Here are Kaepernick's posts in response to the killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani - a man directly responsible for the death and maiming of thousands of U.S. military personnel.
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Tell me again about how Kaepernick means no disrespect to the U.S. military? Do you think those U.S. soldiers see themselves as carrying out terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people? Is that what Barack Obama was doing when he order the attack on Osama bin Laden? How about all the drone strikes? Whatever one may think of the United States engagement in foreign conflicts, do you think those soldiers see themselves as the tool for the United States' plundering of the non white world? Kaepernick sees them that way.
Simple question - do you agree that the United States military is the tool for the United States' imperial and terroristic plunder of the non white world?
That's Brett Favre's hero in his own words. Just remember who you are celebrating every time his name crosses your lips or comes out of your keyboard.
The flag does not represent the military. That is only the interpretation you give it to rationalize burying your head in the sand that others believe it represents a country that has systematically oppressed black people since its inception, and which still allows police to abuse and even murder black people.
No one is stopping you from interpreting the flag as a symbol of blood lust militarization. Go for it. Not a single person is complaining when you stand there
and burst with jingoistic pride as the anthem plays.
All of your anger about such a minor peaceful way to protest is premised on your demand that others interpret the flag as a symbol of what you want it to mean. But the more you whine that people do not share your interpretation, the worse it is going to get. You’re about to get a lot more kneelers. More Francis Scott Key statues are going to come down. Teddy Roosevelt and even George Washington statues are at risk because you and others like you keep burying your head in the sand and keep trying to dictate to them what a stupid piece of cloth means.
It doesn’t matter how many times people answer your question, which has been answered many times already. You ask “questions” that aren’t questions at all. All you’re doing is trying to tell people they either believe what the flag means to you - and only that - or they support terrorists. Too bad for you.