Colin Kaepernick. Today's media pariah. Folks all over the social media universe are calling for his head. "How can he not STAND for our SACRED SONG! This is 'MERICA DAMMIT!" Interesting.
When one happens to take the time to read the full transcript of Kaepernick's comments, and not just listen to the sound bites provided by the Fourth Estate, the narrative is a lot different. One immediately finds that Kaepernick's refusal to stand for "our" special song is really more of a protest and indictment of our entire out-of-control, corrupt system.
An excerpt:
Does the election year have anything to do with timing?
CK: It wasn’t a timing thing, it wasn’t something that was planned. But I think the two presidential candidates that we currently have also represent the issues that we have in this country right now.
Do you want to expand on that?
CK: You have Hillary who has called black teens or black kids super predators, you have Donald Trump who’s openly racist. We have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn’t make sense to me because if that was any other person you’d be in prison. So, what is this country really standing for?
Does this case seem like another example of media manipulation? I sure think so. Judge for yourself by reading the full transcript of Kaepernick's interview:
