Colin Kaepernick Named Face of Nike's 30th Anniversary

Bite me. The personal attack was first made by Sarah H.

But then, you know that. It just doesn't matter to you. You'll twist it all to suit the recording in your head. That's what you do.

And I'll post on fluff threads and/or political threads as and how I please.  What makes me smile is that it clearly bothers you but there's nothing you can do about it.

Off to a fluff thread now.

Nope, kneeling is not disrespectful, it is a sign of reverence. You kneel when you pray, a man kneels to propose marriage, the list goes on....

I don't need to feel better. I know the truth. You my friend, are dead wrong on this one. Peace.

Lol you would think a president would have a lot more love for our country than a professional athlete. Trumps past does not show that.
Trump should have never went were he went with McCain. Saying his hero’s are the ones who don’t get captured or something like that! How many years was McCain a prisoner fighting for our country? The man you don’t equate with our country? Was it five? While Trump dodged the draft five times. A dirty response is right!

I totally agree and honor why he is protesting. Myself I wouldn’t go that way but I support the reason why he is doing it. What I don’t agree with are the people who want to take away his right to protest. Slippery slope. Once you take away one right you give up them all. Your rights and mine.

No one has taken away his right to protest. He hasn't been arrested or jailed by the government. In fact, the government has taken no action at all with respect to him.

The right to protest doesn't guarantee you that a private individual or corporation won't be offended by your action and decide they want nothing to do with you any more.

There is no slippery slope. The "rights" you speak of are given in the Constitution and are meant to protect us from the government. It's not a get out of jail free card from any any all repercussions of your actions.

Ya know.... I really just don't care.

I thought I might, but I don't.

Taking a knee during the Star Spangled Banner is disrespectful to the wrong people for the wrong reasons along with being against the rules the NFL imposed on other players, and for those reasons this form of protest for Kaepernick is not something I agree with.

Overall, I found the ad in the OP to be pretty good. Kaepernick can protest whatever he wants and the ad isn't specifically endorsing taking a knee during the National Anthem. It just doesn't bother me at all.


Serena Williams is a terrific role model. I was thinking that I'd be more interested in something she endorsed until I realized that no, that probably wouldn't affect my decision after all. In like manner, it would take more than the ad in the OP with Kaepernick to sway me.

The more I think about it, the less I care. 

I believe in the right of a company to use whomever they wish as a representative whether that person is politically acceptable or not.


ETA -- I've only looked at the print ad in the OP

You have a president telling the nfl owners to fire these athletes then you are making them lose their rights. You can say oh well to a rich professional athlete who can live on his investments but what about a regular person who has a family and really needs their job?

When a president of the United States can fire athletes and strip them of their rights, then you have a point.

As it is, Trump's just another celebrity making noise.

You are missing the point. He has no authority to fire athletes or strip them of their rights.












Sometimes you just have to shake your head.

Trump has done more than voice his opinion. He fires his people up into a frenzy and he knows it. That’s what makes him so dangerous. He fires them up so they don’t think about the issues at hand. They don’t think it through. I know you people don’t like hearing it because it’s true but he is too much like Hitler for my taste.

So, now we've gone from it's a slippery slope because trump caused the NFL to fire Kapernick to Trump is dangerous because he fires his own employees.

And with the typical casual tossing in of Hitler, I'll leave you to your own illogical self.

Spicer said tweets from the President were official statements.

I fully support Kaepernick’s message but I don’t support how he delivered that message. I know that he wanted to protest peacefully and bring attention to the issues of racial injustice and police brutality. I get it; those are issues that should concern us all. However, when you have a message of such import, the best way to deliver it is by unifying people, not dividing them and causing an uproar in this country so the message gets lost in all that noise. He is a sports figure – he and the other NFL players could have banded together and called a press conference and spoken about those issues to a wide audience. I bet every major and cable network would have televised that press conference. By doing what he did, Kaepernick just caused an unnecessary fight that has divided people even more AND overshadowed the underlying issues. Even if I took Trump out of the equation, I think any Republican president would have said something critical (though none of them would call the players “sons of bitches” like Trump did). Is there anyone who really thinks a Reagan or a Bush would be mum about it? Now it’s all about the NFL, Trump and Kaepernick because the ACTUAL issues (the really, truly important element) have been overwhelmed by the scandal.