... there's something that people seem to forget about free speech. I can't say it better than the article linked below did: "Free speech is not unidirectional. It is omnidirectional. Everybody has it. So if you have an opinion, somebody else has a right to argue against your opinion."
So ... Colin K gets to silently protest the racist and homophobic cops in San Fran. And some get to stand with him (as many veterans have done since this story blew up). But it also means that some of you get to protest the fact that he's protesting (although I still encourage everyone to do some research and to fully understand the situation before giving a knee jerk reaction, because I've seen way too many of those comments that are all jerk and no knee).
What with the fact that free speech goes ALL ways -- except if you are in the crowded theatre yelling fire when there is none -- feel free to fall down the free speech rabbit hole, but remember that everyone gets to weigh in, and no one gets to be all right.
By the way ... I'm still not convinced that part of this isn't because Colin K let his hair go natural. I thought white people stopped being afraid of afros back in the 70's, but I guess I'm naive. Give him a buzz cut, oil him up and he lands on the cover of a magazine ... let his hair 'fro, put piggies on his socks and watch him take a knee, and he's a new national villain.
People of the world, everything is not black and white -- ironically, even black and white issues. Welcome to grown up stuff, where people can stand (or kneel) for something and in the process, start a debate. If you can't handle it, go watch golf instead (now that the black guy there isn't playing any more).
NOTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE -- NOT EVEN BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES:
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2016/09/01/colin-kaepernick-5/
'CAUSE NOT EVERYONE TAKES THE TIME TO DIG INTO THE SPECIFICS:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/27/us/racist-texts-san-francisco-police-rape-case/
FREE SPEECH IS *OMNI*DIRECTIONAL:
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/17/hey-everybody-free-speech.html
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