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Colin Kaepernick is an idiot and a coward.

 

What makes you think that?


 

Blacks and other minorities in this country are oppressed?  Really?  Nobody told me that, and I happen to be a minority.  Some people need to get over past HISTORY and recognize today's world.

 

Just a reflection on this. I am by no means a scholar on black race relations. I have never even read Invisible Man or Black Like Me. I do recall a conversation a long time ago that I had with one of my neighbors. We were discussing this one time I went into one of the best restaurants in town and sat at the bar. I was wearing a pair of distressed jeans (clean, but torn), a t-shirt, and some jogging shoes without socks. I ran up a tab of over a hundred bucks as I sat their eating, drinking and reading. I paid and left. She asked if I would have gotten the same (lack of) reaction and lack of 'looks' if I had been black. While I can't say that I would have gotten a different reaction, I thought it was an interesting question. If I had to guess, I would say there would be a greater probability that I would have gotten those 'looks' if I were black rather than white. 


 

One other thing, this time regarding 'Black Lives Matter'. I have always thought of the name as part of a sentence. It could be either :


 

Black lives matter ... as much as lives of another color   
or   Black lives matter ... more than other lives. 

 

I have always interpreted the intended meaning as the former, but it seems there are some who feel the intent is the latter. 

 

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Regarding your first question, I'm of the belief that any citizen of this country that refuses to honor the very country that they live in given the freedom and opportunity is an idiot.  Someone that speaks out against our country is a coward, especially when they have done nothing to support or defend it.  I could go on-and-on regarding what I think of Colin Kaepernick and people like him, but that's a whole other thing.

 

Regarding your story, I do believe that times are changing.  I don't think that there are many members of this board or forum that are old enough to remember when segregation was real.  Is there still racism around?  Certainly.  Do people of another color or another race get certain "looks" from others at times?  Certainly.  I've actually had it happen to me personally.  My point is, that behavior is fading away.

 

Regarding what your final comment was about.  Show me where anyone from BLM or any movement made any comment that suggests the former of your interpretation.  Quite frankly it leans more towards the latter.

 

I personally agree with the former comment, but when anyone says that ALL LIVES MATTER it now becomes an issue of "hate speech".  The DNC even has plans for that.  It's not about trying to solve a problem, it's about how to pander for votes.

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