MY GENDER?
Targe0
*Gender Bad.
CasualFascist
Bad
Prekator
No the "Black" Part is important otherwise some people might think you wanted to includes whites
aggregatenow
I was really struggling to figure out what was wrong with the left picture. Then I read the comments. And, I still don't get it.
Tjitso
Would you say not knowing... upsets you?
butwhyisthenamegone
Some people are racists, there isn't anything deeper than that.
FourLegsGood
There's nothing to get. Conservatives operate on pure ego and emotion. They're wild animals.
TacoPrime
He is getting knighted
jimmyhowlett
America is what's wrong with the left picture. Also the right
whatcouldgowrong
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KitchenClean
1-Colin Kaepernick, the former football player on the left, would kneel during the American national anthem to protest police brutality
KitchenClean
2- especially against Blacks. This caused a great deal of outrage from some, eventually causing Kaepernick to become unemployed and no team
KitchenClean
3-willing to hire him. People that showed outrage for him kneeling are not saying anything of that sort about the insurgents at the Capitol.
itsppearsyoucanindeed
Its ”disrespectful to america”
KartFnocker
“Disrespectful to the flag”, said by the same people who took down the US flag and raised Trump ones at the capitol
Zedd990
and funny thing, they are sharing photo of Trump with squeezed right hand with black glove (remember that photo from Olympic games) 1/2
Zedd990
that ppl fought against racism and they are compared with Trump... hypocrisy is strong with this one 2/2
rewe81
In the US , Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem at football games in protest of systemic racism.
rewe81
Some saw it as an unreasonable way to protest and disrespectful to our country. It ruined his football career.
latinomartino
He used to sit out the anthem, a vet didn’t like it, they discussed and agreed kneeling was more respectful. And yet people complain.
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whatcouldgowrong
He's better at quarterbacking that me or anyone I personally know. Also better than any quarterback I've watched live at a college football
whatcouldgowrong
game. Also better than many nfl quarterbacks I've seen live. His alleged shiftiness is a head scratcher.
Hueroc
People forget now, but he looked near unstoppable in 2012-13 before Jim Tomsula's and Chip Kelly's incompetence ruined the 15-16 49ers
customcartoons
The act of kneeling during the national anthem is why it’s outrageous to some. Personally, I think it’s non-violent and effective.
Duros62
Got people's attention, didn't it? They totally missed the point, many of them, but still.
SupraLove
Fun fact, at first he sat on the bench but an army vet friend of his told him to kneel as a respectful way to protest during the anthem.
keyblader1985
It's been officially stated by military as being equal to saluting, in terms of respect. They just don't black people to act out at all.
GrumpyOldMillennial
Thats the point. He used to sit, then a veterans group asked him to kneel instead. He readily agreed on the compromise.
whatcouldgowrong
Most maga chuds are not veterans, they're cosplay imposters. But they do love to get upset on behalf of people like veterans.
whatcouldgowrong
(Not disagreeing with you but adding on)
GrumpyOldMillennial
Its disrespecting the veterans! -Did you serve? -Well...no.. -Then why are you speaking for them? They have a voice, they have spoken.
soepie7
That's so weird. During our national anthem a lot of people don't do... anything at all. America is just being weird about it.
aggregatenow
Exactly why I don't get it. Aussies do very little.
Vesane
Except we sing our national anthem on the podium, which we're not supposed to. Only the national hymn
shmekie
Agreed. We Americans have a cultlike mentality over the flag and anthem. My fav “solution” to the kneeling nonproblem is...
shmekie
to tell MAGAts we should just stop playing the anthem at sporting events, then watch them go insane over it
humanhotplate
Last football game I went to was in 2019, and there were so many red hats buying nachos and beer during the anthem.
whatcouldgowrong
It's not about the flag or the song, it's about unchallenged white supremacy, period
Zamm005
If the man on the left upsets you AT ALL you’re the problem.. no?... Or, have they convinced you it’s possible to be a ‘reasonable racist’?
Ninjainslippers
I'd say if you wouldn't be willing to kneel right by his side you're part of the problem.
Vilgashem
This. Finally.
Grimmn
I get upset at the image of him because I know it was somehow made controversial. It was a good, peaceful protest.
NaughtButOne
The left only bothers me because pretending millionaires have any empathy or concept of struggle is laughable. They'll take the free PR tho.
crazyspelling
I have slight concerns that his hair might interfere with the proper fitting of his helmet.
ButterfaceTaintClown
If you've very said "I've got nothing against black people" I'd like you to revisit your values and grow as a person.
whatcouldgowrong
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DulothX
Oh, its possible to be a reasonable racist. Everybody's at least a little racist. You just need to try not to mistreat someone without(1)
DulothX
cause, to be able to take a mental step back and make sure you're not being an asshole, and do your best to be aware of facts and each(2)
DulothX
individual circumstance instead of just making blanket faulty assumptions. Granted, if you see someone with a nazi tattoo, confederate(3)
DulothX
flag t-shirt, pants around his ankles and a fuck the police shirt, gang tats and colors, or, pre-coronavirus, trying to hide their face(4)
DulothX
from the cameras, they are asking you to assume that they are an asshole and treat them as such.(5/5)
the42
What if you just think he’s not a good quarterback
whatcouldgowrong
There are worse quarterbacks playing. Besides, it's still right back to fat people complaining about professional athletes' performance
Bukkhockey
I came here to say the left pic upsets me because I want to gamble on football without listening to people talk about a shit quarterback.
Destro24
Mark Sanchez was playing after Kap, so what is your excuse for him?
