Ignore Earl and his troll self. I do have one question for you. Why do you suggest that anyone of color can’t have a racist attitude toward other races or cultures?
OT: NFL settles with Kaepernick and Reid
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Kaep has never been able to intelligently articulate any protest, though. His has always been nothing more than a mishmash of #blacklivesmatter memes. And not even the good ones. Wrong messenger for the wrong protest.
OrangeRegalia, you may be correct in your inference above in that Kapernick may have been better than some other QBs in the league.
But when you add in his expectation of value along with the baggage he brings from a personal standpoint, I think most owners would be justified in not bringing him on as a team member. If I were an NFL owner I certainly would not consider him for my team. An example on the collegiate level would be an interview that a rock musician had with Dabo about what he would do if he had a 5 star football player available but this player had behavioral issues on the outside. Dabo didn't hesitate, "Move on to the next guy."
I replied to this very question in a later post. Too long of a response to summarize and unfortunately, I am not able to link it here. Keep reading the thread and you will find it.
Kaepernick protesting police brutality is baggage and equivalent to behavioral issues?
Owners didnt want to get dragged for colluding. They knew they were gonna lose. It was never about his skills as a football player—had nothing to do with him being a bad bad QB. His protest against police brutality was just “bad for business”. Owners blackballed him because of it.
Because your post is laced with retardancy. If someone is delusional enough to type that garbage there is no point. I'll continue to laugh at you and other people of your ilk. Carry on, please.
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When he first started it? No. But since, it’s spiralled into what it is now.
I refuse to believe every, maybe even most, player agrees with him. This would split a locker room. That’s why he isn’t on a team.
Ahh, the typical "personal attack" strategy to make yourself look superior. Ignorance is apparent in the fact that you can't formulate a rational response to a simple question. But you have entertained me enough so I will gladly move on.
Who decided what the "real" definition of racism is? You're arbitrarily changing definitions to fit your narrative.
Racism is and always has been an attitude, which starts with an individual. Individuals make up a group. The groups comprised of individuals compete for the "resources" and "power." You're speaking of racism as it's a societal imbalance of power. That is the byproduct of racism which allows for discrimination to manifest when one group controls the power. That is not racism, but an addition to it. Which is instead? Systematic racism.
According to dictionary.com.
Racism:
noun
1.
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human-racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
Any individual, no matter the group they belong to, can implement this. If enough individuals wielding power implemented this that is institutional racism, which is exactly what you are describing. A specific kind of system that is based on the attitude, that is racism.
You're implying that a majority can only be racist to a minority, power vs no power, and that is utterly false. You're just needlessly convoluting the language so racism is a very specific thing that can't, by definition, include black people. It's a very foolish conflation that excuses racism in some directions. Thankfully, most do not subscribe to that asinine line of delusional twisting.
These are two fundamentally separate ideas. Do you think that the following two ideas are distinct enough to warrant different terms?
- Institutional/widespread oppression of a racial minority by the majority/those wielding power.
- Belief of superiority based on racial reasons.
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Dude, let it go. Please. You are trying way too hard and your adolescent personal insults only further confirm your serious inability to construct a cogent argument against what was originally written. I said I am no longer entertained, so I'm letting this go. But before I leave, please know that I started my definition of racism with the note that the definition used was "convenient" for those that define it i.e. the ones publishing the dictionary. My definition isn't one that's created out of air, but more so details the true nature of racism not by those who benefit from it, but from those who are impacted by it.
BTW, in all your ranting, still no answer to the original question posed.
Aka "I recognize that my statement of black people can't be racist should instead say that I believe black people in this country are subject to institutional racism. My previous statement holds no weight and I can't defend it. I'm out. I won't further waste time since I don't know the basic meanings of different words."
It's okay man.
I don't understand how people don't understand this concept.
If I went outside my office during lunch every day and stood out by the road with a sign of something I believe strongly in like "Quit taking human lives" or some other topic that has validity and I think is a problem in our country there's no doubt that I would be asked to stop by my employer and if I didn't I would be fired.
