First we start with Kaepernick’s attempt at making a stinging indictment of America using Frederick Douglass as his vehicle.
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? This Fourth of July is yours, not mine…There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour.”
– Frederick Douglass115K1:03 PM – Jul 4, 2019
Enter Ted Cruz:
You quote a mighty and historic speech by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, but, without context, many modern readers will misunderstand. Two critical points: https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1146826827593342977 …
This speech was given in 1852, before the Civil War, when the abomination of slavery still existed. Thanks to Douglass and so many other heroes, we ended that grotesque evil and have made enormous strides to protecting the civil rights of everybody.
Douglass was not anti-American; he was, rightly and passionately, anti-slavery. Indeed, he concluded the speech as follows:
“Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented, of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country.
There are forces in operation, which must inevitably, work the downfall of slavery. ‘The arm of the Lord is not shortened,’ and the doom of slavery is certain.
I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from ‘the Declaration of Independence,’ the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age.”
Let me encourage everyone, READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH; it is powerful, inspirational, and historically important in bending the arc of history towards justice: https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945
The Charles C. Cooke entered:
Someone responded to Kaepernick with this:
Are we sure this is his original work? My guess is his Soros puppeteer posted it for him. Maybe his SJW girlfriend?
150 years ago, there were places in this nation where black men and women were routinely given nothing in exchange for their endless, back-breaking labor.
Today, there are places in this nation where black men and women are now routinely given millions of dollars a year in exchange for playing a game.
It takes a truly ignorant, broken, depraved, or diseased mind not to see that things have changed.
Ever meet a gifted athlete who was a total dick?
Colon, Just Shuddup! (~floosh~)
He ain’t black; he A-rab
Someone should just delete him…..
Krapperneck is either so dumb that he doesn’t understand that the misquotes given to him by his raging black separatist GF are a lie, or he’s being deceitful and treating his followers, including NIKE, like they’re morons. Either way, it’s a tragedy. IF the morons bother to check out the entire writing, they would be highly offended by Krapperneck. Maybe some of them will.
But, I guess it’s Bros before Infos.
Idiots.
Colon Kaopectate can barely play football, let alone be a political pundit.
Poopetdick has an advanced degree in areso ness.
These buffoons will never get the glaring fact that there is not one other country that has done as much for human rights or to abolish the slavery that still goes on today than the good ole US of A. Not.a.One.
Apparently the idiot went to university. I would love to see if the idiot could pass a grade 9 English test. I have trouble believing that most of these athletes would have graduated without their sports acumen.