Bukkhockey
Hes just as bad and should never be mentioned in football discussions again
Destro24
Winston? Point is there are a lot of bad ones but some are still bumping around. Kap wasn’t fired for being bad: he spoke up.
ViceCitySoundtrack
Yeah but he’s made about 1000x more impact on the world than Tom’s six rings.
shamanbaptist
This is often overlooked. I have no problem with him kneeling. However, he was not valuable enough from a personnel standpoint for 1/?
shamanbaptist
owners to endure the negative publicity involved with the protest. Simple business decision really. You can deride the owners for 2/?
shamanbaptist
choosing their bottom lines over making a valuable statement, I guess. But they own the team and should be allowed to make it as 3/?
shamanbaptist
profitable as they want. I admit it’s complicated. I’d have been more in on the blackballing outrage if he was a star. He wasn’t. 4/?
DigiT00l
Well, if he was a good player and you were a fan of a rival team, then fair I guess
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DigiT00l
No, but it would be a valid reason to not like him, if he were
whatcouldgowrong
I'm a Bears fan- if Kap sucks to the point that we get to disparage his existence, what do we say about Bears QBs in the 90s and 2000s?
AC4400CW
Except he was. Maybe not tom brady or aaron Rodgers good, but definitely Stafford, garoppolo middle of the pack good. He was blackballed.
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ViceCitySoundtrack
Funny how racist white men are always obsessed with black men’s sexuality.
Mewmus
It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with STAND FOR THE FUCKING NATIONAL ANTHEM
DocWats
You shouldn't have to. People died so you didn't have to. If its in your contract then sure, but 1A gives you the right
ElusiveThing
I'll do whatever the fuck I want during the anthem.
ViceCitySoundtrack
1. The national anthem is a pointless display of patriotism 2. Kneeling was and is an acceptable sign of respect 3. Reevaluate your priority
Wombatish
Your other comment here jumping immediately to 'BUT BLMMMMMMM' in reference to the people on the right belies you.
Mewmus
Blm rioted and destroyed for MONTHS and you fuckers didnt say shit. These assholes storm the capital for 1 day and THEN you get angry
Feelingorval
I wish i could buy you a beer.
DocWats
Fight to not have minorities killed by cops. Fight to overturn a democratic election. Go back to Parler if you want to spew false equivalent
Nova5269
Looting a Target, looting the Capital. Oh, yeah! I totally see the similarity! Also, Dem. officials did condemn the looting, soooo
Mewmus
Looting and destroying is still looting and destroying you simple bitch
CatoTiger
This. The hypocrisy of the left is really fucking annoying.
ViceCitySoundtrack
These athletes have been protesting for years. For decades before taking to the streets. U lost an election 2 months ago & siege the capital
ViceCitySoundtrack
This is flatly untrue. Millions marched peacefully for a good cause. Thousands marched on Washington bc they lost an election. Fuck you.
Mewmus
You forget about all the property damage that happened during that time? Dumbass
kaldaze
I've talked with my dad about this. His stance is, "he shouldnt be protesting on the job" my only response is what he is protesting for 1/2
whatcouldgowrong
Does your dad enjoy "weekends" if so - thank labor actions!
LuncheonsAndDragons
That isn't his stance. That's an afterthought, and moving the goalposts.
MandrewJackson
Most conservatives weren't okay with POC protesting on the streets either.
kaldaze
Does anyone have anything else to try and change his opinion on this sort of protest. It makes me so upset that he is against this protestin
Glitterfartjuice
Show him this meme, tell him he's a piece of shit, and leave
Shook02
He was in a unique spot to bring attention to his cause to in a respectful way on national television. It was his best way to start a convo.
Neinas
If no one gets upset, how successful would the protest be?
Diablito69
1/3Late night show hosts protest and complain as public celebrities and that is during there work and they CHOSE to talk about it. Athletes
Diablito69
3/3 the US system. Not football, notthe flag, but the fact that the national anthem and pledge which stands for "liberty andjustice FOR ALL"
Diablito69
2/3 Don't have a stage or platform where they can discuss their non sports thoughts. And he's trying to make a point, his protest is with
MeerkatMuskrat
Tell him the job is "football" and since the game hasn't started yet he's not technically on the job. Also, the nat anthem doesn't have to
MeerkatMuskrat
Play before games, it's just extra and if they didn't do it there wouldn't be a place to protest.
HopelessNecr0mantic
I just tell em, this is america, u dont have to watch. People are dying, what are you doing about it? At least hes trying to help
RamosIsANerd
Why not protest in the job? In France it's practically a hobby & a very effective form of protest.
AxlotlTank9
This hobby
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ChloeRed
I'd change hobby to institution in that description, which is also why its very effective?
Zamm005
Ask him where he thinks the protest should be. Remind him that he’s talking about THIS protest, so his answer must be equally effective.
Zamm005
Don’t get me wrong, im half on your dads side... in that I think people need to be tearing shit up... but, AS WELL AS, not instead of this.
kailord
Why should Kaep have to respect anything that doesn't respect him as a person? You can only turn so many cheeks before they shoot you...
kailord
For no other reason than that you look "different"
kailord
Look at desegregation : these fuckers were threatening and ATTACKING little girls for wanting to go to school. If that doesn't offend you
keyblader1985
What he's protesting for, should not have have to be protested for at all. You shouldn't have to follow all rules of societal politeness to/
keyblader1985
ask for basic human rights.
LapsedMennonite
Exactly. Why should I (an average white person) get better treatment than an average black/brown person?