What’s sort of ironic, given things like Nike’s ads, is that Kap picked one of the few subjects you could protest on the job and actually get positive press for. And that’s despite how controversial the premises of that protest are.
And in all of that, still not answering the question asked. But as you say, "it's ok man". LOL
Sad have to pay someone because don't want to hire him. No team and no fanbase wants a cancer like that in the locker room. American soldiers died for our flag and country so he could receive that ridiculous settlement, and he can't even stand for national anthem. A disgusting slap in the face to those brave men and women, their families, and those who continue proudly serving for us today.
Could it be that they paid bc they did something wrong? Maybe they didn't but I highly doubt the NFL would have settled if they felt they were clean - they have been known to brawl in the courts for years.
There is a big reason I call him the "cursing christian" . The dude will spout out evangelical stuff one minute and make a vulgar cursing comment the next. I am always curious if his preacher curses and uses profane language too?
Not likely. They paid the hustler who was shaking them down because they believed it was easiest, quickest, cheapest. Business decision.
They would have done that two years ago then. Don’t be so obtuse.
Maybe you should research what percentage of the population are black and what percentage of crime they commit and you may understand why the perceived injustice is a load of horse dung. White people get killed by cops all the time so get your racist head out of your ass, do some research and stop believing the crap that the news media feeds everybody. Maybe if people like Kaepernick cared at all about black on black crime which accounts for the vast majority of the black men killed, maybe they would have some credibility. But no, that's not the cool thing to do and you cant play the race card and be a "victim" of the terrible "slave master" if you go that route.
I'm not being obtuse.
I'm not trying to stand up for the NFL owners intelligence. Far from it. This is a sh*t show of their own making. All they had to do was fine then suspend kap like the would for someone wearing unauthorized socks. But they didn't. Then they tried to ignore it and hope it would go away...which didn't work. So in the end they got hustled. Kap taking it to the bank!
Except John Elway said the Broncos offered him $14MM over 2 yrs. But sure.....playing the racist card and ignoring the facts fits your obvious narrative so carry on.
I think it's very possible that an owner or GM said something in an email or text about not wanting "the distraction" or something along those lines that the Kaepernick team got their hands on but that doesn't change the fact that he's a below average player at his position demanding money that hasn't shown he's worth. Since he turned down the player option with the 49ers he's not been interested in rejoining the league unless it was on his terms 100%. He was never going to take a fair deal like the one the Broncos offered him.
In all honesty @VeniceTiger @OrangeRegalia
Would you pay him 12+ million a year to play QB for you in the nfl if you were a owner? Do you think that’s a good investment?
If so can you explain your answer?
I’m just asking because I think as a fan, you (any fan) wants to pull for certain players. But as a owner man if I don’t have a Brady, or Brees, I’m looking for the next Watson or Mahomes
You find a low budget QB to get that savings for the next great QB...
Do you honesty think Kap is worth 12+ million? That’s the real question...sure he is better than guys out there, but is that saying anything? Lol no
Didn't say that!! If Kap wants to protest police brutality then why doesn't he protest in front of police stations that are allegedly committing the brutality. Instead, he protests at his place of work who had nothing to do with police brutality. That is a behavioral issue in my book.
Why are you using $12 million as your number? He never turned down a $12 million contract while protesting. He was never offered anything to play. So would I pay him $12 million? No. Would I pay him something to be a borderline starter/top backup in the league? Yes.
Would he take 650k a year?
I used 12 cause I read where he was requesting 16 a year, or did the news just make it up?
Btw it makes sense to request a hire number like this because he or he was advice to request a crazy number for him. He looks good to be rejected so you could turn around in court.
I’m am just thinking from a business standpoint
What he did was genius or someone advice him was genius, his playing days were over but look at what he became for standing up(or kneeling) for his opinion.
Every decision he had was planned and well planned
Who really gives a crap.... just another crybaby over paid athlete. If he really stands for what he claims he would donate it all. BUT HE WONT.... lets move on to the next similar story that will surely follow
No one knows if he’d take $650k because he wasn’t offered anything to turn down based off monetary reasons.
Well, sir. When I have a black man calling me a honky, I see a fvcking racist. It is what it is.
