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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 05: Colin Kaepernick receives the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show on December 5, 2017 at Barclays Center in New York City. Tune in to NBCSN on December 8 at 8 p.m. ET or Univision Deportes Network on December 9 at 8 p.m. ET to watch the one hour SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Sportsperson of the Year special. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated)
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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 05: Colin Kaepernick receives the SI Muhammad Ali Legacy Award during SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2017 Sportsperson of the Year Show on December 5, 2017 at Barclays Center in New York City. Tune in to NBCSN on December 8 at 8 p.m. ET or Univision Deportes Network on December 9 at 8 p.m. ET to watch the one hour SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Sportsperson of the Year special. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated)
The NFL’s audience did not take kindly to the San Francisco 49ers‘ former starting quarterback kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. A lot of people criticized Colin Kaepernick. He was praised as a hero, nevertheless, as the situation gained popularity. One may call the turn of circumstances a great one. But ever since, numerous admirers and well-known figures have included the shot-caller in discussions about politics.
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Even though Kaep is unable to have a spectacular return to the league, his past always seems to resurface when least expected. This time, a former Secretary of labor dragged the 35-year-old quarterback. In addition to mentioning Kaepernick in the Tweet, Robert Reich also criticized Elon Musk, the titan of business.
https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1604335244341116929?s=20&t=kOCaVjszFjiQVflX-LpQxA
The Berkley professor posed a question and asked if Musk’s
musing on the internet is called love-free speech, then why are Kaepernick’s sayings deemed as hate-free speech?Read more:
Colin Kaepernick May Get His NFL Return at Expense of Jimmy Garoppolo’s Season-Ending Injury and Thanks to Thousands of Requests From 49ERS FansIn the past, the owner of Tesla has come under fire for sending problematic messages on Twitter. His controversial tweets never had consequences. On the other hand, many believe that the former quarterback lost his job because of his political stance.
Fans respond to Colin Kaepernick becoming involved in yet another conflict
A lot of fans rose to the author’s support. Howbeit, many spoke against him.
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SANTA CLARA, CA – AUGUST 26: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers looks on from the sidelines against the Green Bay Packers in the first half of their preseason football game at Levi’s Stadium on August 26, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
A user wrote:
This user thought that Musk and Kaepernick were not in the same position since the athlete was an employee of the league. Thus, he faced heavy scrutiny for his action.
Colin Kapernick was working at his place of employment when he took a knee in front of the NFL's customers. He was always free to speak or kneel on his own time outside of work. As a former US Labor Secretary, you know employees can't just say or do anything they want at work.
— Michael Caceci (@MCaceci) December 18, 2022
Another user said:
Colin Kaepernick doesn’t own the San Francisco 49ers. He was an employee who became overly political in the work place.
— Benjamin Jinno (@BlueCollarBen) December 18, 2022
This user explained a crucial point and gave their opinion:
You are actually incorrect. Conservatives support Kaepernick’s right to say whatever he pleases. We just don’t have to like or agree with him. Disagreeing with what someone says is not the same as feeling the need to silence them.
— Calliope Jane (@CalliopeJane2) December 18, 2022
Another user wrote:
Have you ever told the truth, even once, in your life?
No decent person wanted Colin K censored.
We just stopped watching NFL after they permitted him to insult our flag, our anthem, our military, our ancestors, & our country on the job.— ProfessorPublius (@ProffesorPubli1) December 18, 2022
According to this user, Colin K is not a skilled QB. Therefore, teams are not willing to draft him.
He can say what he wants, no one stopping him. Football teams have the right not to hire him. Truth is he wasn’t good enough for teams to put up w the baggage
— m caserta (@michaelcaserta2) December 18, 2022
Another fan who thought Kaepernick was not a good player said:
Krapernick was free to take a knee…as the 49ers were free to release him. Just because you have the ‘right’ to do something doesn’t mean its the ‘right’ thing to do. He wasn’t a very good QB so therefore wasn’t worth the distraction. Clearly, every team felt that way..
— IceDave (@IceDave92) December 18, 2022
I don’t have a problem with Kaepernick speech I just have a problem that he was a third string quarterback who thought he was good enough to be a starter and pouted on the bench for attention!
— Robert Heinrichs (@rheinrichs13) December 18, 2022
According to this Twitter user:
He can speak however he wants. But doing it when people are just trying to watch a sport is bad for business
— ryan keck (@ryankec46334613) December 18, 2022
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In conclusion, the former number 7 QB will always be a part of such discourses even though he may not directly take part in them.
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