Should Colin Kaepernick Be Looked Up To As A Hero?

[Moderate Right]

What say you? I say he has gone too far. He could have been a hero but by calling for a fight and then standing by quietly while violence permeates through cities he is no hero. His silence encourages more violence. He is no Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[Bucky]

What say you? I say he has gone too far. He could have been a hero but by calling for a fight and then standing by quietly while violence permeates through cities he is no hero. His silence encourages more violence. He is no Martin Luther King Jr.

August 26th should be Colin Kaepernick's day and made into a holiday. Justice for victims of police brutality.

 

[Nilly]

What say you? I say he has gone too far. He could have been a hero but by calling for a fight and then standing by quietly while violence permeates through cities he is no hero. His silence encourages more violence. He is no Martin Luther King Jr.

I mean, MLK set rather a high bar don't you think?

Why is our expectation that another MLK come along? Why are black people required to provide that. The 'system' is run and owned by white people, which is why black people feel disenfranchised.

Either change will have to come from within white communities, the people who currently own the system, or we ensure that black people have ownership and representation in the system they're currently disenfranchised by. That means better representation of POC. And, for what it's worth, when people feel ownership in something, they don't burn it down. That's true throughout human history.

 

[Captain Adverse]

What say you? I say he has gone too far. He could have been a hero but by calling for a fight and then standing by quietly while violence permeates through cities he is no hero. His silence encourages more violence. He is no Martin Luther King Jr.

I chose neither a hero nor a villain.

He has a right to express his views non-violently, and others have a right to agree or disagree with such expression.

As long as it is peaceful, it is his right. I don't think it rises to the level of "heroism."

I reserve that title for people who take risks to life and limb to protect others.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

I will say if what he was promoting was taken seriously rather than pushed away the protests and riots today might not have occurred.


Hard to believe that was just 3 years ago.

 

[Moderate Right]

I mean, MLK set rather a high bar don't you think?

Why is our expectation that another MLK come along? Why are black people required to provide that. The 'system' is run and owned by white people, which is why black people feel disenfranchised.

Either change will have to come from within white communities, the people who currently own the system, or we ensure that black people have ownership and representation in the system they're currently disenfranchised by. That means better representation of POC. And, for what it's worth, when people feel ownership in something, they don't burn it down. That's true throughout human history.

What I think is that Kaepernick can't even reach the low bar.

 

[Nilly]

What I think is that Kaepernick can't even reach the low bar.

Ah yes, I should have known that the point of this thread was so that you could just make snide comments about black men.

 

[PirateMk1]

What say you? I say he has gone too far. He could have been a hero but by calling for a fight and then standing by quietly while violence permeates through cities he is no hero. His silence encourages more violence. He is no Martin Luther King Jr.

Thats a choice for an individual to make, I dont consider him a hero or a villain just guy who played football and got dropped because he was too controversial for his team, and no others wanted the baggage that goes with him.